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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
333
Species
97
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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Park79 sightings11 species
Michigan, US
Heritage Park
You might spot White-Tailed Deer, Wild Bergamot, and Turkey.
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Zoo30 sightings17 species
Michigan, US
Detroit Zoo
You might spot African Lion, Wolverine, and Giraffes.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
Devil's Kitchen
You might spot Yellow Lady's Slipper and Ring-Billed Gull.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
Fort Mackinac
You might spot Yellow Lady's Slipper and Northern Whitecedar.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Michigan, US
Tobin Harbor Historic District
You might spot Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Canadian Bunchberry, and Moose.
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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
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
Duck
Eastern Bluebird
Ring-billed Gull
Common Grackle
Cooper's Hawk
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Robin
Blue Jay
Cape May Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Common Merganser
Dark-eyed Junco
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Killdeer
Red-breasted Merganser
American Herring Gull
Barred Owl
Common Tern
Gray Catbird
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Trumpeter Swan
American Goldfinch
Brown Creeper
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Long-tailed Duck
Summer Tanager
Tree Swallow
American White Pelican
Eastern Kingbird
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Narragansett Turkey
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Pigeon
Pileated Woodpecker
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ring-necked Duck
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Snow Goose
Tufted Titmouse
Vesper Sparrow
Vulture
Western Tanager
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cackling Goose
Common Loon
Common Raven
Double-crested Cormorant
Dunlin
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Gadwall
Harlequin Duck
Indigo Bunting
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow
Northern Yellow Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Osprey
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Redhead
Ring-necked Pheasant
Scarlet Tanager
Semipalmated Plover
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Swamp Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-eyed Vireo
Wood Thrush
Yellow-Throated Vireo
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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