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Clackamas County Oregon

Authors/Editors:  John Notis, Chuck Gates, Linda Smith, Lou Fredd
County Seat: Oregon City
County Size: 1879 square miles
High Elevation : Mt. Hood (11,239 ft.)
Rarities : Little Blue Heron, Cassin's Kingbird, Eastern Towhee, Costa's Hummingbird, Brown Thrasher, Black-throated Blue Warbler
Top County Lister : Tim Janzen, Elmer Specht (245)
Year List Record : Tim Janzen (209)
County Contact Person:  Email   Tim Janzen
Checklists   Full checklists contain all birds seen in the county.  The brief checklists have all rarities removed and have a larger font to make them easier to use in the field.  To help us better understand bird distribution in the state, report any bird not on the checklists.  Of special interest are birds marked with  (C) or  (S)  on the full checklist.  You can contact the person listed above or report your sightings to birdnotes.net.

 

 

Clackamas County Oregon

Authors/Editors:  John Notis, Chuck Gates, Linda Smith, Lou Fredd
County Seat: Oregon City
County Size: 1879 square miles
High Elevation : Mt. Hood (11,239 ft.)
Rarities : Little Blue Heron, Cassin's Kingbird, Eastern Towhee, Costa's Hummingbird, Brown Thrasher, Black-throated Blue Warbler
Top County Lister : Tim Janzen, Elmer Specht (245)
Year List Record : Tim Janzen (209)
County Contact Person:  Email   Tim Janzen
Checklists   Full checklists contain all birds seen in the county.  The brief checklists have all rarities removed and have a larger font to make them easier to use in the field.  To help us better understand bird distribution in the state, report any bird not on the checklists.  Of special interest are birds marked with  (C) or  (S)  on the full checklist.  You can contact the person listed above or report your sightings to birdnotes.net.

 

 

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Introduction:  From the peak of the Cascades on its eastern border, to the Willamette River on the west, Clackamas County offers a range of habitats from alpine to oak savannah, although much of the county's nearly 1900 square miles is blanketed by the damp forests of the western Cascade Mountains and  foothills.  Hotspots that will draw non-local birders are large alpine lakes, good for summer breeders such as Bufflehead and Barrow's Goldeneye and migrants such as Solitary Sandpiper.  Be sure to check streams for reliable American Dipper and (more difficult) Harlequin Duck.  Rufous Hummingbirds enliven fireweed-choked summer clear-cuts, while Olive-sided Flycatchers and a surprising variety of woodpecker and sapsucker species call from the snags above.  Clackamas County also gets the western half of Mt. Hood, which offers one of the more accessible opportunities to look for breeding Gray-crowned Rosy-finch. 


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Introduction:  From the peak of the Cascades on its eastern border, to the Willamette River on the west, Clackamas County offers a range of habitats from alpine to oak savannah, although much of the county's nearly 1900 square miles is blanketed by the damp forests of the western Cascade Mountains and  foothills.  Hotspots that will draw non-local birders are large alpine lakes, good for summer breeders such as Bufflehead and Barrow's Goldeneye and migrants such as Solitary Sandpiper.  Be sure to check streams for reliable American Dipper and (more difficult) Harlequin Duck.  Rufous Hummingbirds enliven fireweed-choked summer clear-cuts, while Olive-sided Flycatchers and a surprising variety of woodpecker and sapsucker species call from the snags above.  Clackamas County also gets the western half of Mt. Hood, which offers one of the more accessible opportunities to look for breeding Gray-crowned Rosy-finch. 

Clackamas County Birding Locations

Birding Locations

Willamette River Recreation Guide 

Mt Talbert Nature Park

Luscher Farms, Cooks Butte

Maddax Woods Park

Camassia Preserve

Willamette Falls

Barton Park

Wildcat Mountain

Wildwood Recreation Area

Lost Creek Campground

Trillium Lake

Timberline Lodge

Mollala River State Park

Hopkins Demo Forest

Milo McIver State Park

Faraday Lake

Promontory Park

Fish Creek Campground

Ripplebrook Ranger Station

Little Crater Lake

High Rock Springs

Abbott Burn

Timothy Lake

Clackamas Lake Ranger St.

St Josef's Vinyard

Feyrer Park

Mollala River Corridor

 

 

Mount Talbert Nature Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 A-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 B-6    geographic coordinates 45 25’ 12” N   122 33’ 07” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   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-12.

