Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Fresno County, California

Lost Lake Fishing Access leads Fresno County's birding spots with 173 species reported, best in fall. 65 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
Lost Lake Fishing Access	173	1,208	125	141	83	145
Spano River Ranch	159	806	113	127	69	119
Coke Hollowell River-Center	144	762	113	108	60	100
Riverbottom Park	143	508	80	124	79	103
Woodward Regional Park	139	483	99	103	47	92
Woodward Regional Park (north)	131	280	94	100	63	79
Ball Ranch	129	167	99	84	48	89
Avocado Lake	118	239	81	87	44	75
China Creek Park	110	248	74	95	48	62
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area	106	155	90	75	13	43
Mendota Wildlife Area	104	85	81	69	24	31
Little Ponoche Reservoir Wildlife Area	99	194	76	62	25	50
Wahtoke Lake	95	78	73	55	9	81
Mercey Hot Springs	94	273	54	71	24	54
Mendota Wildlife Area (southeast)	94	50	55	73	13	9
Roeding Park	89	206	68	58	29	52
Dry Creek	88	241	64	58	24	72
Hume Lake	88	207	10	48	66	37
Kings Canyon National Park (Zumwalt Meadows)	77	164	0	38	55	31
Kearney Park	77	154	48	59	24	31
Kings Canyon National Park (General Grant Grove)	76	213	5	36	61	26
Friant	76	81	59	48	7	42
San Joaquin River Ecological Reserve	75	73	44	39	13	51
Ruth McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve	74	85	49	54	17	40
Deer Creek (Lakeshore)	72	162	8	37	48	47
Swanson Meadow	72	136	0	54	61	6
Giant Sequoia National Monument (Huckleberry Meadow)	69	123	0	15	65	21
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area (Big Sandy Creek)	69	53	26	62	0	15
General Grant Grove (Grant Grove Village)	68	143	0	29	57	28
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area (Pincushion Mountain)	68	70	39	44	14	23
General Grant Grove	62	209	5	35	50	23
Millerton Lake (northeast)	62	65	28	56	9	28
The Quad	57	201	33	48	4	33
Rancheria Creek	55	107	0	24	49	10
Sierra National Forest (Tamarack Ridge)	55	64	0	13	48	17
Huntington Lake	53	58	0	1	51	2
Glen Meadow Creek	52	50	0	22	41	15
Oso de Oro Lake Park	51	79	38	32	8	25
Kings Canyon National Park (Copper Creek)	45	51	0	22	37	12
Little Ponoche Reservoir Wildlife Area (Salt Canyon)	43	54	32	19	4	10
Kings Canyon National Park (Cedar Grove)	39	59	0	1	31	11
Mckinley Grove Botanical Area	39	53	0	14	32	9
Panoche/coalinga Area of Critical Environmental Concern	24	58	19	13	6	2
Birding spot near Clovis	149	666	85	123	74	89
Birding spot near Clovis (southwest)	125	399	77	101	22	82
Birding spot near West Park	118	121	74	66	71	84
Birding spot near Clovis (Glorietta)	102	420	67	77	43	66
Birding spot near Minkler	96	89	65	66	0	68
Birding spot near Friant (Ledger Island)	92	73	74	59	24	28
Birding spot near Reedley	89	114	54	73	32	59