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Best Birding Spots in Albany County, Wyoming

Optomist Park leads Albany County's birding spots with 180 species reported, best in spring. 38 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
Optomist Park	180	2,101	44	154	120	138
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge	167	936	7	128	129	113
LaBonte Park	156	1,107	16	145	68	80
Osterman Lake	132	543	4	97	85	83
Lake Hattie Reservoir	124	476	28	65	36	110
La Prele Park	122	639	33	98	42	70
Meeboer Lake	103	300	0	79	59	44
Twin Buttes Lake	101	405	10	73	48	73
Red Buttes Research Center	91	83	0	58	64	9
Medicine Bow National Forest (Turtle Rock)	87	218	7	43	72	32
Johnson Reservoir	87	126	1	38	66	36
Alsop Lake	87	95	0	38	74	25
Happy Jack Winter Sports Area	78	234	11	51	64	32
Turtle Rock	76	138	0	38	61	26
Gelatt Lake	74	180	0	56	39	31
State Lands 1111128453	73	1,128	26	52	27	45
Porter Lake	72	110	0	23	52	9
State Lands 1111122934	58	150	10	30	37	17
Sodergreen Lake	58	63	1	43	16	12
Brooklyn Lake	55	134	0	0	43	18
Lake Marie	51	148	0	0	44	17
Centennial	50	114	21	33	16	5
Undine Park	50	97	10	35	18	27
Medicine Bow National Forest	49	359	22	26	33	15
Bellamy Lake	44	124	0	5	39	12
Heart Lake	41	63	0	0	38	15
Libby Lake	40	91	0	0	36	18
Medicine Bow National Forest (Libby Creek)	34	71	1	8	30	9
Washington Park (southeast)	33	56	12	18	11	9
Medicine Bow National Forest (south)	32	75	1	7	24	9
State Lands 1111120070	32	73	1	15	23	5
Knight Lake	29	70	8	3	25	3
Birding spot near Laramie	134	875	24	81	84	112
Birding spot near Laramie (southeast)	123	639	22	88	76	86
Birding spot near Laramie (Washington Park)	88	257	16	44	44	58
Birding spot near Laramie (Bosler Junction)	88	201	0	60	65	61
Birding spot near Laramie (southwest)	75	122	15	32	48	37
Birding spot near Laramie (City Springs)	49	62	4	29	27	14