Luscher Farms, Cooks Butte & Stevens Meadows  return to the top

 DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8 

        Luscher Farms geographic coordinates 45 23’ 31” N   122 41’ 12” W

        Cooks Butte geographic coordinates 45 23’ 40” N   122 41’ 54” W

        Stevens Meadows geographic coordinates 45 23’ 35” N   122 41’ 28” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-3.

Maddax Woods Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 B-5    geographic coordinates 45 22’ 10” N   122 36’ 45” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-2.

Camassia Preserve  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 B-5    geographic coordinates 45 21’ 33 N   122 37' 05” W

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Nature Conservancy Website

Camassia Brochure

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-1.

Willamette Falls  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 B-5    geographic coordinates (Hwy 99E) 45 21’ 06” N   122 36’ 51” W  (I-205 Northbound) 45 21’ 06” N   122 37’ 34” W

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 Location, Habitat, and Birds:    The falls are a partial barrier and hazard to fish migration (both directions) and consequently attracts piscivorous birds throughout the year.  Aerial insectivores concentrate to forage over the turbulent water below the falls in season.  Migrating Purple Martins and Black Swifts have been seen here.   Sea lions are a possibility.  The overlook is between downtown Oregon City and the Canemah District right off 99E (.6 miles south of the Hwy 43 bridge).   From either direction on I-205, take Exit 9 ("Downtown Oregon City"), turn left onto Hwy 99E for 1.1 miles, look for the entrance to the overlook parking area on the right about a block short of the 2nd St traffic lights on the crest of the hill. Very safe parking and hard standing for scope (advisable), a waist high rock parapet guards against thoughtless approach to the vertical cliff on the other side.  Panoramic view of the entire falls. Nice sign with historical information.  Access is limited to southbound traffic, but it is an easy stop to make in that direction if one is going from West Linn's Camassia Natural Area to Molalla River State Park.  Another viewpoint can be accessed from I-205 southbound.  There is a pull-off  and parking area about 7 miles from I-5. This site suggested by Lou Fredd and he's keeping a species list from this site.  Species on that list include (Waterfowl: Snow Goose S  Canada Goose C  Mallard FC  Bufflehead S), (Grebes thru Herons: Pied-billed Grebe F  Great Blue Heron C  Green Heron C), (Diurnal Raptors: Turkey Vulture C  Osprey C  Northern Harrier S  Red-tailed Hawk FC  Peregrine Falcon S Bald Eagle S), (Shorebirds: Killdeer F  Spotted Sandpiper FC), (Gulls: Mew Gull S  Ring-billed Gull F  Western Gull FC  "Olympic Gulls" C  California Gull C  Herring Gull C  HEXGWGU ? Thayer's Gull FC  Glaucous-winged Gull C), (Pigeons thru Swallows:  Rock Pigeon C  Black Swift S Vaux's Swift C  Anna's Hummingbird S Belted Kingfisher F  Western Scrub-Jay S  American Crow C  Purple Martin S Violet-green Swallow C  Cliff Swallow C  Barn Swallow C), (Remainder: American Robin S  European Starling FC  Song Sparrow S  Dark-eyed Junco S  Brewer's Blackbird S  Brown-headed Cowbird S  House Finch F  American Goldfinch S  Lesser Goldfinch S House Sparrow F).  Abundance code is: C = most occasions FC = expected  F = seen on a few occasions  S= Seen on single occasion Seasonal considerations apply.

Barton Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 61 B-5  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 B-7    geographic coordinates 45 22’ 52” N   122 24’ 41” W

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County Park Map   Barton Park Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Barton Park is located just off of Hwy. 224, approximately 9.8 miles east of Clackamas on the Clackamas River. Take Interstate 205 to Exit 12, Clackamas/Estacada. Turn east-bound onto Hwy. 212/224. Proceed 3.2 miles through Clackamas to the Hwy. 212/224 split (Rock Creek junction). Follow Hwy. 224 to the right, following the signs to Estacada. Proceed 6.4 miles on Hwy. 224 to Bakers Ferry Road and turn right (Barton Grocery on the right-hand side). The park is .2 miles on the left-hand side of the road. Go to the Oregon Birding Trails.  Choose the Willamette Valley Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Heritage Loop Guide.  SectionH-11.

