The park is open for horses March 15-Oct.31, and all year for general use. This 1100 acre former ranch includes a variety of open and wooded habitats. The topography is generally rolling hills and contains 450 acres of pasture, 650 acres of woods ...

Riparian habitat in mixed conifer; nesting warblers including MacGillivray’s, and others, Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Thrushes. Huckleberry Campground (site 151) has good owl diversity with Flammulated and Long-eared nesting and ...

The road follows Mill Creek as it comes out of the Ochoco Mountains. Farmland straddles the river for several miles and junipers can by found to the west. The pavement ends after a few miles but the dirt road is well maintained. Bushtits and Ash-t...

There are several information kiosks along this short walk. This is a good site for wintering raptors including Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Shrike , White-tailed Kite and Northern Harrier.  Several sparrow species are easily seen fall and winte...

Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website. Choose the Willamette Valley Birding Trail. Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Heritage Loop Guide. Section H-10.

This is a mixed conifer area. Birds you might expect here would include Dusky Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, woodpeckers, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Cassin’s Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Clark’s Nutcracker, three chick...

In spring this as a good place to look for Band-tailed Pigeon, warblers, Seainson’s Thrush and others. Harlequin Duck, Wood Duck, Common and Hooded Merganser and American Dipper can be found on the rocks or in the river.

A mix of open fields, woodlands, backwater sloughs and riparian areas along the Willamette River, this 898-acre park provides some of the best birding in the Salem area year-round. There are three parking areas, with the best birding around #1 (...

Birds here include Wild Turkey, Western Scrub-Jay, Eurasian Collared-Dove, both kinglets, Cedar Waxwing, Lazuli Bunting and Evening Grosbeak. Several houses have hummingbird feeders up; Look for Black-chinned Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird and An...

Located 9 mi SE of Molalla, the Molalla River Corridor is a scenic drive along the Molalla River. The surrounding forests abound with alder,  cedar, dogwood, Douglas-fir, hemlock, madrone, big-leaf maple and vine maple. Along the corridor, scan f...

This large park at the confluence of the Molalla and Willamette Rivers offers access to meadows, ponds, and mixed forests of cedar, Douglas fir, and maple. Watch and listen for kinglets, sparrows, and Western Meadowlark in winter, five species of ...

Like most roads in Sherman County, Monkland winds through extensive wheat fields and provides the birder with opportunities to bird the scattered wild spots. Watch for both shrikes along this road. Check the Horned Lark flocks for longspurs in win...

Many rarities have been found at the Monmouth Sewage Ponds over the years:  Cattle Egret, Tufted Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Barrow’s Goldeneyes, All 3 Scoters, All three loons and all 5 grebes, Franklins, Heermann’s and Sabines Gulls, BL Kittiwa...

About 1.25 miles from Hwy 26 is an Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife preserve with a pond (

Look here for some species that are particularly hard to find in Sherman County. Possibilities include Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Mountain Chickadee, Cassin’s Finch, Evening Grosbeak, Dusky Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, ...

These small lakes offer some habitat for visiting waterfowl. They hold some potential for visitors like Snow Geese and grebes. The forests around the lake can be productive for most of the local forest species. Twin Lake is very marshy and has the...

This is the largest community in Sherman County and the county seat. There are more large trees here than anywhere else which gives it the most potential as a migrant trap. Both Eurasian Collared-Dove and Western Scrub-Jay have been seen here. It ...

Open farmlands are the draw here. Some of this farmland is left fallow and can be too wet to cultivate. This provides some wild areas for birds. A bird list from this location might include Acorn Woodpecker, Western Wood-Pewee, assorted swallows, ...

Habitat and Birds: There are five miles of trails through wetland and upland habitats. Species expected here are Great Blue Heron, Wood Duck, Vaux’s Swift, Osprey, Blue-winged Teal, Anna’s Hummingbird, Cliff Swallow, and both eagles.

Forest of mixed conifers. In addition to the regular forest birds, Dusky and Spruce Grouse are seen here on occasion. This is one of the few sites in Union County where American Three-toed Woodpecker can sometimes be found.

This is a super camping and birding site. There is an outstanding, clean, flowing ice( the water is so cold that it hurts to leave your fingers in it) spring here. This is where you enter the high wet cold forest of the Northern Blue Mountains. Yo...

