Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Tuolumne County, California

Yosemite National Park (Ackerson Meadow) leads Tuolumne County's birding spots with 131 species reported, best in summer. 48 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
Yosemite National Park (Ackerson Meadow)	131	409	2	90	106	50
New Melones	126	336	87	82	56	86
Pinecrest Lake	101	435	15	43	74	48
Pine Mountain Lake	98	2,024	61	78	51	60
Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern	90	138	27	79	47	27
Phoenix Reservoir	88	347	62	65	18	61
Tulloch Reservoir Public Access	86	65	65	43	20	54
Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (southwest)	81	123	11	76	32	17
Yosemite National Park (Hodgdon Meadow)	80	188	5	64	66	19
Stanislaus National Forest	78	164	28	64	43	26
Dragon Gulch	77	246	46	60	46	49
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Tueeulala Falls)	73	133	10	57	34	18
Yosemite National Park (Tuolumne Grove)	68	259	8	35	52	41
Soda Springs (Unicorn Creek)	65	189	0	0	58	31
New Melones (Norwegian Gulch)	64	50	38	48	2	31
Soda Springs	61	205	0	8	55	23
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Big Trees Creek)	59	115	0	27	41	28
Stanislaus National Forest (Dardanelles Creek)	57	121	3	19	40	30
Birch Lake	56	92	4	21	31	31
Willow Springs Park (Mono Vista)	56	86	47	21	22	18
Yosemite Wilderness Area (North Crane Creek)	52	68	0	29	42	18
Pidgeon Flat	49	88	0	25	35	9
San Diego Reservoir	46	80	28	29	14	36
Night Roadless Area	45	56	0	14	37	8
Yosemite National Park (Pothole Dome)	39	74	0	0	36	15
Groveland	39	55	9	15	21	12
Gaylor Lakes (Tioga Pass)	35	70	0	0	32	18
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Lembert Dome)	33	52	0	0	28	16
Gaylor Lakes	32	74	0	5	29	12
Yosemite National Park (Dana Fork)	32	72	0	0	29	7
Tuolumne Meadows	32	57	0	0	26	13
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (north)	30	58	0	5	28	9
Birding spot near Chinese Camp (southeast)	118	671	74	70	58	74
Birding spot near Chinese Camp	111	672	75	73	57	65
Birding spot near Knights Ferry	107	286	66	90	55	52
Birding spot near Chinese Camp (south)	105	239	74	83	30	51
Birding spot near Phoenix Lake	101	216	67	73	47	70
Birding spot near Knights Ferry (northeast)	93	70	61	60	35	41
Birding spot near Groveland	90	171	47	65	56	62
Birding spot near Lake Don Pedro	84	107	64	58	6	46
Birding spot near Chinese Camp (southeast)	79	248	55	63	29	16
Birding spot near Sonora	78	124	41	67	46	39
Birding spot near Groveland (Grizzly Gulch)	78	56	39	56	23	35
Birding spot near Twain Harte	76	110	25	61	45	34
Birding spot near Jamestown	70	72	50	47	2	24
Birding spot near Knights Ferry (southeast)	59	154	30	38	31	26
Birding spot near Chinese Camp (Montezuma)	49	112	41	7	5	32
Birding spot near Chinese Camp (east)	44	50	36	6	0	14