Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Inyo County, California

Furnace Creek leads Inyo County's birding spots with 228 species reported, best in fall. 112 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
Furnace Creek	228	1,527	101	172	125	182
Diaz Lake	185	988	72	141	87	134
Tinemaha Reservoir	173	592	87	134	85	119
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power	159	853	66	140	71	96
Shoshone Spring	159	583	53	123	62	120
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Fish Slough)	155	787	90	126	84	81
Deep Springs	143	106	23	99	73	101
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Pine Creek)	135	648	28	120	55	64
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (southeast)	130	663	62	104	57	67
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (east)	129	331	73	112	18	63
Amargosa South Area of Critical Environmental Concern	129	310	36	97	36	72
Bishop Park	126	884	77	91	44	76
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (southeast 2)	125	223	64	92	60	74
Lone Pine Park	123	367	51	93	68	75
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Birch Creek)	121	283	74	81	41	66
Klondike Lake	115	426	48	88	52	80
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northeast)	110	192	51	75	64	46
Aspendell	104	540	36	75	72	44
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (south)	104	216	53	70	69	84
Pleasant Valley Reservoir	102	282	70	61	31	67
Cartago Wildlife Area	101	148	29	84	37	46
Mount Whitney Facility	97	269	38	77	35	40
Panamint Springs	97	243	15	78	22	44
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (south 2)	97	163	35	68	60	67
Inyo National Forest	95	350	23	76	57	38
Coso Junction	93	510	15	61	26	61
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (southeast 3)	93	160	37	69	22	30
Intake Two	91	217	8	35	55	59
Death Valley National Park	88	265	18	51	14	54
Owens River Gorge	85	114	43	52	23	22
Cottonwood Springs	83	76	0	83	0	0
Buttermilk Country Wildlife Area	82	85	14	43	59	37
Schulman Grove	81	519	8	35	71	38
Batchelder Spring	80	311	4	49	44	33
Sierra Canyons Area of Critical Environmental Concern (north)	80	77	27	57	23	22
Lake Sabrina	77	218	9	29	58	27
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Gunter Creek)	75	278	51	46	16	37
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northeast 2)	75	78	15	50	31	8
Inyo National Forest (Spook Canyon)	73	95	16	66	16	4
Owens Lake	73	63	36	49	30	31
Noname Canyon	72	65	34	50	23	33
Rocking K	71	72	45	47	27	41
North Lake (North Fork Lamarck Creek)	69	225	11	37	53	27
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Bishop Trail Park)	69	156	17	65	25	27
Rovana	69	85	16	53	27	11
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (southeast 5)	69	81	36	56	17	30
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (south 4)	68	62	6	54	27	12
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northeast 3)	68	56	29	12	26	41
Lone Pine Park (northeast)	67	114	19	20	45	33
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Brockmans Corner)	67	85	18	51	37	33