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Clatsop County Oregon

Authors/Editors:  Mike Patterson, Linda Fink, Chuck Gates, Linda Smith
County Seat: Astoria
County Size: 1085 square miles
High Elevation : Saddle Mountain (3288 ft)
Rarities : Arctic Loon, Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Little Blue Heron, Lesser Sand-Plover, Spotted Redshank, Long-toed Stint, Broad-billed Hummingbird
Top County Lister : Mike Patterson (335)
Year List Record : Todd Thornton (252)
County Contact Person:     email Lee Cain

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.

Clatsop County Oregon

Authors/Editors:  Mike Patterson, Linda Fink, Chuck Gates, Linda Smith
County Seat: Astoria
County Size: 1085 square miles
High Elevation : Saddle Mountain (3288 ft)
Rarities : Arctic Loon, Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Black Storm-Petrel, Little Blue Heron, Lesser Sand-Plover, Spotted Redshank, Long-toed Stint, Broad-billed Hummingbird
Top County Lister : Mike Patterson (335)
Year List Record : Todd Thornton (252)
County Contact Person:     email Lee Cain

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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Chinook River (WA)

Ocean Fresh Fish (WA)

East Sand Island

South Jetty Columbia River

Trestle Bay

Fort Stevens State Park

Hammond Boat Basin

Camp Kiwanilong

Warrenton Linear Park

Youngs Bay

Fort Clatsop Memorial

Astoria Mitigation Bank

Wireless Road

Coxcomb Hill (Astoria Column)

Astoria Sewage Ponds

Twilight Creek

Ziak Wildlife Refuge

Brownsmead

Gnat Creek Campground

Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery

Sunset Beach State RA

Cullaby Lake Wetlands

Clatsop Beach

Necanicum Estuary

Neawanna Point

Neawanna Eco. Observatory

Stanley Lake

Bird Rock

Ecola State Park

Feldenheimer Forest Trail

Seaside Cove

Saddle Mt. State Park

Lee Wooden & Fishhawk Falls

Jewell Meadows

Clatsop Loop Trail

Cannon Beach Sewage Ponds

Haystack Rock

Angora Peak

Neahkahnie Mountain

Nehalem Fish Hatchery

Henry Rierson Spruce Run CG

 Neawanna Wetlands

 

Chinook River (WASHINGTON)  return to the top

geographic coordinates 46 18’ 16” N   123 58’ 03” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon  and directions to this specific site can be found at Chinook River

Ocean Fresh Fish Tidal Flats (WASHINGTON) return to the top

geographic coordinates 46 18’ 03” N   124 02’ 57” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon. Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon.   His site and directions to this specific site can be found at. Ocean Fresh Fish Tidal Flats.

East Sand Island return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)    Pg 70 B-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 D-7    geographic coordinates 46 15’ 44” N   123 58’ 32” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:East Sand Island

South Jetty Columbia River return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 D-7   geographic coordinates 46 13’ 36” N   124 00’ 50" W

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Tourism Map

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  From Astoria, take Hwy 30 west to the junction of Hwy 101.  Take Hwy 101 over Youngs Bay and turn west on East Harbor Street to Warrenton (look for the Walgreens, Shilo Inn, and Fort Stevens State Park sign).  In Warrenton, take Hwy 104 north to Hampton where it becomes Pacific Drive.  Turn left (south) on Willow Drive in Hampton which will quickly become Lake Drive (keep following the signs to Ft. Stevens).  Go south about a mile and look for Jetty Road and the entrance to Fort Stevens State Park.  There are other ways of getting to the South Jetty but this route takes you to good birding locations in Warrenton and Hammond (See Hammond Boat Basin and Warrenton Linear Park).  Take Jetty Road to Parking Lot "C".  You should not try to venture out on the jetty when the tide is high or during times of high surf.  Besides being quite difficult to negotiate due to its construction of large boulders, a sneaker wave can easily wipe you out. Sneaker waves can and do kill a number of people on the Oregon Coast who ignore warnings to venture out where it is not safe.  If conditions are safe, one can venture out on the jetty to look for shearwaters, Black-legged Kittiwakes, scoters, loons, Red-necked & Western Grebe as well as many species of gull.  Many of the afore mentioned species can be observed from the observation tower at Parking Lot "C".  Just north and west of the observation tower is a deflation plain that often produces some good shore-birding.  This area also is productive for resting migrants and will sometimes harbor a Snowy or Short-eared Owl.  Continue on Jetty Road.  As the road curves around the end of the spit and begins to travel east, pull over and hike one of several trails that give a view of the Columbia.  Shorebirds and gulls can be found here with the occasional rarity.  At the end of Jetty Road is a large parking area called Parking Lot "D".  At the east end of the parking lot, there is a trail that heads over to Trestle Bay and gives a good view of a very birdy area.  There is shelter here for both birds and birders.  This area has produced some good rare birds and offers a scope view of both sides of the bay. 

