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Best Birding Spots in Shasta County, California

Clear Creek leads Shasta County's birding spots with 183 species reported, best in spring. 56 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
Clear Creek	183	569	111	162	84	131
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary	144	672	95	108	75	103
Anderson River Park	143	635	103	107	86	102
McArthur Swamp	143	295	63	96	99	74
Manzanita Lake	142	927	14	63	122	93
Fall River Lake	140	193	75	76	54	107
Battle Creek Wildlife Area	132	338	89	108	57	81
Henderson Open Space	129	244	91	92	56	90
Sundial Bridge	128	607	83	102	73	83
McCumber Reservoir	126	154	40	69	84	60
Clover Creek Preserve	121	452	75	99	53	79
Kutras Park	120	615	91	92	35	93
Mary Lake Park	117	433	74	94	52	73
Baum Lake	117	178	43	92	67	60
Lema Ranch	111	328	87	85	39	81
Turtle Bay Area	109	249	63	86	53	62
Turtle Bay Regional Park (East)	109	240	74	74	45	76
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park (Burney Creek)	99	191	1	72	75	33
Summit Lake	92	426	0	15	82	44
Battle Creek	89	81	70	58	2	54
McArthur Swamp (south)	87	110	45	48	38	48
Battle Creek (Reading Island)	84	74	38	69	47	30
Bonnyview Road Fishing Access	83	66	52	59	33	48
Spring Creek	83	51	56	35	7	40
Caldwell Park	80	98	54	52	38	40
Kutras Park (Marina Travel Park)	74	143	53	24	4	40
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (Willow Creek)	74	66	19	59	49	15
Eastman Lake	73	51	37	16	5	33
Reflection Lake (Lily Pond)	72	146	0	25	55	33
Lake Helen	70	292	0	0	54	47
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park	68	300	4	45	57	14
Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area	65	99	39	31	11	40
Castle Crags State Park	64	102	7	31	44	15
Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Area	64	91	0	0	59	34
Whiskeytown Lake	64	52	20	11	16	36
Lower Kings Creek Meadow	60	100	0	0	48	37
Manzanita Lake (Reflection Lake)	57	104	0	5	48	22
Fall River Mills Ecological Reserve	57	92	22	31	27	0
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area	51	88	35	10	8	17
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (Mud Lake)	49	64	0	25	37	4
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park (Clark Creek)	49	56	5	22	26	21
Lassen Volcanic National Park (Lassen Peak)	45	97	0	0	27	29
Sims Flat	45	52	1	31	19	5
Lassen Volcanic National Park (north)	43	58	0	0	33	21
Lassen National Forest (northwest)	43	57	0	10	37	14
Cold Boiling Lake	40	61	0	0	33	20
Summit Lake (Hat Mountain)	39	54	0	0	37	11
Tule Lake (northwest)	36	64	28	12	1	6
Birding spot near Anderson (northwest)	105	73	73	56	45	69
Birding spot near Cassel	79	104	12	59	47	30