Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Lake County, Oregon

Rest Lake leads Lake County's birding spots with 183 species reported, best in spring. 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
Rest Lake	183	883	53	155	125	126
Goose Lake State Recreation Area	156	429	15	93	134	91
Jacks Lakes	153	369	18	130	103	76
Christmas Valley Lake	141	612	21	84	98	89
Summer Lake Wildlife Area	126	168	21	86	60	54
Ana Reservoir	119	188	43	74	58	40
Dutchy Lake	116	338	19	80	62	43
Fort Rock State Natural Area	99	727	8	89	57	47
Cabin Lake	98	778	0	68	69	58
Schoolhouse Lake	98	145	2	77	80	56
Summer Lake	94	54	0	34	20	49
Deadman Creek	90	135	6	51	65	45
Summer Lake Migratory Waterfowl and Game Management Area	90	73	26	67	51	51
Fremont National Forest	89	163	0	72	64	17
Schoolhouse Lake (Buckhorn Spring)	84	70	1	62	25	38
Fremont National Forest (Silver Lake)	82	104	13	55	34	42
Hot Springs	72	89	2	37	47	19
Warner Lakes	72	54	0	44	56	0
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge	67	81	0	52	27	13
Chandler State Wayside	61	82	0	30	39	20
Fremont Point	48	69	0	5	41	6
Summer Lake Hot Springs	45	68	0	39	10	8
Lake Abert Area of Critical Environmental Concern	43	70	0	22	25	8
Birding spot near Plush	75	88	0	41	64	24
Birding spot near Paisley	71	104	5	59	51	9
Birding spot near Silver Lake	69	75	0	62	28	0
Birding spot near Paisley (Chewaucan River)	67	82	0	38	33	11
Birding spot near Silver Lake (east)	31	51	1	13	19	6