Birding spots · Idaho

Best Birding Spots in Jefferson County, Idaho

Market Lake Wildlife Management Area leads Jefferson County's birding spots with 195 species reported, best in spring. 18 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
Market Lake Wildlife Management Area	195	697	29	164	149	113
Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area	179	222	11	139	122	128
Camas National Wildlife Refuge	167	540	16	128	113	109
Camas National Wildlife Refuge (Willow Pond (historical))	164	354	17	118	132	107
North Lake Wildlife Management Area	134	129	16	80	62	95
Market Lake Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	125	135	0	93	64	66
Market Lake	120	84	5	90	91	25
Market Lake Wildlife Management Area (Market Lake Slough)	116	75	0	100	77	19
Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	113	64	0	100	32	32
Market Lake Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	103	54	0	78	66	9
Roberts Slough	90	167	1	76	63	17
Market Lake Wildlife Management Area (south)	88	52	0	73	37	9
Snake River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (southwest)	85	77	25	50	54	0
Two-way Pond	85	50	0	52	63	21
Jim Moore Access Site	84	110	0	80	15	1
Snake River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Scotts Slough)	77	82	28	52	37	18
Idaho Department of Lands (Sage Junction)	30	61	0	27	13	0
Birding spot near Roberts	98	186	2	89	58	26