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Best Birding Spots in Blaine County, Idaho

Silver Creek leads Blaine County's birding spots with 134 species reported, best in summer. 28 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
Silver Creek	134	418	50	101	102	69
Croy Creek	113	344	46	89	59	38
Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area	104	199	6	86	62	25
Silver Creek (Loving Creek)	104	130	16	60	63	41
Silver Creek (east)	92	137	25	46	57	18
Lions Park	91	191	31	63	54	30
Hayspur Hatchery	89	292	40	62	55	33
Smoky Mountains Roadless Area	83	203	5	47	75	23
Sawtooth National Forest (Cow Creek)	83	133	0	46	71	34
Stanton Crossing Access Site	71	72	0	32	61	7
Silver Creek (Sullivan Lake)	71	54	13	17	42	29
Lava Lake	65	149	0	40	42	21
Sun Valley	64	98	9	11	57	5
Camas Creek	62	55	0	26	46	12
Warm Springs Creek	57	143	18	37	43	14
Sawtooth National Recreation Area (Murdock Creek)	46	63	0	1	43	3
Sawtooth National Recreation Area (Gladiator Creek)	44	77	8	10	31	6
Picabo	43	85	29	21	18	5
Pettit Lake	42	54	0	0	37	11
Courier Gulch	38	119	29	26	0	4
Alice Lake	21	58	0	0	16	8
Birding spot near Gannett	126	81	19	57	92	80
Birding spot near Ketchum (Trail Creek)	54	60	2	12	45	5
Birding spot near Sun Valley	52	127	1	26	31	10
Birding spot near Ketchum (Warm Springs Creek)	52	50	4	36	42	0
Birding spot near Ketchum	46	64	3	19	30	5
Birding spot near Gannett (east)	46	56	24	24	0	8
Birding spot near Sun Valley (Clear Creek)	35	67	3	11	19	13