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Best Birding Spots in Mono County, California

Mono Lake Park leads Mono County's birding spots with 202 species reported, best in fall. 123 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
Mono Lake Park	202	2,800	67	151	151	161
Cottonwood Creek	140	258	11	107	57	103
Bridgeport Reservoir	136	201	43	86	96	81
South Landing	130	238	48	71	66	98
Mono Basin National Scenic Area	129	1,309	20	70	82	93
Hot Spring	127	756	33	80	83	77
Bridgeport Valley	126	441	33	89	92	75
Rush Creek	123	316	18	65	81	68
Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve (Lee Vining Creek)	112	209	8	39	84	68
Lake Crowley	111	156	36	61	74	85
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northwest 3)	111	156	10	74	58	74
Convict Lake	107	438	20	68	80	51
Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve	104	557	9	44	62	64
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northwest)	104	188	28	75	80	75
Mono City	102	470	39	78	42	50
Lake Canyon	98	310	6	47	90	36
June Lake	96	270	19	36	77	40
Gull Lake	93	211	6	50	55	45
Inyo National Forest (Wildrose Canyon)	92	250	0	62	83	29
Toiyabe National Forest	90	198	13	52	59	50
Aurora Canyon	88	144	12	42	55	24
Twin Lakes	86	374	6	43	74	54
Big Alkali Lake	84	276	27	60	42	41
Lee Vining Canyon	84	239	7	55	63	39
Mono Basin National Scenic Area (north)	82	289	14	37	49	44
Silver Lake	82	245	10	48	51	42
Inyo National Forest (Dry Creek)	82	113	12	37	66	26
Lee Vining	80	266	31	56	44	31
Fish Slough	80	124	28	52	35	33
Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve (east)	79	139	0	42	50	29
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (North Landing)	79	63	2	43	44	51
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northwest 6)	78	70	4	40	41	28
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Sawmill Canyon)	77	145	0	55	57	22
Inyo Crater Lakes	75	387	0	26	64	39
Watterson Canyon	75	83	9	33	43	37
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (northwest 2)	74	170	0	44	44	7
Navy Beach	73	248	11	26	48	45
Conway Ranch	73	119	7	36	49	33
Lundy Canyon	72	132	18	37	52	6
Lake Crowley (northeast)	72	62	5	43	34	34
Lake Canyon (Lundy)	71	128	0	24	60	23
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Lower Horse Meadow)	70	161	7	42	55	13
Sherwin Hill	70	90	7	53	22	6
Mammoth Creek Park	69	214	15	35	49	40
Moran Spring	68	103	0	19	63	31
Little Valley (Big Valley Lake)	67	221	2	20	61	29
Laurel Mcgee Roadless Area	65	126	8	40	48	39
Inyo National Forest (northwest 2)	65	78	0	42	53	10
Little Valley	64	289	0	0	63	12
Parker Lake	64	64	0	39	56	12