Wildcat Mountain return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 61 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 30 C-1    geographic coordinates 45 18’ 04” N   122 03’ 58” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   From Hwy 26 in Sandy, travel 2.0 miles east and turn south on Firwood Rd.  It's a major intersection with a yellow blinker and a sign.  Follow Firwood Rd. for 3.6 miles and turn left on Wildcat Mtn. Rd.  (beware that you'll need to turn right 0.8 miles from Hwy 26 in order to stay on Firwood)  Follow this road 10 miles to the top, stopping at pastures, streams, clear-cuts, and any other attractive habitat.  You will enter Mt. Hood National Forest 6.5 miles up, and be sure to take a right on NF 105 at 9.5 miles in order to reach a large gravel pit at 3500 ft. elevation, where you get a nice view of the Eagle Creek portion of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness.  From here, you have the option of following several poorly developed trails up another 600 ft. of elevation to the top of McIntyre Ridge.

The route is generally open during a much wider season than Larch Mtn. (It's at a lower elevation and out of the path of the Columbia River Gorge's cold east winds.).  This route is an excellent way to access mountain species in Clackamas County.  While not a winter route, in late spring, summer, and early fall, you will find virtually all of the county mountain species along this route.  You will find extensive mixed conifer second-growth forest scattered among clear-cuts.  Species you might encounter include Ruffed Grouse, Sooty Grouse, Mountain Quail, Cooper's Hawk, N. Goshawk, Band-tailed Pigeon, N. Pygmy Owl, N. Saw-whet Owl, Common Nighthawk, Vaux's Swift, Calliope Hummingbird, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, "Western" Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Tree Swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, both kinglets, Western Bluebird, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Varied Thrush, 7 warbler species, Western Tanager, 8 sparrow species, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Brown-headed Cowbird, Cassin's Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, and Evening Grosbeak.

Wildwood Recreation Area return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 21’ 12” N   121 58’ 50” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 20.

Lost Creek Campground/Nature Trail & Old Maid Flats return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 21’ 39” N   121 55’ 47” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 19.

Trillium Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 16’ 14” N   121 44’ 19” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 17.

Timberline Lodge return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 19’ 51” N   121 42’ 40” W

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Timberline Lodge Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 18.

Molalla River State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-3  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-4    geographic coordinates 45 17’ 43” N   122 42’ 04” W

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State Park Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-4

Hopkins Demonstration Forest   return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 D-6    geographic coordinates 45 15’ 05” N   122 31’ 26” W  

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Hopkins Demonstration Forest Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-9.

Milo McIver State Park  return to the top      

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 61 B-6  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 C-8    geographic coordinates 45 18’ 06” N   122 22’ 27” W

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Park Brochure and Map

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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.

Faraday Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 15’ 55” N   122 19’ 04” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 21.

Promontory Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 13’ 15” N   122 14’ 16” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 22.

Fish Creek Campground return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 09’ 31” N   122 09’ 09” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 23.

Ripplebrook Ranger Station/Timber Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 26.64” N   121 53’ 52.07” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 24.

Little Crater Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 06’ 39” N   121 54’ 58” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:     Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website. Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 27.

High Rock Springs return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 45” N   121 53’ 02” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 25.

Abbott Burn return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 09’ 16” N   121 50’ 51” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 26.

Timothy Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 07’ 02” N   121 48’ 09” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 28.

Clackamas LakeRanger Station return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 05’ 54” N   121 45’ 02” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 29.

St. Josef’s Vineyard and Winery    return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-2  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 D-4    geographic coordinates 45 10’ 21” N   122 43’ 49” W    

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St. Josef's Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-6.

Feyrer Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 E-6    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 25” N   122 32’ 24” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-7.  

Park Website

Molalla River Corridor return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 E-6    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 17” N   122 31’ 58” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-8.  Better access directions can be found at this BLM Site.

Birding Locations

Willamette River Recreation Guide 

Mt Talbert Nature Park

Luscher Farms, Cooks Butte

Maddax Woods Park

Camassia Preserve

Willamette Falls

Barton Park

Wildcat Mountain

Wildwood Recreation Area

Lost Creek Campground

Trillium Lake

Timberline Lodge

Mollala River State Park

Hopkins Demo Forest

Milo McIver State Park

Faraday Lake

Promontory Park

Fish Creek Campground

Ripplebrook Ranger Station

Little Crater Lake

High Rock Springs

Abbott Burn

Timothy Lake

Clackamas Lake Ranger St.

