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Birding Guide
Birding Guide for Michigan
Great Lakes shores, forests, dunes, wildlife
Birding highlights, common sightings, and the best places to look for birds in Michigan. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
391
Species
108
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Birds across Michigan
This guide focuses on birdlife within Michigan's wider region guide, helping families explore common sightings, shoreline birds, forest species, and the places where birding is easier to begin.
Latest Sightings
Recent bird sightings in Michigan
A recent look at bird sightings across Michigan.
May 13, 2026
Tobin Harbor Historic Districti
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(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
May 13, 2026
Tobin Harbor Historic Districti
Photo attribution
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
May 13, 2026
Tobin Harbor Historic Districti
Photo attribution
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
May 13, 2026
Tobin Harbor Historic Districti
Photo attribution
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
May 13, 2026
Tobin Harbor Historic Districti
Photo attribution
(c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Sightings Map
See where bird sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where bird sightings cluster across Michigan.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 birds to see in Michigan
These birds are snapped the most across this region.
Places to Start
Best places for birding in Michigan
These place guides connect well with the birds covered in this region.
Park95 sightings10 species
Michigan, US
Stony Creek Metropark
You might spot Large Maple Spanworm Moth and Turkey.
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Park43 sightings50 species
Michigan, US
Pointe Mouillee State Game Area
You might spot Bald Eagle, American White Pelican, and Painted Turtle.
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Park79 sightings11 species
Michigan, US
Heritage Park
You might spot White-Tailed Deer, Wild Bergamot, and Turkey.
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Zoo30 sightings15 species
Michigan, US
Detroit Zoo
You might spot King Penguin, Macaroni Penguin, and Polar Bear.
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Park49 sightings50 species
Michigan, US
Devil's Kitchen
You might spot Yellow Lady's Slipper and Ring-Billed Gull.
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Park47 sightings50 species
Michigan, US
Five Channels Dam
You might spot Eastern Skunk Cabbage and Kirtland's Warbler.
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Full Guide
Full Michigan birds list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Turkey
Sandhill Crane
Red-tailed Hawk
Canada Goose
Duck
Kirtland'S Warbler
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Ring-billed Gull
Common Grackle
Cooper's Hawk
House Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blue Jay
Cape May Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Common Merganser
Dark-eyed Junco
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Gray Catbird
Killdeer
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Merganser
Trumpeter Swan
American Herring Gull
Barred Owl
Common Tern
Downy Woodpecker
Great Egret
Mourning Dove
American Goldfinch
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Brown Creeper
Great Blue Heron
Hairy Woodpecker
Indigo Bunting
Long-tailed Duck
Northern Flicker
Osprey
Summer Tanager
Tree Swallow
Caspian Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Narragansett Turkey
Northern Yellow Warbler
Peregrine Falcon
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Snow Goose
Tufted Titmouse
Vesper Sparrow
Vulture
Western Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-necked Stilt
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cackling Goose
Carolina Wren
Common Loon
Common Raven
Double-crested Cormorant
Dunlin
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Forster's Tern
Gadwall
Harlequin Duck
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Pigeon
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Scarlet Tanager
Semipalmated Plover
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Swamp Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-eyed Vireo
Wood Thrush
Yellow-Throated Vireo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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