This mountain ski resort keeps the roads open and free of snow year round. Access to the high mountains may produce wintering mountain species like Gray Jay, Red Crossbill (White-winged is possible but not likely), Mountain Chickadee, Red-breasted...

This is a very interesting place as you have very dry west and east facing slopes and drop offs. The views are spectacular and the birding is interesting. In spring, the wildflower bloom is outstanding. Birds to watch for are Dusky Grouse, Mountai...

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 can be one of the most productive areas in the county. Most birders do their viewing from the Sherman County side of the river but many of the same species can be seen from the Wasco County side. Walk under the freeway to get views of the riv...

Riparian vegetation and open river. Ducks, shorebirds, migrant passerines, gulls, and terns can be found here.

Wooded areas, lawns and gardens attract many birds, including Western Wood-Pewee, Swainson’s Thrush, Bullock’s Oriole, warblers, vireos, bluebirds, woodpeckers, kinglets, chickadees and nuthatches. Raptors may be spotted soaring over t...

Like most other Willamette Valley sewage ponds, the normal fare includes waterfowl, shorebirds, and gulls.

Birds here include Sooty Grouse, Mt. Quail, Bandtailed Pigeon, Vaux’s Swift, White-headed Woodpecker, Dusky Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, Brown Creeper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Hermit Warbler...

Look for American Dippers as you wind along the South Fork Coquille River. At the Buck Creek campground, look for Ruffed Grouse and Barred Owl.  At the western edge of Eden Valley, look for species like Calliope Hummingbird and Willow Flycatcher ...

High elevation forest. Burned forest close to Round Lake. Possible location for Black-backed and Three-toed Woodpecker. Lazuli Buntings have taken to the burnt open areas and Sooty Grouse and Mountain Quail can be found. Other key species include ...

This loop consists mostly of mixed conifer forest. A morning drive in the spring, summer, or fall will produce many of the local forest species and one could find Spruce Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, Dusky Grouse, and Pine Grosbeak (very rare but have be...

The consensus among birders seems to be that Mt. Hebo is not as good as people think it should be, but shrike, Northern Harrier, Dusky Flycatcher, Western Bluebirds, Townsend’s Solitaires, and American Pipits have all been seen there. More b...

The Mt. Hebo area is located at a relatively high elevation in the coast range. The entire area is under-birded.

County listers note that a portion of the area is in Yamhill County.

Though not many trees, there are a few and they could harbor a migrant or two and might be a place to find a winter visitor.

Mt Tabor is a volcanic butte and is the best place in the Portland area to view mixed warblers, vireos and flycatchers during spring migration in late April and May.  These can occur anywhere in the park, but generally the loop at the summit has ...

Over 4 mi of trails circle and traverse this 200-ac forested butte, rising 500 ft over the urban landscape below. April through June are the best months to visit, when wildflowers grace the understory and migrant songbirds fill the treetops. Check...

Look for Wild Turkeys along the first three miles of Ingle Creek Road, especially during the winter. Highway 395 travels north up Beech Creek toward Fox Valley and Long Creek. About 10 miles north, county road 32 goes east up the East Fork Beech C...

Good riparian areas make this an attractive destination. Birds here have included Yellow-breasted Chat, White-crowned Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco.

At campground there is an old road that leaves the grounds on the eastern side (behind restrooms near corral).  You can do a loop around CG if  you take this road and go down and around the small reservoir. This is a great area for multiple wood...

This is another opportunity to access the John Day River. Yellow-breasted Chat, Bullock’s Oriole, Bank Swallow and other riparian birds are possible. Bohemian Waxwings have been seen here.

Munson Creek Falls is a remnant area of older trees surrounded by intensively managed commercial timberlands. A short 0.25 mile trail winds along Munson Creek through an old-growth forest to a viewpoint of the waterfall.

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There are large trees on the NW side of the lake and smaller trees along the edge. Search these trees for owls and passerines. Search the shoreline for shorebirds and the deeper water for waterfowl.

river, riparian, mixed hardwood-conifer forest, grassland, ponds, parkland.

Birds: waterfowl winter and spring, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, Black Phoebe, Western Bluebird, Western Meadowlark, sparrows, raptors. Best birding: May-Ju...

There is a good marsh here, as well as open wetlands and open fields.  Watch for freshwater ducks in the marsh. Wintering raptors such as Merlin, White-tailed Kite, and Red-shouldered Hawk are found here, as well as other common raptors and falco...