Yamhill County

At South Yamhill Cemetery you can find Chipping Sparrows near the driveway and you may find Brown Creeper, Pacific Slope flycatcher, Western Wood-Peewee, and Western Tanager. At the Erratic Rock State Natural Site check out the large rock carried ...

Common Loons are often found in migration, spring and fall. Migrant Scoters have been seen. Hooded Mergansers are regular. Canada Geese, other ducks, Spotted Sandpiper, swallows, Bald Eagle, and higher elevation species like Canada Jay, Northern P...

A wide variety of birds can be seen at these diverse locations. Wortman Park has an oak grove is a reliable place to find a colony of Acorn Woodpeckers and also White-breasted Nuthatches. These same species can be found on the front lawn of Linfie...

Expect forest species like Spotted Towhee, Black-capped Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Swainson’s Thrushes, Bewick’s and Pacific Wren, Brown Creeper, Downy Woodpecker, Purple Finch. A Black-and- white Warbler was found here once. It ...

In 2002 a Northern Waterthrush was found here. Nesting woodpeckers include Pileated, Northern Flicker, Downy, Hairy, and Red-breasted Sapsucker. Also nesting here are vBarred Owl,  Cooper’s Hawk, Wood Duck, Hutton’s Vireo, Western Wood-Pe...

The consensus among birders seems to be that Mt. Hebo is not as good as people think it should be, but shrike, Northern Harrier, Dusky Flycatcher, Western Bluebirds, Townsend’s Solitaires, and American Pipits have all been seen there. More b...

Above the south end of the pools there is a Bald Eagle nest. Kingfishers are regular, as well as swallows.Many species of waterfowl can be found in the winter. Rarities include Pacific Loon and Tufted Duck. Hooded Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Amer...

The area is forested.  Warblers, flycatchers, woodpeckers, Gray Jays, Northern Pygmy-Owls, Ruffed Grouse, Sooty Grouse, and Red Crossbills are possible. Birders should be prepared to bird by ear.

Sheridan Wetlands is the best place in the county for waterfowl, gulls, and shorebirds.  The sewage ponds host many nesting Mallards in summer, migrating swallows,  shorebirds, scoters and grebes in fall, and large numbers of shovelers  and Ru...

Birds seen here include Wild Turkey, Great-horned Owl, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Say’s Phoebe, Horned Lark, Violet-green Swallow, Bushtit, and Goldencrowned Sparrow.

There is an active Osprey nest on the edge of the pond and a nearby Bald Eagle nest.  Double-crested Cormorants are regular.  Green Heron and Belted Kingfisher here and ducks in wintertime. Rarities include Black Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, Black-...

A main attraction on these ponds is Wood Ducks and other waterfowl. Black  Phoebe can be expected.  In fall migration shorebirds may be on the edges.  A Heermann’s Gull was observed once. A Barrow’s Goldeneye wintered here years ago...