Lane County

This access point is on the north side of the Meadowlark Prairie wetlands. If you walk west on the path, you will get to the picnic shelter on Green Hill Rd.  You can also walk east from here to the southern end of the complex, where there are mo...

This site is one of several in the West Eugene wetlands, with Coyote Creek running through the middle of it.  In the late fall, winter, and early spring it has mostly flooded marshy habitat, but dries out in the summer.  It can be good during mi...

This is a mixed second growth forest with conifers and oak/maple in the uplands, and cottonwoods along the river.  Typical forest species can be seen including 6 species of woodpeckers, 5 species of flycatchers, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 6 speci...

This is a little higher elevation forest habitat, but an area that isn’t birded too much because you can find the same/similar habitats closer to Eugene/Springfield up Highway 58 and/or Highway 126.

Specific locations within the Oakridge area include: The “industrial park” that has a couple ponds and lots of open brushy/grassy habitat, given that it’s an old mill site and doesn’t have much industrial development yet (2...

This is riparian habitat along the Row River with numerous small ponds.  There’s the paved bike/walking path through the park, plus numerous “dirt” trails that take you around some of the ponds and through the forest.  Birding ...

This is the only known breeding location for Black Swifts in Oregon. They nest behind the falls and can be seen flying high over the bowl, below the falls, and sometimes high in the sky to the south and west of the viewpoint. Vaux’s Swifts a...

This location has lakes, meadows, and forests for lots of high Cascade birds and by fall most of the bugs are gone. Mountain species might include Sooty Grouse, Northern Goshawk, Northern Pygmy-owl, Common Nighthawk, Cassin’s Vireo, Steller&...

Birding the rocky areas from the headlands above the cave can be very productive. The best place to find birds is from the large pulloff area north of the Sea Lion Caves administration building. The same birds that can be found from the caves can ...

This is a large lake that has very large flocks of water birds (grebes, coots, waterfowl, etc.) in the winter. The road around the lake, toward Ada, provides numerous places to scan the lake and parks/boat ramps to bird the dense forests. Parking ...

Stop at Lodgepole Campground on the way to the beach to see what is there. Red Crossbills are often in the area. The habitat around the campground often contains a sizeable mixed flock of passerines. Continue down the road to Lagoon Campground. Th...

This site is a forested butte along the Willamette River in the middle of Eugene.  It’s best known for the spring migrants that can be found around the top of the butte.  There are numerous trails in the park that provide access to bird. ...