NORTH COUNTY SITES County

Large reservoir with expansive mudflats seasonally, surrounded by pine forest; Many migrant and wintering waterfowl, including Goldeneyes, Hooded Merganser, scoters, and a variety of loons, gulls and grebes; nesting species include Varied and Swai...

This is a mixed conifer forest. Birds here are what you would expect from a forest like this. Sooty Grouse, Mountain Quail, Cooper’s Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Red Crossbills, Cassin’s Finches, Western Bluebird, Townsend Solitaire, Wrenti...

This mountain lake is next to the highway and offers a good break from the long drive between Central Oregon and the Rogue Valley. The birds here are much the same as the other lakes. In the fall, water levels drop and shorebird flats are created....

Riparian and open water wetland below Lost Creek dam host wintering waterfowl including Wigeon species, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, and Redhead; paved access roadway with parking areas and benches for waterfowl viewing at close range; nesting wa...

Ponds and dry meadow bordered by agriculture and mixed conifer forests; Good transition zone for wide diversity of species; resident waterfowl, Bald Eagle, Great Gray Owl, and Steller’s and Gray Jays; nesting Williamson’s Sapsuckers, and Sandh...

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 ...