Birding spots · Idaho

Best Birding Spots in Fremont County, Idaho

Fall River leads Fremont County's birding spots with 126 species reported, best in spring. 14 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
Fall River	126	105	21	94	88	60
Silver Lake	124	167	19	64	110	55
Silver Lake (Thurmon Creek)	105	128	2	63	84	31
Henrys Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern	97	128	0	51	86	48
Henrys Lake	93	85	0	57	71	46
Silver Lake (north)	90	103	16	51	71	26
Henrys Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Timber Creek)	80	100	0	41	71	28
Island Park Reservoir	72	94	0	28	48	33
Henrys Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Staley Springs)	71	63	0	17	52	28
Targhee National Forest (southwest)	65	53	0	44	37	6
Targhee National Forest	57	118	13	30	16	30
Swan Lake	48	96	0	32	26	5
Big Springs	46	54	0	13	31	6
Upper Mesa Falls	31	68	0	6	26	5