Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Tehama County, California

Red Bank Creek leads Tehama County's birding spots with 156 species reported, best in spring. 36 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
Red Bank Creek	156	1,173	106	126	93	114
Sacramento River/bend Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern	153	568	92	141	69	70
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge	120	418	86	96	63	81
Burris Creek Recreation Area	107	115	35	49	66	70
Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve	106	109	76	74	14	48
Sacramento River/bend Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Battle Creek)	90	71	63	67	15	12
Cone Grove Park	86	111	66	60	24	13
Tehama River County Park	78	91	50	57	37	46
Rattlesnake Creek	77	134	55	49	9	27
Deer Creek (Wilson Lake)	76	80	0	43	57	27
Hog Lake	72	147	54	54	0	0
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park	71	86	41	36	28	38
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area	71	53	22	56	44	18
Lassen Volcanic National Park (southwest)	59	72	1	36	34	19
Lassen Volcanic National Park (Battle Creek Meadows)	55	132	11	31	34	28
Lassen National Forest (west)	53	102	5	25	40	25
Lassen Volcanic National Park (Supans Springs)	53	60	0	0	45	28
Lassen Volcanic National Park	49	163	2	22	36	25
Dales Lake Ecological Reserve	48	85	29	34	0	2
Sacramento River/bend Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (north)	42	57	34	23	10	9
Lassen Volcanic National Park (East Sulphur Creek)	39	62	0	5	29	24
Birding spot near Orland	134	227	89	79	72	69
Birding spot near Flournoy	116	253	83	64	32	74
Birding spot near Lake California	108	124	69	84	31	66
Birding spot near Red Bluff	93	260	74	46	39	58
Birding spot near Red Bluff (southeast)	87	111	71	64	22	42
Birding spot near Orland (southwest)	83	114	57	23	19	34
Birding spot near Corning	80	60	17	76	0	0
Birding spot near Orland (Black Butte)	70	70	45	23	12	37
Birding spot near Red Bluff (Red Bank Creek)	70	70	61	37	4	1
Birding spot near Vina	67	84	42	34	8	31
Birding spot near Mineral (Summit Creek)	66	78	4	37	51	16
Birding spot near Flournoy (northeast)	64	51	41	35	22	7
Birding spot near Mineral	47	91	3	20	30	11
Birding spot near Manton	42	86	12	25	18	17
Birding spot near Bend	37	106	16	23	18	21