Jackson County

Bear Creek Park is an extension of the Bear Creek Greenway and offers good birding in central Medford. See the greenway entry for more bird info. Some of the more unusual birds that have been reported from Medford are Sandhill Crane, Blue Jay, Bla...

Riparian habitat in mixed conifer; nesting warblers including MacGillivray’s, and others, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Thrushes. Huckleberry Campground (site 151) has good owl diversity with Flammulated and Long-eared nesting and ...

Birds here include Sooty Grouse, Mt. Quail, Bandtailed Pigeon, Vaux’s Swift, White-headed Woodpecker, Dusky Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, Brown Creeper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Hermit Warbler...

Grasslands, oak woodlands, savannah, and riparian wetlands all exist in small pockets producing microhabitats that attract a wide variety of birds. Things you might see here include Great Egret, Green Heron, Wood Duck, Sharp-shinned Hawk, N. Pygmy...

Natural mixed conifer and woodland combined with ornamental yard vegetation. You might expect to see Rufous Hummingbird, Anna’s Hummingbird, Pileated Woodpecker, flycatchers (Olive-sided, Hammond’s, Dusky, Ash-throated, pewee, Pacific-...

Coniferous forest and mountain meadows. Birds that can be expected here include Mountain Quail, Hairy Woodpecker, Western Wood-Pewee, Cassin’s Vireo, Steller’s Jay, Mt. Chickadee, Oak Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick’s Wre...

Lots of things can show up on this scrubby butte. Mixed conifers are scattered among oak savannah, manzanita, mountain mahogany, and oak woodlands. Oak Titmouse can be found here along with Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch. Nesters include ...

Lodgepole pine forest; Woodpeckers, Clark’s Nutcracker, Red Crossbill, Mountain Chickadee, and other forest species.

The Denman Area is very marshy and provides the birder with a small glimpse of what was once a much more extensive marshy region in the Rogue Valley. The river provides open water habitat and oak scrubland is common along the river. Common birds s...

This area is famous for having produced a credible Nuttall’s Woodpecker. Anyone birding this area should keep this in mind. Where there is one…… Most of the other birding in this area is typical mountain birding in mixed conifer ...

Most people come here for Oak Titmouse and California Towhee. However, the bird life here has much more to offer. Ruffed Grouse have been found on the slopes and Peregrine Falcons have been seen checking out the cliffs. Lewis’s and Acorn Woo...

Dry oak woodland that borders the Rogue River. In one recent survey, 90 species were located in this park over the course of one year. Waterfowl can be found at this location as they loaf in the slower regions of the river. Ducks, geese, and heron...