Trestle Bay Shorebird Location (Parking Lot B South Jetty)return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 D-7    geographic coordinates 46 12’ 52” N   124 00’ 14” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon  directions to this specific site can be found at the Trestle Bay Shorebird Guide

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Fort Stevens State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7   geographic coordinates 46 11’ 41” N   123 58’ 39" W

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Oregon State Parks Website 

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Oregon Coast Birding Trail   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 9.  Mike Patterson's Checklist for this location.    

Hammond Boat Basin return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-2      DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7      geographic coordinates 46 12’ 09” N   123 57’ 09” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  From Warrenton, go north on Hwy 104 (Fort Stevens Hwy).  Hammond is about 3 miles north of Warrenton.  Turn right on Iredale Drive and bird the boat basin.  Be sure to go all the way round to the north side where the gulls often gather in the parking lot.  Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls can be found with the more common California, Ring-billed, Westerns, and Glaucous-winged (Heermann's too.).  Purple Martins nest in the area.  During the fall anchovy run, Sooty Shearwaters, Brown Pelicans, and cormorants can be found.  Loons and grebes like this spot as well.

Coffenbury Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 19” N   123 57’ 41" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Coffenbury Lake is located on the southern edge of Fort Stevens State Park (see directions above).  Though close to the ocean, this is a freshwater lake.  Spring and fall are the best times to visit as migrants can be found in the thick woods and marshy areas.  Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers often nest here in summer.

Camp Kiwanilong return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 70 C-2    (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7     geographic coordinates 46 09’ 34” N   123˚ 56’ 59” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  From Warrenton, take Hwy 104 (Fort Stevens Hwy) south for 0.5 miles and turn right (west) on 9th Street.  Go 1.0 miles to Ridge Road and turn right (north).  Go a very short distance and turn left on Girl Scout Camp Road across from the soccer fields.  Drive into the complex and contact the staff to ask permission to bird the area.  Access here is limited.  Species found here include Saw-whet Owls nesting in the Wood Duck boxes, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Ruffed Grouse, Green Heron, Osprey, Band-tailed Pigeon, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hutton's Vireo, chickadees (Chestnut-backed & Black-capped), wrens (Winter, Marsh, Bewick's), Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Wrentit, warblers (Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Gray, Townsend's, Hermit, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's), Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown-headed Cowbird, Purple Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, and American Goldfinch.

Warrenton Linear Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7   geographic coordinates 46 11 16” N   123 55’ 25" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:      Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 8.

Youngs BayShorebird Location return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8    geographic coordinates 46 09’ 10” N   123 51’ 51” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon  and directions to this specific site can be found at Youngs Bay Shorebirds.

Fort Clatsop Memorial return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8   geographic coordinates 46 08’ 05” N   123 52’ 50" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 10.

Astoria Mitigation Bank Wetlands return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8   geographic coordinates 46 09’ 12” N   123 51’ 47" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 7.

Wireless Road return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8   geographic coordinates 46 09’ 23” N   123 49’ 35" W

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Location:  Take 101 South from Astoria to West Marine Drive (Hwy 202).  Go east for 1.3 miles and turn south on Alt. Hwy 101.  Cross Youngs Bay on the bridge and the first main road after the bridge is Wireless Road.  Take this road around and scan the farm fields for shorebirds and waterfowl.

