TILLAMOOK BAY AREA County

Start birding before you enter Barview Jetty Park at a viewpoint parking area (45.569014, -123.945162) located at the end of Cedar St. and west of the park en...

Pacific Oyster Company accesses rocky shoreline, small marina, and bay habitats. To bird the area, walk west from the parking area. This is an active seafood processing plant where birders have been tolerated, be aware to not inte...

Bayocean Spit is a 3.5-mile long peninsula with open ocean and beach habitats on the west, and bay shore tide flat habitat on the east. Between the shores is a mix of dune, willow patches, coastal Sitka Spruce/Western Hemlock fore...

Cape Meares SP–Lighthouse and Cape Meares SP occupy a scenic headland. This headland offers outstanding wildlife viewing. Habitats here are old growth coast Sitka Spruce/Western Hemlock forest, rocky headlan...

Garibaldi Marina is good in winter for all species of grebes (Eared and Clark’s uncommon) and Loons. Uncommon waterfowl include Canvasback, Black Scoter (rare), Barrows Goldeneye, and Long-tailed Duck (rare).

The sout...

Three Arch Rocks NWR: Scope these offshore rocks for Steller Sea Lions, Seabirds, Peregrine Falcons, and Bald Eagles. The nearshore waters are good for all seabirds, including Tufted Puffin and Black Oystercatcher.

Boquist Rd. and nearby Suppress Rd. pass through dairy pastureland, willow thicket, and wetland habitats. Both can be birded from the road. A good area to park, then walk is located just south of the junction of Boquist and Squee...