Douglas County

This whole area was burned in 2020 with probably 90% of the large trees killed.

Snags and early successional plants will be the normal habitat for many years to come

Woodpecker species should increase; Osprey, Harlequin Duck has been...

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.

Habitat: unique eastside Cascade vegetation, white thornbrush, lodgepole pine, mixed conifer.

Birds: best place in county for Calliope Hummingbird and Green-tailed Towhee, Dusky Flycatcher, Black-backed Woodpecker, other woodpeckers, Wester...

Mature big-leaf maple riparian habitat where Elk Creek meets S Umpqua River, surrounded by Douglas-fir forest;

river hosts Common Merganser, Spotted Sandpiper, Osprey, and American Dipper; rich diversity of nesting songbirds, including Bush...

Habitat: lake, river, riparian, marshy pond (other side of FR 34), mixed conifer.

Birds: Bald Eagle, Osprey, Willow Flycatcher, Spotted Sandpiper, both goldeneyes, waterfowl, Yellow Warbler, American Dipper, Common Yellowthroat,

Warb...

Mid-elevation riparian, lodgepole pine, and mixed conifer forest;

many dead trees provide habitat for woodpeckers; White-headed Woodpecker has occurred; Barrow’s Goldeneye on lake; Olive-sided, Dusky, and Hammond’s Flycatchers, Soot...

Habitat: grassy parkland, river, riparian, oak groves. Birds: Bald Eagle, waterfowl, Acorn Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Hutton’s Vireo, Western Bluebird, Osprey, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Townsend’s Warbler in winter, nice variety o...

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: pond, mixed riparian forest along a bend in the North Umpqua River; Oregon white oak-Douglas fir, fields, ranchland on South Bank rd. and coming into park

Birds: diving and dabbling ducks, Western Bluebird, Varied Thrush, Brown Cr...

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...