Lane County

This is a trail through forest and/or recently burnt forest.  So, there would be two completely different habitats.

This road will go west for a while but just before it bends to the right, turn off at the dog pond and park. Especially if no one else is in the area, this can be a good place to find interesting shorebirds, passerines, and raptors. After the road...

The area is a mixed forest with a grassy bald area at the top of the butte. Owling is usually productive on this butte. Western-Screech, N. Saw-whet, Barred, Great Horned, and N. Pygmy-Owl can all be found here. Vaux’s Swift can be overhead ...

This site is wetland habitat with seasonal ponds.  It was a good birding site in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, but has become “weedy” and overgrown, so the open mud habitat that was good for shorebirds has disappeared.  It...

This is a great viewpoint for sea watching and one of the better spots for Harlequin Duck, scoters, Black Oystercatcher, etc. This is the best place in Lane Co. to find Black Scoter; a few can be mixed in the large scoter flocks.

This spot is productive for high elevation species, and is subject to snowy conditions sometimes late into the spring and early summer. There is a natural surface trail the circles the lake and is popular with mountain bikers, so if you’re h...

There are trails that have views of the lake to look for water birds and the dense forest around the lake is good for passerines.