St Josef's Vinyard

Feyrer Park

Mollala River Corridor

 

 

Mount Talbert Nature Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 A-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 B-6    geographic coordinates 45 25’ 12” N   122 33’ 07” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   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-12.

Luscher Farms, Cooks Butte & Stevens Meadows  return to the top

 DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8 

        Luscher Farms geographic coordinates 45 23’ 31” N   122 41’ 12” W

        Cooks Butte geographic coordinates 45 23’ 40” N   122 41’ 54” W

        Stevens Meadows geographic coordinates 45 23’ 35” N   122 41’ 28” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-3.

Maddax Woods Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 B-5    geographic coordinates 45 22’ 10” N   122 36’ 45” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-2.

Camassia Preserve  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 B-5    geographic coordinates 45 21’ 33 N   122 37' 05” W

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Nature Conservancy Website

Camassia Brochure

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-1.

Willamette Falls  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 B-5    geographic coordinates (Hwy 99E) 45 21’ 06” N   122 36’ 51” W  (I-205 Northbound) 45 21’ 06” N   122 37’ 34” W

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 Location, Habitat, and Birds:    The falls are a partial barrier and hazard to fish migration (both directions) and consequently attracts piscivorous birds throughout the year.  Aerial insectivores concentrate to forage over the turbulent water below the falls in season.  Migrating Purple Martins and Black Swifts have been seen here.   Sea lions are a possibility.  The overlook is between downtown Oregon City and the Canemah District right off 99E (.6 miles south of the Hwy 43 bridge).   From either direction on I-205, take Exit 9 ("Downtown Oregon City"), turn left onto Hwy 99E for 1.1 miles, look for the entrance to the overlook parking area on the right about a block short of the 2nd St traffic lights on the crest of the hill. Very safe parking and hard standing for scope (advisable), a waist high rock parapet guards against thoughtless approach to the vertical cliff on the other side.  Panoramic view of the entire falls. Nice sign with historical information.  Access is limited to southbound traffic, but it is an easy stop to make in that direction if one is going from West Linn's Camassia Natural Area to Molalla River State Park.  Another viewpoint can be accessed from I-205 southbound.  There is a pull-off  and parking area about 7 miles from I-5. This site suggested by Lou Fredd and he's keeping a species list from this site.  Species on that list include (Waterfowl: Snow Goose S  Canada Goose C  Mallard FC  Bufflehead S), (Grebes thru Herons: Pied-billed Grebe F  Great Blue Heron C  Green Heron C), (Diurnal Raptors: Turkey Vulture C  Osprey C  Northern Harrier S  Red-tailed Hawk FC  Peregrine Falcon S Bald Eagle S), (Shorebirds: Killdeer F  Spotted Sandpiper FC), (Gulls: Mew Gull S  Ring-billed Gull F  Western Gull FC  "Olympic Gulls" C  California Gull C  Herring Gull C  HEXGWGU ? Thayer's Gull FC  Glaucous-winged Gull C), (Pigeons thru Swallows:  Rock Pigeon C  Black Swift S Vaux's Swift C  Anna's Hummingbird S Belted Kingfisher F  Western Scrub-Jay S  American Crow C  Purple Martin S Violet-green Swallow C  Cliff Swallow C  Barn Swallow C), (Remainder: American Robin S  European Starling FC  Song Sparrow S  Dark-eyed Junco S  Brewer's Blackbird S  Brown-headed Cowbird S  House Finch F  American Goldfinch S  Lesser Goldfinch S House Sparrow F).  Abundance code is: C = most occasions FC = expected  F = seen on a few occasions  S= Seen on single occasion Seasonal considerations apply.

Barton Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 61 B-5  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 B-7    geographic coordinates 45 22’ 52” N   122 24’ 41” W

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County Park Map   Barton Park Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Barton Park is located just off of Hwy. 224, approximately 9.8 miles east of Clackamas on the Clackamas River. Take Interstate 205 to Exit 12, Clackamas/Estacada. Turn east-bound onto Hwy. 212/224. Proceed 3.2 miles through Clackamas to the Hwy. 212/224 split (Rock Creek junction). Follow Hwy. 224 to the right, following the signs to Estacada. Proceed 6.4 miles on Hwy. 224 to Bakers Ferry Road and turn right (Barton Grocery on the right-hand side). The park is .2 miles on the left-hand side of the road. Go to the Oregon Birding Trails.  Choose the Willamette Valley Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Heritage Loop Guide.  SectionH-11.