Habitat and Birds: Open Farm Fields with year-round grass and flooded fields make this area ideal for geese, ducks, and shorebirds.  This is one of the best places in Oregon to find Emperor Goose.

Coxcomb Hill/Astoria Column return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-9   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 53” N   123 49’ 02" W

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City Information

Astoria Column Webpage

This Morning On Coxcomb Hill - A record of historical data and trends produced by Mike Patterson

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 6.

Astoria Sewage Ponds Overlook return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 11 E-9   geographic coordinates 46 12’ 02” N   123 46’ 22" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 5.

Twilight Creek Eagle Sanctuary  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-10   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 19” N   123 40’ 50" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 4.

Ziak Wildlife Refuge return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-5   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-1   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 59” N   123 34’ 52" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 3.

Brownsmead return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 71 C-5      DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 D-1      geographic coordinates 46 13’ 03” N   123˚ 32’ 26” W

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Brownsmead Map 

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  The Brownsmead area can be accessed by traveling east from Knappa on Hwy 30 for 2.7 miles (if you're coming from the east, it's about 18 miles west of Clatskanie).  Turn north on Ziak-Gnat Creek Lane.  Go 2 miles and turn right on Barendse Road.  Cross the bridge and turn left on Pentilla Road.  Scan the river for birds along this road.  Take Jackson Road NE and scan the fields for waterfowl, sparrows, and raptors.  Turn left at Brownsmead Dike Lane and go a short distance to Fish Lane.  Take Fish Lane for .7 miles and turn right on Bug Hole Road.  Bug Hole will take you to the river.  You can bird up and down this road looking for rarities. Some of the more interesting species found in the Brownsmead area include Arctic Loon, Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Little Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Gyrfalcon, White-tailed Kite, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Palm Warbler. 

Gnat Creek Campground return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 71 C-6   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-1   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 38” N   123 30’ 06" W

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Oregon Department of Forestry Map  

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 1.

Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 71 C-6   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-2 geographic coordinates 46 10’ 11” N   123 29’ 24" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 2.

Gnat Creek Trail From the Campground to the Fish Hatchery DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 71 C-6   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-2 geographic coordinates 46 10’ 11” N   123 29’ 24" W           

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Sunset Beach State Recreation Site return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 F-7   geographic coordinates 46 05’ 55” N   123 56’ 30" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 11.

Cullaby Lake Wetlands Interpretive Trail return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 F-8   geographic coordinates 46 05’ 08” N   123 54’ 27" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 12.

Clatsop Beach  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 F-7    geographic coordinates (North Access) 46 10’29” N   123 58’ 40” W   (South Access) 46 01’ 51” N   123 55’ 43” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregonand directions to this specific site can be found at Clatsop Beach.

Necanicum Estuary  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3   geographic coordinates  (Gearhart) 46 01’ 03” N   123 55’ 14" W  (Seaside High School) 46 00’ 25” N   123 55’ 05" W 

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregonand directions to this specific site can be found at Necanicum EstuaryGo to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 13.

Neawanna Point Coast Natural History Center return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3   geographic coordinates 46 00’ 56” N   123 54’ 42" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 14.

