Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Plumas County, California

Greenhorn Creek leads Plumas County's birding spots with 119 species reported, best in spring. 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
Greenhorn Creek	119	219	48	80	69	50
Graeagle	109	249	46	75	59	67
Gasner Park	107	194	39	83	67	62
Chuck Clay Memorial Park	105	242	47	71	76	57
Tankusim Hill	104	221	65	80	39	40
Grizzly Ice Pond	102	194	31	88	70	33
Round Valley Reservoir	96	195	35	66	43	46
Marble Hot Springs	94	329	19	72	77	28
Plumas National Forest (southeast)	85	72	19	56	48	41
Gould Swamp	85	58	33	5	42	58
Quincy Junction	82	154	53	51	36	23
Plumas-Eureka State Park	80	175	0	57	72	19
Pineleaf Creek	77	79	9	63	31	22
Sierra Valley Preserve	76	331	27	58	56	27
Gasner Park (Gansner Creek)	76	51	29	63	18	5
Snake Lake	75	86	24	52	19	38
Sierra Valley Preserve (west)	69	97	10	56	38	9
Big Bear Lake (Little Bear Lake)	68	71	0	5	64	12
Lassen National Forest (Prattville)	67	105	36	22	17	52
Dream Lake (historical)	67	60	0	19	62	17
Plumas-Eureka State Park (Plumas Eureka (historical))	64	131	3	32	59	7
Quincy Junction (Greenhorn Creek)	61	88	30	46	28	24
Tollgate Creek	59	59	22	29	20	1
Almanor	58	63	25	30	20	27
Plumas National Forest	56	85	0	35	42	10
Frazier Falls	53	108	0	8	50	8
Grizzly Valley	52	57	0	33	31	12
Prattville	51	54	32	8	11	31
Quincy Junction (east)	50	62	22	37	21	7
Plumas National Forest (Tollgate Creek)	46	55	15	38	3	0
Hamilton Branch	45	56	36	20	0	14
Silongkoyo (historical)	42	59	26	18	7	26
Butterfly Valley Botanical Area	40	55	9	25	27	2
Plumas National Forest (Cashman Creek)	37	51	6	19	12	9
Plumas National Forest (east)	31	81	8	26	7	7
Birding spot near Chester (Johnson Fields)	168	423	14	136	130	97
Birding spot near Chester	159	722	66	104	114	93
Birding spot near Chester (southwest 2)	150	145	23	72	109	94
Birding spot near Chester (southwest)	149	211	10	95	117	83
Birding spot near Beckwourth	144	1,306	50	124	99	67
Birding spot near Quincy (Clear Stream)	138	308	96	100	44	71
Birding spot near Quincy	125	631	65	106	50	55
Birding spot near Loyalton	124	732	42	112	80	30
Birding spot near Quincy (Silongkoyo (historical))	124	256	72	79	37	82
Birding spot near Quincy (Mill Creek)	108	202	63	60	46	34
Birding spot near Quincy (Dublin Jack Ravine)	107	105	43	81	70	41
Birding spot near East Quincy (Thompson Valley)	105	216	58	79	9	26
Birding spot near Quincy (Cedar Mill)	102	295	58	66	49	48
Birding spot near East Quincy (Quincy Junction)	91	247	49	64	19	43
Birding spot near Canyondam	90	215	38	54	36	63