Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in El Dorado County, California

Truckee Marsh (Lake Valley) leads El Dorado County's birding spots with 185 species reported, best in fall. 56 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
Truckee Marsh (Lake Valley)	185	640	55	109	117	140
Truckee Marsh	182	704	44	100	132	139
Latrobe Creek	138	375	71	116	72	87
Tallac Historical Site	135	588	46	68	93	98
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (Sweetwater Creek)	131	201	71	106	59	64
Malby Crossing	127	429	84	93	59	84
Bass Lake	125	331	85	86	62	91
Sly Park	100	173	23	68	49	50
Tahoe Keys	98	203	45	51	39	52
Wrights Lake	96	363	0	35	94	30
Auburn State Recreation Area (southwest)	95	95	56	73	38	58
Ed Z'Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park	93	228	12	36	82	30
Eldorado National Forest	93	166	40	76	35	35
Cameron Park Lake	91	271	70	60	34	60
Truckee Marsh (South Lake Tahoe)	91	144	13	69	64	29
Carson Creek Watershed Reservoir	90	70	38	58	14	50
Wrights Lake (Beauty Lake)	88	136	0	21	86	15
Taylor Creek	88	89	0	31	42	55
Teal Pond	88	87	38	74	25	41
Auburn State Recreation Area (southwest)	87	55	46	57	52	44
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (Bridge Point)	83	64	65	18	22	23
Browns Ravine Cove	83	62	63	50	28	8
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (Echo Lake)	81	306	0	27	71	53
Bass Lake (Briarwood Canyon)	81	62	52	41	31	64
Camp Richardson	76	113	19	17	48	49
South Fork American River	75	70	14	54	47	29
Sawmill Core	71	149	10	31	57	34
Cronan Ranch	68	67	35	56	4	26
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park	67	101	35	52	34	43
Long Canyon Forebay	66	54	16	36	28	33
Emerald Bay State Park	65	147	12	21	45	32
Sawyier Falls	65	61	3	4	50	24
Tallac Historical Site (Tallac Point)	64	68	6	20	31	42
Eldorado National Forest (Spring Creek)	62	113	11	24	46	29
Eldorado National Forest (Big Meadow Creek)	61	82	0	31	51	14
Eldorado National Forest (Meeks Bay)	58	52	0	21	52	14
Fallen Leaf	54	111	0	26	44	20
Eldorado National Forest (Fleming Meadow)	53	51	5	46	29	0
Bijou Park	50	150	24	19	28	15
Eldorado National Forest (Cox Canyon)	44	72	0	39	32	0
Eldorado National Forest (southwest)	43	53	0	6	41	12
Al Tahoe	42	94	10	19	25	15
Eagle Falls	40	81	4	16	31	11
Kiva Beach	39	82	6	14	29	22
D.L. Bliss State Park	38	75	0	21	31	15
Eldorado National Forest (Strawberry Flat)	33	50	1	14	23	16
Birding spot near El Dorado Hills (Mormon Hill)	86	107	46	74	23	32
Birding spot near Pollock Pines (south)	80	148	2	57	61	23
Birding spot near El Dorado Hills (northeast)	75	73	61	50	31	42
Birding spot near Pollock Pines	74	236	0	59	63	9