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Barnes Butte Reservoir

Crook County | North Of Prineville

This is a private  lake surrounded by marsh, agricultural fields and juniper. The cattail area to the north of the road offers fantastic views of breeding Yellow-headed Blackbird, Virginia Rail, Sora, Northern Harrier, and Marsh Wren. The lake ho...

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Crooked River Hwy 27

Crook County | South Of Prineville

The road runs through farmland, juniper forest, sage flats, and canyons.  In the farmland, watch for Western Meadowlark, Western Kingbird, plenty of raptors in the winter.  The canyon can produce Canyon Wren, Chukar, and Rock Wren. The riparian ...

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Eagle Rock

Crook County | South Of Prineville

A rocky crag and a thin juniper forest. White throated Swifts breed here. Bullock’s Orioles and Canyon Wrens are vocal in summer, and Mountain Quail are sometimes heard. Between March and October, you can almost always find a Say’s Phoebe ...

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Elliott Lane

Crook County | West Of Prineville

This farmland is famous for raptors and tricolored blackbirds.  There is a big marsh here that should be scoped.  When you get to the end of the road going west, check the marsh on your left for Tricolored blackbirds and the large rimrock in fro...

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Grizzly Mountain

Crook County | North Of Prineville

Often with the first real snow fall of the autumn, a few Gray Crowned Rosy-Finches can be located close to the summit. On the East side there are extensive pine and fir forests with Northern Pygmy-Owl. The cleared area at the summit is an excellen...

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Houston Lakes

Crook County | West Of Prineville

In summer this is a great place to see Yellow-headed Blackbird, Marsh Wren, American Bitterns (maybe the only place in Central Oregon that hosts this species annually), Wilson’s Snipe, Virginia Rails, and Sora. Fall migrant waterfowl are abu...

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Juniper Haven Cemetery

Crook County | Prineville Area

This area is full of mature conifers and fruiting deciduous trees. Flowering crabapple trees attract a wide variety of migrants in the spring and the resulting fruit entices birds here in the fall and winter. Fall and spring migrants can be abunda...

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