On the way to Wright’s Point, stop and view the avifauna that carpets the landscape. There is a large stock pond near Island Ranch Road that often has Black Terns and waders along with ducks and geese.

On the north slope of WrightR...

Birds seen in this area include Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Horned Grebe, Bald Eagle, Western Scrub-Jay, migrating passerines.

Wood Ducks and other duck species can be found here. Shorebirds may be found on the edges of the ponds or in the pasture pond. Riparian songbirds are present in spring.  Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons, Black and Say’s Phoebes, Great Horned ...

The mouth and embayment areas of lower Yaquina Bay have been designated a State Important Bird Area by the Audubon Society of Portland because it regularly hosts thousands of waterfowl and shorebirds in season. The American Bird Conservancy in Oct...

All along this road, there are turnouts that allow you to view the bay and its birds.  Look for sea ducks, gulls, terns, grebes, loons, and other waterfowl.  Don’t just look at the water.  The wooded areas have mixed wintering passerine f...

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (YHONA) was designated as a Globally Important Bird Area in 1997 by the American Bird Conservancy because of its many nesting seabirds including Western Gulls, Common Murres, Pigeon Guillemots, Brandt’s...

Birds here include Osprey (nesting platform), Bald Eagle, Common Loon, and diving ducks.

Check the National Forest web site for curren...

Zumwalt Prairie is North America’s largest remaining grassland of its type. A list of birds from this location might include the following: Green-winged Teal, Mountain Quail, Snowy ...

Birds seen along this road include a dozen species of duck, Chukar, Gray Partridge, Ruffed Grouse, Mountain Quail, Western Grebe, eleven hawks (including falcons), Wilson’s Phalarope, Great Horned Owl, Great Gray Owl, Short-eared Owl, Common...