CULVER AREA County

The flat “grasslands” is mostly Juniper forest and sagebrush lands. On the slopes of Gray Butte there are some interesting springs where Lazuli Buntings can be found and migrant songbirds. The flat areas have breeding Lark, Sagebrush (rare), V...

Open water, willows and surrounding Juniper forest. This is a local hotspot for shorebirds, ducks and grebes. There are two good migrant songbird areas: to the south end of the western car park, and at the south end of the reservoir. Shorebirds of...

Large open water body surrounded by steep cliffs and juniper scrub. This reservoir rarely freezes and often holds ducks, grebes and Common Loon. Often large numbers of gulls are attracted to the boat ramp at the Cove Palisades State Park. At the s...

Sewer Ponds, Irrigation Ponds, Agricultural, and Deciduous Trees.

Key Species: Waterfowl, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Harrier, Prairie Falcon, Ring-necked Pheasant, Long-eared Owl, Yellow-breasted Chat, White-crowned Sparro...

Birds seen here include California Gull, Osprey,  Mountain Quail, W. Screech- owl, N. Pygmy-owl, Common Poorwill, Vaux’s Swift, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Logger- head Shrike, Pinyon Jay and Clark’s Nutcracker along with other more com...