Meadowlark Prairie – Green Hill Overlook
Seasons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Checklists
Location
Go to the Oregon Birding Trails website. http://www.oregonbirdingtrails.org/ Choose the Willamette Valley Birding Trail. Click on the “trail guide” and choose the Fern Ridge Loop Guide. Section F-5.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
This site is one of several in the West Eugene wetlands, with Coyote Creek running through the middle of it. In the late fall, winter, and early spring it has mostly flooded marshy habitat, but dries out in the summer. It can be good during migration for shorebirds, depending on water levels. In the winter it has large numbers of waterfowl and some years Short-eared Owls at dusk. It is named appropriately–Western Meadowlarks can often be heard singing.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Kirk Park
- Skinner Butte
- Meadowlark Prairie - Checkermallow Access
- Mount Pisgah Arboretum and Buford Park
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - East and West Coyote Units
- Stewart Pond
- Lane Community College Ponds
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Royal Avenue Access
- Spencer Butte
- Clearwater Park
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Perkins Peninsula Park
- Delta Ponds
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Fisher Butte Unit
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