Birding spots · Wisconsin

Best Birding Spots in Sauk County, Wisconsin

Bakkens Pond leads Sauk County's birding spots with 204 species reported, best in spring. 45 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Bakkens Pond	204	1,020	54	189	101	108
Devils Lake	192	1,039	66	151	106	127
Lake Wisconsin	178	1,455	69	104	104	131
Mirror Lake	170	599	34	142	100	96
Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area	160	596	40	117	95	102
Baxter's Hollow	148	1,009	31	139	110	92
Spring Green Preserve	143	1,179	22	128	97	73
Ferry Bluff State Natural Area	135	191	16	102	77	54
Borns Hollow	131	183	19	118	70	61
Plain Honey Creek Watershed	130	157	27	108	35	61
Devils Lake (East Bluff)	122	508	54	83	58	60
Derleth Park	122	334	38	85	58	74
Park	119	548	54	71	67	52
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway (Cassell Prairie)	116	161	18	98	79	42
Johnson Ponds	113	186	13	73	62	70
Sauk County Waterfowl Production Area	110	287	18	94	50	39
Parfreys Glen Natural Area	107	219	13	100	56	31
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway (Metcalf Island)	100	111	15	98	13	18
Devils Lake (west)	98	88	5	85	33	39
Devils Lake (Koshawago Spring)	97	103	10	76	44	22
Devils Lake State Park-Iansr	93	282	28	51	37	39
Hemlock Draw	88	94	0	76	57	18
Devils Lake State Park-Iansr (Sauk Hill)	83	79	0	69	56	6
Chapman Lake	82	121	2	66	51	36
Devils Lake (West Bluff)	78	70	5	54	44	28
Spring Green Preserve (west)	76	81	0	46	55	29
Natural Bridge State Park	74	88	7	60	44	25
Wiegands Bay	73	50	9	59	28	22
Gallus Slough	65	51	6	52	7	13
Devils Lake State Park-Iansr (South Bluff Basin)	64	93	9	44	43	13
Popple Nature Area	64	77	3	56	36	18
Statz Park	63	107	25	53	38	20
Eagle Overlook	61	233	27	33	35	15
Golf Course	59	100	2	45	38	21
Pewits Nest State Natural Area	59	77	13	35	30	24
Sugar Grove Valley	51	81	0	51	0	0
Birding spot near Sauk City	174	629	52	121	96	115
Birding spot near Sauk City (Sauk Prairie)	153	470	48	110	88	75
Birding spot near Lake Delton	131	748	18	113	83	74
Birding spot near Loganville	130	258	0	100	83	63
Birding spot near Merrimac	105	85	12	83	55	44
Birding spot near Sauk City (northeast)	97	114	26	75	22	23
Birding spot near Lone Rock	91	177	11	80	37	18
Birding spot near Lake Delton (east)	88	141	8	71	48	42
Birding spot near Bluffview	71	75	8	46	57	6