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This is a bay mudflat where thousands of shorebirds congregate in season. Make sure you check the tides before going to this site. Low tides will have open mud flats for birds but hightides completely cover the mud and may be mostly birdlesss.
Open water sewage ponds that often serve as high tide resting locations for shorebirds or temporary homes for water fowl.
Species found here include Saw-whet Owls nesting in the Wood Duck boxes, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Ruffed Grouse, Green Heron, Osprey, Band-tailed Pigeon, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hut...
Coffenbury Lake is located on the southern edge of Fort Stevens State Park (see directions above). Though close to the ocean, this is a freshwater lake. Spring and fall are the best times to visit as migrants can be found in the thick woods and ma...
Thayer’s and Glaucous Gulls can be found with the more common California, Ring-billed, Westerns, Glaucous-winged and Heermann’s. Purple Martins nest in the area. During the fall anchovy run, Sooty Shearwaters, Brown Pelicans, and Cormo...
If conditions are safe, one can venture out on the jetty to look for Shearwaters, Black-legged Kittiwakes, Scoters, Loons, Red-necked & Western Grebes as well as many gull species. Many of the aforementioned species can be observed from the ob...
Open Farm Fields with year-round grass and flooded fields make this area ideal for geese, ducks, and shorebirds. This is one of the best places in Oregon to find Emperor Goose.
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