COASTAL SITES County

Mixed aged conifer mostly Douglas fir, Western Hemlock and Western red cedar

Pileated, hairy woodpeckers; several flycatchers, wood warblers, owls: n.pygmy, n.saw-whet, barred, 4 thrush species, grouse, mountain quail, western tanager

Birds in this area include Purple Martin, Marsh Wren, waterfowl, swallows, Yellow Warbler, and rails, shorebirds, double-crested cormorant,

red-shouldered hawk

Habitat and Birds: Habitat: river, wet fields. Birds: Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, White-tailed Kite, Greater Scaup, other waterfowl, swallows,   For most tourists a large herd of Roosevelt elk are the main draw shorebirds, marsh birds. Best...

Most of the road passes through young successional forest that can reveal some good coastal mountain species. Look and listen for Saw-whet and Pygmy Owls. Mountain Quail are here along with some Ruffed and Sooty Grouse at higher levels. Water and ...

Mixed conifer (lodgepole pine, sitka spruce), some riparian, foredune, beach, mudflats

Shorebirds, sea ducks, cormorants, gulls, brown pelican, herons, olive-sided flycatcher, wrentit

You can continue past this pond to the boat landing and you might find some loons or ducks as well. Green Heron, Mallard, wigeon, American Coot, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, and Yellow, Wilson’s warbler and Yellow-rumped

warblers

Small marshes, creek, mixed conifer-hardwood, mixed-age conifer, transfer site, riparian

Herons, virginia and sora rails, marsh and pacific wrens, sparrows, Osprey, flycatchers, Western tanager

Swainson thrush and many other low elev...

Conifer: Sitka spruce and Lodgepole pine; foredune; beach

6.5-mile loop trail meanders past Butterfly, Elbow, and Threemile Lakes on the way to the ocean. Birds: Watch for Western, Glaucous-winged and California gulls; Rufous Hummingbird, V...

See Oregon Coast Birding Trail Doc.

Large river, riparian, mixed-aged conifer-hardwood stands, cattle and sheep ranches

Large rafts of scaup and other ducks rest near the east end of Dean Creek Elk area on the river Oct. thru March. Look for Bald Eagles in the winter and stop...

Habitat: ocean, beach, river, conifers, boat basin, foredune,  jetty rocks.

Birds: Alcids (Pigeon Guillemot nests at the crab dock), gulls, terns, Bald Eagle, Osprey, waterfowl, Wrentit, cormorants, grebes, shorebirds, herons. Best birding...