Wildcat Mountain return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 61 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 30 C-1    geographic coordinates 45 18’ 04” N   122 03’ 58” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   From Hwy 26 in Sandy, travel 2.0 miles east and turn south on Firwood Rd.  It's a major intersection with a yellow blinker and a sign.  Follow Firwood Rd. for 3.6 miles and turn left on Wildcat Mtn. Rd.  (beware that you'll need to turn right 0.8 miles from Hwy 26 in order to stay on Firwood)  Follow this road 10 miles to the top, stopping at pastures, streams, clear-cuts, and any other attractive habitat.  You will enter Mt. Hood National Forest 6.5 miles up, and be sure to take a right on NF 105 at 9.5 miles in order to reach a large gravel pit at 3500 ft. elevation, where you get a nice view of the Eagle Creek portion of the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness.  From here, you have the option of following several poorly developed trails up another 600 ft. of elevation to the top of McIntyre Ridge.

The route is generally open during a much wider season than Larch Mtn. (It's at a lower elevation and out of the path of the Columbia River Gorge's cold east winds.).  This route is an excellent way to access mountain species in Clackamas County.  While not a winter route, in late spring, summer, and early fall, you will find virtually all of the county mountain species along this route.  You will find extensive mixed conifer second-growth forest scattered among clear-cuts.  Species you might encounter include Ruffed Grouse, Sooty Grouse, Mountain Quail, Cooper's Hawk, N. Goshawk, Band-tailed Pigeon, N. Pygmy Owl, N. Saw-whet Owl, Common Nighthawk, Vaux's Swift, Calliope Hummingbird, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, "Western" Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Tree Swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, both kinglets, Western Bluebird, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Varied Thrush, 7 warbler species, Western Tanager, 8 sparrow species, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Brown-headed Cowbird, Cassin's Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, and Evening Grosbeak.

Wildwood Recreation Area return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 21’ 12” N   121 58’ 50” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 20.

Lost Creek Campground/Nature Trail & Old Maid Flats return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 21’ 39” N   121 55’ 47” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 19.

Trillium Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 16’ 14” N   121 44’ 19” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 17.

Timberline Lodge return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 19’ 51” N   121 42’ 40” W

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Timberline Lodge Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 18.

Molalla River State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-3  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-4    geographic coordinates 45 17’ 43” N   122 42’ 04” W

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State Park Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-4

Hopkins Demonstration Forest   return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 D-6    geographic coordinates 45 15’ 05” N   122 31’ 26” W  

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Hopkins Demonstration Forest Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-9.

Milo McIver State Park  return to the top      

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 61 B-6  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 C-8    geographic coordinates 45 18’ 06” N   122 22’ 27” W

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Park Brochure and Map

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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.

Faraday Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 15’ 55” N   122 19’ 04” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 21.

Promontory Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 13’ 15” N   122 14’ 16” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 22.

Fish Creek Campground return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 09’ 31” N   122 09’ 09” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 23.

Ripplebrook Ranger Station/Timber Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 26.64” N   121 53’ 52.07” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 24.

Little Crater Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 06’ 39” N   121 54’ 58” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:     Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website. Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 27.

High Rock Springs return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 45” N   121 53’ 02” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 25.

Abbott Burn return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 09’ 16” N   121 50’ 51” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 26.

Timothy Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 80 C-1  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 07’ 02” N   121 48’ 09” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 28.

Clackamas LakeRanger Station return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 B-8  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 C-10    geographic coordinates 45 05’ 54” N   121 45’ 02” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Cascades Birding Trail.  Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Mt Hood Loop Guide.  Section 29.

St. Josef’s Vineyard and Winery    return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-2  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 28 D-4    geographic coordinates 45 10’ 21” N   122 43’ 49” W    

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St. Josef's Website

Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-6.

Feyrer Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 E-6    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 25” N   122 32’ 24” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-7.  

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Molalla River Corridor return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 60 C-4  DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 29 E-6    geographic coordinates 45 08’ 17” N   122 31’ 58” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:    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-8.  Better access directions can be found at this BLM Site.