Lane County

The Aufderheide Drive is mostly though conifer forests, from clearcuts to old-growth.  At the south end of the drive you parallel the North Fork of the Willamette River and at the north end you parallel the South Fork of the McKenzie River and Co...

Bird the small marsh about a quarter mile from the highway. This is a reliable spot to find Marsh Wren at any season. Continue on to the campground, less than a half mile further down the road at a dead end. The campground area can be very birdy, ...

Offshore rocks attract “rockpipers” as well as Harlequin Duck (both are possible in late fall, winter, early spring). The creek-side habitat next to the parking lot has attracted rare passerines.

This is higher elevation forest and meadow habitat with similar bird species to Scott Lake.  The meadows could have Willow and/or Dusky Flycatchers, Lincoln’s Sparrows, MacGillivray’s Warblers, etc.

This is a great location to do sea watches since it is a bit elevated and gives a nice view of the ocean on a clear day. Alcids, tubenoses and sea ducks are usually present.

This park is located along the Willamette River with riparian habitats that provided breeding habitat for Red-eyed Vireo in the past – none have been reported since about 2020.  There is a bike path that goes in a large loop, along the rive...

This site is on a reservoir with conifer and/or hardwood forests around it.  The lake provides good birding for waterbirds (loons, grebes, herons, waterfowl, pelicans, hawks/eagles, etc.) during the non-breeding season.

This is a large reservoir with forest around it.  The reservoir can have water birds (loons, grebes, waterfowl, etc) on it during the non-breeding season.  The forests will have typical conifer forest species.

This is a trail through an “old growth” Douglas-fir forest.  So, expected year-around species would include Northern Pygmy-Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Pileated Woodpecker, Hutton’s Vireo, Steller’s Jay, Chestnut-backed Ch...

This site has old gravel pits that were restored between 2004-2012. It is next to the Willamette River with walking, biking trails and boardwalks through the ponds.  It has a good mixture of waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, and passerines thr...

This site is normally birded in the winter to look for waterfowl that are mixed in with the very large American Coot flock that winters on the reservoir – normally “upstream” from the covered bridge.  Recently small numbers of B...