WEST OF PRINEVILLE County

These ponds (opened in the spring of 2017) are part of the Prineville Sewage Treatment complex and are open to the public.  Great lengths were taken to design ponds that would be bird friendly.  There are big ponds, small ponds, deep ponds and s...

This farmland is famous for raptors and tricolored blackbirds.  There is a big marsh here that should be scoped.  When you get to the end of the road going west, check the marsh on your left for Tricolored blackbirds and the large rimrock in fro...

In summer this is a great place to see Yellow-headed Blackbird, Marsh Wren, American Bitterns (maybe the only place in Central Oregon that hosts this species annually), Wilson’s Snipe, Virginia Rails, and Sora. Fall migrant waterfowl are abu...

THERE ARE FEW TURNOUTS AND PLENTY OF TRAFFIC ON THIS ROAD SO BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU STOP.  This valley is covered with agricultural fields, marshy lands and rough ground. Wintering raptors hunt this area and large flocks of Canada ...

The agricultural fields hold high numbers of wintering raptors, flocks of blackbirds and sparrows. Drive the farmlands in winter for hawks (Rough-legged, Red-tailed, Ferruginous, Northern Harrier…) and falcons (American Kestrel, Prairie, and...

THE PRINEVILLE SEWER PONDS ARE NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.  PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THIS FACILITY!  WE HOPE THIS WILL BE A TEMPORARY SITUATION SO WE ARE STILL INCLUDING THIS IMPORTANT LOCATION IN THE SITE GUIDE.  WATCH FO...