Neawanna Ecological Observatory (aka Neawanna Mill Ponds or Seaside Mill Ponds)  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3   geographic coordinates 45 58’ 57” N   123 55’ 21" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   From US Hwy 101 on the south end of Seaside,  turn east at Ave S.  Stay on Ave S east for about 1/4 mile to Alder Mill Rd. (just before theWestern Oregon Waste [W.O.W] recycling center).  This road is marked Ave U on Google Maps.  Turn right on Alder Mill Road. The public area begins south past the cable gate where  Alder Mill Road dead-ends. Park in the lawn immediately past the recycling fenced compound.on the east side of Alder Mill Rd.or along the edge of the road on the east side.  There is a seed spot just south of the cable with white pipes on it that leads away from Alder Mill Rd. ends. Locals will sometimes leave seed here to attract seedeaters.  To avoid scaring the flock, stay on the blacktop and walk around to the west into the city lot, take a turn south at the firefighter training tower and continue through the unlocked gate at the SE corner of the city lot into the Mill Ponds park. CLOSE THE GATE IN THE CYCLONE  FENCE AFTER YOU OPEN IT. The Mill ponds are not very visible from the road, but there is a gravel trail around the fresh water mill pond that affords good birding opportunities. A list of birds for this location includes the following:  Greater White-fronted Goose,  Snow Goose,  Cackling Goose, Wood Duck,  Gadwall,  Eurasian Wigeon,  Redhead,  Tufted Duck,  Greater Scaup,  Lesser Scaup,  Common Goldeneye,  Hooded Merganser,  Common Merganser,  Ring-necked Pheasant,  Ruffed Grouse,  Green Heron,  White-tailed Kite,  Bald Eagle,  Northern Goshawk,  Red-shouldered Hawk,  Swainson's Hawk,  Merlin,  Peregrine Falcon,  Virginia Rail, Sandhill Crane,  Black-bellied Plover,  Semipalmated Plover,  Whimbrel,  Pectoral Sandpiper,  Red Phalarope,  Bonaparte's Gull,  Thayer's Gull,  Band-tailed Pigeon,  Eurasian Collared-Dove,  Great Horned Owl,  Black Swift,  Vaux's Swift,  Black-chinned Hummingbird,  Anna's Hummingbird,  Calliope Hummingbird,  Rufous Hummingbird,  Red-breasted Sapsucker,  Downy Woodpecker,  Hairy Woodpecker,  Pileated Woodpecker,  Olive-sided Flycatcher,  Willow Flycatcher,  Dusky Flycatcher,  Pacific-slope Flycatcher,  Western Kingbird,  Hutton's Vireo,  Gray Jay,  Western Scrub-Jay,  Purple Martin,  swallows,  Wrentit,  Black-throated Blue Warbler,  Black-throated Gray Warbler,  Townsend's Warbler,  Hermit Warbler,  Prairie Warbler,  Palm Warbler,  Northern Waterthrush,  MacGillivray's Warbler,  Yellow-breasted Chat,  American Tree Sparrow,  Brewer's Sparrow,  Swamp Sparrow,  White-throated Sparrow,  Rose-breasted Grosbeak,  Painted Bunting,  Bullock's Oriole,  Purple Finch,  Red Crossbill,  Evening Grosbeak.  For more information on the birds and other wildlife of this location, see Mike Patterson's Neawanna Wetland Ecological Observatory web page at or see his blog about this location at North Coast Diaries/Neawanna Ecological Observatory

Stanley Lake  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3    geographic coordinates 46 00’ 37” N   123 54’ 29” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shorebirding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon and directions to this specific site can be found at Stanley Lake.

Bird Rock return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008) Pg 20 B-2    geographic coordinates 45 54’ 31” N   123 58’ 14” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:Bird Rock Website

Ecola State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-2   geographic coordinates 45 56’ 31” N   123 58’ 31" W

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Ecola State Park Website - View a map and brochure. 

Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 22.

Feldenheimer Forest Trail  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-2   geographic coordinates 45 58’ 21” N   123 57’ 30" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 21.

Seaside Cove return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-2   geographic coordinates 45 58’ 32” N   123 56’ 25" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 20.

Saddle Mountain State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-5   geographic coordinates 45 57’ 51” N   123 40’ 49" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 15.

Lee Wooden/Fishhawk Falls return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 64 A-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 21 A-6   geographic coordinates 45 57’ 12” N   123 34’ 20" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 17.

Jewell Meadows Wildlife Management Area return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 64 A-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 21 B-6   geographic coordinates 45 56’ 39” N   123 32’ 19" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 16.

Clatsop Loop Trail - Ecola State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 B-2   geographic coordinates 45 56’ 03” N   123 58’ 53" W

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Oregon State Parks Map

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 23.

Cannon Beach Sewage Ponds  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 B-2   geographic coordinates 45 53’ 53” N   123 57’ 24" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 24.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1    DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 B-2   geographic coordinates 45 53’ 03” N   123 58’ 06" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 25.

