Skinner Butte
Seasons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Checklists
Location
Go to the Oregon Birding Trails website. http://www.oregonbirdingtrails.org/ Choose the Willamette Valley Birding Trail. Click on the “trail guide” and choose the Fern Ridge Loop Guide. Section F-1.
Additional information can be found at the following link. http://eugeneareaparks.com/park.php?id=60
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
This site is a forested butte along the Willamette River in the middle of Eugene. It’s best known for the spring migrants that can be found around the top of the butte. There are numerous trails in the park that provide access to bird. If you don’t find many birds on the butte, try the bike path along the river, at times it can have more birds than the butte.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Fisher Butte Unit
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Kirk Park
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Royal Avenue Access
- Delta Ponds
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - Perkins Peninsula Park
- Mount Pisgah Arboretum and Buford Park
- Lane Community College Ponds
- Meadowlark Prairie - Checkermallow Access
- Meadowlark Prairie - Green Hill Overlook
- Fern Ridge Reservoir - East and West Coyote Units
- Spencer Butte
- Clearwater Park
- Stewart Pond
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