TYGH VALLEY/CASCADES County

This is a very nice section of forest that is very productive. Though patch-worked with clear-cuts, the forest remains productive enough to attract many species. A list might include Black-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo,...

Typical Cascade Mountain species are found here. Red Crossbill, Western Tanager, Cassin’s Vireo, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit Warbler, and Olive-sided Flycatcher should be present. Common Gold...

Open farmland and ponds. Ducks and geese are here along with Lewis’s Woodpecker.

Typical Cascade Mountain species are found here. Red Crossbill, Western Tanager, Cassin’s Vireo, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit Warbler, and Olive-sided Flycatcher should be present.

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Species here include Wild Turkey, Mountain Quail, Bald Eagle, and the regular pine species. Anna’s Hummingbird has been seen in this area. Check just east of Pine Grove on Victor Rd. for Grasshopper Sparrow. This is a known nesting location ...

Common Loon, Western Grebe, Osprey and Lewis’s Woodpecker have all been seen here among other species.

Birds here include Osprey, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Pygmy Nuthatch, Western and Mountain Bluebird, many species of ducks on little ponds, shorebirds, geese, and blackbirds.

This mountain lake is surrounded by marshy areas and ponderosa pine. It is located near the pine-sage transition zone so it can be quite active. Birds that are expected here include Common Loon, Varied Thrush, White-headed Woodpecker, Western Wood...

There are few reports from this area so please report your findings so we can build a species list for this site.

Typical Cascade Mountain species are found here. Red Crossbill, Western Tanager, Cassin’s Vireo, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit Warbler, and Olive-sided Flycatcher should be present.

A list of birds from this area includes Redhead, Wild Turkey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Swainson’s Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Bonaparte’s Gull, Gray Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, and Black-headed Grosbeak.

This area has produced Western Scrub-Jay in the past, and also Hooded Oriole.