Birding spots · Wisconsin

Best Birding Spots in Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Vernon Wildlife Area leads Waukesha County's birding spots with 208 species reported, best in spring. 77 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
Vernon Wildlife Area	208	1,109	40	193	123	110
Vernon Wildlife Area (southwest)	196	819	58	175	132	75
Paradise Valley Wildlife Area	176	848	69	158	115	77
Ottawa Lake	165	985	40	151	90	112
Engel Conservation Area	165	598	30	143	84	119
Retzer Nature Center	161	1,678	52	149	91	108
Ottawa Lake (northwest)	159	667	27	148	83	60
Vernon Wildlife Area (southwest)	157	264	28	138	84	15
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Lapham Peak Unit	144	577	21	117	91	104
Nashotah Park	132	443	32	119	70	65
School Section Lake	129	125	8	125	45	19
Fox River Park	127	434	41	114	70	55
Muskego County Park	125	241	19	117	53	51
Fox River Sanctuary - North	123	443	24	121	43	36
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit	117	486	25	104	59	47
Henrietta Lake	115	335	31	101	59	62
Minooka County Park	114	245	15	88	68	62
Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preserve	113	152	8	90	84	15
Kettle Moraine State Forest	113	98	17	98	70	33
Menomonee Park	112	155	16	95	68	38
Badertscher Preserve	110	245	35	88	37	60
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest 3)	106	227	44	80	57	44
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (north)	105	277	12	92	67	42
Merton Millpond 26	104	142	32	88	24	25
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Lapham Peak Unit (northwest)	102	202	19	68	61	68
Pewaukee River Parkway	101	99	12	94	42	36
Extensive Wl Habitat - Se	99	254	20	84	62	37
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (northwest)	96	286	25	75	64	28
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Lapham Peak Unit (Lapham Hill)	96	199	8	90	54	47
Monches Millpond 38	95	79	6	91	38	29
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (southwest 2)	94	228	27	80	49	27
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (northeast)	94	211	0	90	51	0
Ryan Park	94	114	18	80	51	43
Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area	94	77	19	70	22	31
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (north 2)	92	214	0	80	50	51
Hartbrook Park	91	74	6	88	19	19
Chapman Park	90	158	21	69	41	58
Fox Brook Park	90	148	14	79	44	31
Hartland Marsh Preserve	87	171	31	80	35	22
Fowler Lake	84	400	49	56	29	40
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (Cranby Marsh)	83	172	1	62	76	15
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (north 4)	83	104	0	73	52	5
Naga-Waukee Park (west)	83	95	14	73	42	20
Mitchell Park (west)	82	121	16	58	37	36
Naga-Waukee Park	82	119	27	70	0	35
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit (north 3)	81	200	8	68	52	16
Simmons Woods	79	110	14	65	39	24
Ewald Soccer Park of Monterey	78	141	2	60	40	33
Mukwonago Park	78	104	19	56	53	24
Fox River Sanctuary - South	75	178	22	53	49	42