Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Nevada County, California

East Boca Canyon leads Nevada County's birding spots with 132 species reported, best in fall. 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
East Boca Canyon	132	326	40	82	71	95
Lower Yuba River	128	377	72	103	70	86
Tahoe National Forest	123	680	8	81	105	62
South Yuba River State Park	109	304	56	85	53	61
Pleasant Valley	105	77	67	68	48	56
Prosser Creek Reservoir	100	180	14	41	59	56
Condon Park	99	311	55	69	58	84
Tahoe National Forest (north)	99	184	4	55	87	21
Deer Creek Reservoir	95	158	40	72	63	69
Boca Reservoir	92	199	22	42	32	53
Alta Sierra	91	460	70	71	46	49
Spenceville Wildlife Area	91	118	45	77	47	41
Donner Memorial State Park	88	291	28	42	66	37
Loney Meadow	87	133	0	44	71	52
Lake of the Pines	84	198	60	57	35	47
Martis Creek Lake (northeast)	83	138	0	28	67	41
Peacock Point	82	179	61	55	34	37
Harry L. Englebright Lake	82	97	55	67	43	23
Western Gateway Park	79	159	53	51	33	49
Hirschman's Pond	78	175	51	65	50	42
Deer Creek (Squirrel Creek)	75	60	25	65	47	32
Lake Van Norden	73	91	0	11	67	25
Town Talk	70	111	49	58	52	48
Sagehen Experimental Forest	69	112	0	14	67	22
Tahoe National Forest (Andesite Ridge)	67	111	3	9	64	18
Dry Lake (northeast)	67	50	0	34	49	27
Cement Hill	66	195	34	55	45	36
Empire Mine State Historic Park	66	139	39	53	46	37
Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District 1	63	131	10	42	45	18
Donner Memorial State Park (Cold Creek)	62	117	5	34	42	27
Adam Ryan Preserve	61	276	36	48	43	39
West Lakes (Azalea Lake)	59	65	0	0	56	23
Martis Creek Lake (East Martis Creek)	56	96	5	35	50	13
Deer Creek (Negro Creek)	51	116	30	26	5	20
South Yuba River State Park (Rush Creek)	46	56	16	29	28	14
Lake Angela	44	57	0	11	37	7
Donner Lake	40	57	9	6	20	3
West Lakes (Euer Saddle)	38	65	0	8	28	13
Johnson Canyon	37	67	16	19	12	10
West Lakes	37	66	1	7	32	3
Birding spot near Lake of the Pines	148	447	106	105	83	108
Birding spot near Lake of the Pines (Fattebort Hill)	140	353	87	114	80	105
Birding spot near Truckee	126	297	25	58	93	90
Birding spot near Alta Sierra	108	207	58	87	77	81
Birding spot near Truckee (Union Mills)	103	287	17	75	61	44
Birding spot near Rough and Ready	97	118	50	75	60	70
Birding spot near Dobbins	94	148	55	83	54	45
Birding spot near Alta Sierra (northwest)	94	140	48	77	68	67
Birding spot near Truckee (Carpenter Valley)	89	155	0	43	85	26
Birding spot near Nevada City (Indian Flat)	82	96	52	62	51	55