Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Mariposa County, California

Lake McSwain leads Mariposa County's birding spots with 111 species reported, best in spring. 58 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
Lake McSwain	111	151	82	84	39	69
Yosemite National Park (northwest)	106	348	22	84	75	67
Lake McClure	105	141	75	45	38	85
Stockton Creek Preserve	98	181	56	74	46	46
Yosemite National Park (Yosemite Point)	92	404	28	68	47	56
Yosemite National Park	89	426	11	56	73	57
Yosemite National Park (Wawona)	84	298	6	60	59	44
Lower Yosemite Fall	83	429	18	55	51	36
Yosemite Wilderness Area	82	335	0	37	65	43
Iron Spring	81	316	17	61	54	39
Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area	81	53	36	57	11	43
Fish Camp	80	246	19	51	62	27
Mariposa Reservoir	80	122	36	62	25	25
El Capitan Meadow	76	198	21	51	43	41
Yosemite National Park (Columbia Rock)	72	281	23	46	40	43
Yosemite National Park (Ahwahnee Meadow)	69	171	18	36	45	29
Yosemite National Park (Foresta)	69	77	16	48	44	26
Mirror Lake	65	138	12	44	42	25
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Sentinel Dome)	65	136	0	17	53	27
Bridalveil Fall	64	279	7	38	47	17
Yosemite National Park (Sentinel Rock)	64	205	27	41	33	26
El Capitan Meadow (El Capitan Moraine)	63	159	13	37	36	23
Yosemite National Park (west)	63	111	17	50	31	23
Yosemite National Park (Tenaya Creek)	62	176	6	38	40	29
Happy Isles	61	209	14	48	38	24
Emerald Pool	60	136	4	28	37	19
Yosemite National Park (Big Meadow)	59	50	0	37	37	11
Yosemite Wilderness Area (northwest)	58	151	9	25	40	22
Yosemite National Park (Royal Arch Creek)	58	133	10	29	35	28
Yosemite National Park (Crane Flat)	58	75	0	39	43	17
El Portal Park	57	98	27	39	14	27
Yosemite National Park (Stoneman Meadow)	56	174	2	38	35	26
Yosemite National Park (Chilnualna Creek)	55	87	2	33	29	20
Yosemite Wilderness Area (McGurk Meadow)	55	69	0	12	52	10
Indian Canyon	53	191	10	42	32	21
Yosemite Wilderness Area (The Fissures)	53	68	0	2	43	26
El Capitan Meadow (Split Pinnacle)	52	112	6	38	33	24
Yosemite National Park (Sentinel Creek)	52	96	6	28	38	24
Mariposa Park	52	65	21	24	23	24
Tenaya Lake	48	171	0	0	40	23
May Lake	48	113	0	0	43	23
Yosemite National Park (Middle Brother)	48	83	12	30	26	14
Black Spring	46	76	7	25	14	18
Yosemite National Park (Yosemite Creek)	45	71	2	29	23	17
Yosemite National Park (Artist Creek)	40	139	6	25	16	12
Yosemite National Park (north)	40	54	1	21	33	12
Hidden Lake	30	103	0	0	28	10
Birding spot near Hornitos	138	332	91	82	46	110
Birding spot near Catheys Valley	95	374	53	62	43	52
Birding spot near Mariposa	69	69	28	16	35	45