Angora Peak return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 B-1      DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 C-2      geographic coordinates 45 47’ 12” N   123˚ 55’ 16” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: If you are coming from the south, go 7.3 miles north of Manzanita.  From the Cannon Beach area, drive south on Hwy 101 for 5-6 miles (This is just south of Arch Cape).  Turn east on E. Shingle Mill Lane.  Go about 0.5 miles and turn right on Arch Cape Mill Road.  Take this road 3.5 miles to Angora Peak.  This area exposes you to Coast Range species such as Ruffed and Sooty Grouse, Pygmy Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Mt. Quail, Calliope Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Band-tailed Pigeon, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Hutton's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Violet-Green Swallow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Western Bluebird, Varied Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, and Evening Grosbeak

Neahkahnie Mountain return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 A-2    geographic coordinates 46 44’ 49” N   123 56’ 47” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Neahkahnie Mountain is a Coast Range mountain with many of the regular Coast Range species.  Mixed conifers hold Ruffed and Sooty Grouse, Pygmy Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Mt. Quail, Rufous Hummingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Hutton's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Tree Swallow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Wrentit, Cedar Waxwing, Hermit Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, and Evening Grosbeak just to name a few. 

Nehalem Fish Hatchery return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 B-2     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 D-3   geographic coordinates 45 48’ 47” N   123 46’ 27" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 28.

Henry Rierson Spruce Run Campground return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 64 B-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 21 C-6   geographic coordinates 45 48’ 43” N   123 36’ 46" W

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Oregon Dept of Forestry Map  

Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 18.

 

Birding Locations

Clatsop State Forest Map

Mike Patterson's Online Shorebird Photo Guide

Mike Patterson's Weblog - North Coast Diaries

Chinook River (WA)

Ocean Fresh Fish (WA)

East Sand Island

South Jetty Columbia River

Trestle Bay

Fort Stevens State Park

Hammond Boat Basin

Camp Kiwanilong

Warrenton Linear Park

Youngs Bay

Fort Clatsop Memorial

Astoria Mitigation Bank

Wireless Road

Coxcomb Hill (Astoria Column)

Astoria Sewage Ponds

Twilight Creek

Ziak Wildlife Refuge

Brownsmead

Gnat Creek Campground

Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery

Sunset Beach State RA

Cullaby Lake Wetlands

Clatsop Beach

Necanicum Estuary

Neawanna Point

Neawanna Eco. Observatory

Stanley Lake

Bird Rock

Ecola State Park

Feldenheimer Forest Trail

Seaside Cove

Saddle Mt. State Park

Lee Wooden & Fishhawk Falls

Jewell Meadows

Clatsop Loop Trail

Cannon Beach Sewage Ponds

Haystack Rock

Angora Peak

Neahkahnie Mountain

Nehalem Fish Hatchery

Henry Rierson Spruce Run CG

 Neawanna Wetlands

 

Chinook River (WASHINGTON)  return to the top

geographic coordinates 46 18’ 16” N   123 58’ 03” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon  and directions to this specific site can be found at Chinook River

Ocean Fresh Fish Tidal Flats (WASHINGTON) return to the top

geographic coordinates 46 18’ 03” N   124 02’ 57” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon. Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon.   His site and directions to this specific site can be found at. Ocean Fresh Fish Tidal Flats.

East Sand Island return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)    Pg 70 B-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 D-7    geographic coordinates 46 15’ 44” N   123 58’ 32” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:East Sand Island

South Jetty Columbia River return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 D-7   geographic coordinates 46 13’ 36” N   124 00’ 50" W

