Alsea Bay
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Alsea Bay has been designated a State Important Bird Area (IBA) by the Audubon Society of Portland. It meets the IBA criteria because over 50 Caspian Terns, 100 Brown Pelicans, 1,000 shorebirds, and 5,000 waterfowl have been recorded in season. This IBA includes all tidelands and submerged lands in Alsea Bay downstream of where Drift Creek flows into the Alsea River. Alsea Bay has also been categorized as a Conservation Estuary under the Oregon Estuary Classification System and the Alsea Bay Estuary Plan.
DirectionsNearby Birding Locations
- Yachats State Recreation Area
- Happ Memorial Wetland and Lyon's Pond
- Eckman Lake and Slough
- Seal Rock
- William P. Keady Wayside
- Smelt Sands State Recreation Site
- Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
- Ona Beach State Park
- Drift Creek Wilderness
- Alsea Bridge North Wayside
- Port of Alsea
- North Alsea Bay
- Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site
- Beaver Creek State Natural Area
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