Hood River County

Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website. Choose the Cascades Birding Trail. Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide. Section 15.

The proximity to the river provides birders with good possibilities for good birding. Tufted Duck was found here in 1995. Check out the Cascade Locks Marine Park. The surrounding hills south...

All of the distances once leaving the freeway are short – just 0.1 or 0.2 mi. Birders may park in the hotel’s parking lot for birding, but please be considerate and do not use parking spaces near the hotel’s entrance. You may want to try the...

This road travels through mixed forest along Eagle Creek. Look for Barrow’s Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, woodpeckers, Western Screech-Owl, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Swainson’s T...

This location is most famous for a Smew sighting but more expected species would include several duck species including Barrow’s Goldeneye, Common and Pacific Loon, Horned and Western Grebe, several gull species, and migrating passerines.

Migrants, shorebirds, and Larids are the big draw here.  Also, big rafts of waterfowl in the river can yield some gems.  Peeps of every kind turn up here as do Ring-billed Gulls, California Gulls, Caspian Tens, DC Cormorants and White Pelicans.Â...

Riparian species are the attractions here. In summer, look for Downy Woodpecker, Western Wood-pewee, Bewick’s Wren, Common Yellowthroat, swallows, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole and many others. In winter, look for Black-cappe...

Mountain species meet waterfowl at this location. In the fall, there is a chance for Surf Scoter and Hooded Merganser. Osprey, woodpeckers, Pacific Wren, Bald Eagle, Steller’s Jay, American Dipper and more.

A high elevation forest with forest species like Sooty Grouse, Mountain Quail, Hermit Warbler, Cassin’s Finch and Townsend’s Solitaire are the main attractions here.

This beautiful mountain lake at the base of Mt. Hood is surrounded by mixed forest of mostly Douglas fir. Birds you might see here include Barrow’s Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Sooty Grouse, Green Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, woodpeckers (Hairy...