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Tourism Map

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  From Astoria, take Hwy 30 west to the junction of Hwy 101.  Take Hwy 101 over Youngs Bay and turn west on East Harbor Street to Warrenton (look for the Walgreens, Shilo Inn, and Fort Stevens State Park sign).  In Warrenton, take Hwy 104 north to Hampton where it becomes Pacific Drive.  Turn left (south) on Willow Drive in Hampton which will quickly become Lake Drive (keep following the signs to Ft. Stevens).  Go south about a mile and look for Jetty Road and the entrance to Fort Stevens State Park.  There are other ways of getting to the South Jetty but this route takes you to good birding locations in Warrenton and Hammond (See Hammond Boat Basin and Warrenton Linear Park).  Take Jetty Road to Parking Lot "C".  You should not try to venture out on the jetty when the tide is high or during times of high surf.  Besides being quite difficult to negotiate due to its construction of large boulders, a sneaker wave can easily wipe you out. Sneaker waves can and do kill a number of people on the Oregon Coast who ignore warnings to venture out where it is not safe.  If conditions are safe, one can venture out on the jetty to look for shearwaters, Black-legged Kittiwakes, scoters, loons, Red-necked & Western Grebe as well as many species of gull.  Many of the afore mentioned species can be observed from the observation tower at Parking Lot "C".  Just north and west of the observation tower is a deflation plain that often produces some good shore-birding.  This area also is productive for resting migrants and will sometimes harbor a Snowy or Short-eared Owl.  Continue on Jetty Road.  As the road curves around the end of the spit and begins to travel east, pull over and hike one of several trails that give a view of the Columbia.  Shorebirds and gulls can be found here with the occasional rarity.  At the end of Jetty Road is a large parking area called Parking Lot "D".  At the east end of the parking lot, there is a trail that heads over to Trestle Bay and gives a good view of a very birdy area.  There is shelter here for both birds and birders.  This area has produced some good rare birds and offers a scope view of both sides of the bay. 

Trestle Bay Shorebird Location (Parking Lot B South Jetty)return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 D-7    geographic coordinates 46 12’ 52” N   124 00’ 14” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon  directions to this specific site can be found at the Trestle Bay Shorebird Guide

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Fort Stevens State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7   geographic coordinates 46 11’ 41” N   123 58’ 39" W

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Oregon State Parks Website 

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Oregon Coast Birding Trail   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 9.  Mike Patterson's Checklist for this location.    

Hammond Boat Basin return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-2      DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7      geographic coordinates 46 12’ 09” N   123 57’ 09” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  From Warrenton, go north on Hwy 104 (Fort Stevens Hwy).  Hammond is about 3 miles north of Warrenton.  Turn right on Iredale Drive and bird the boat basin.  Be sure to go all the way round to the north side where the gulls often gather in the parking lot.  Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls can be found with the more common California, Ring-billed, Westerns, and Glaucous-winged (Heermann's too.).  Purple Martins nest in the area.  During the fall anchovy run, Sooty Shearwaters, Brown Pelicans, and cormorants can be found.  Loons and grebes like this spot as well.

Coffenbury Lake return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 19” N   123 57’ 41" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Coffenbury Lake is located on the southern edge of Fort Stevens State Park (see directions above).  Though close to the ocean, this is a freshwater lake.  Spring and fall are the best times to visit as migrants can be found in the thick woods and marshy areas.  Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers often nest here in summer.

Camp Kiwanilong return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg 70 C-2    (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7     geographic coordinates 46 09’ 34” N   123˚ 56’ 59” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  From Warrenton, take Hwy 104 (Fort Stevens Hwy) south for 0.5 miles and turn right (west) on 9th Street.  Go 1.0 miles to Ridge Road and turn right (north).  Go a very short distance and turn left on Girl Scout Camp Road across from the soccer fields.  Drive into the complex and contact the staff to ask permission to bird the area.  Access here is limited.  Species found here include Saw-whet Owls nesting in the Wood Duck boxes, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Ruffed Grouse, Green Heron, Osprey, Band-tailed Pigeon, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hutton's Vireo, chickadees (Chestnut-backed & Black-capped), wrens (Winter, Marsh, Bewick's), Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Wrentit, warblers (Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Gray, Townsend's, Hermit, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's), Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown-headed Cowbird, Purple Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, and American Goldfinch.

Warrenton Linear Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-7   geographic coordinates 46 11 16” N   123 55’ 25" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:      Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 8.

Youngs BayShorebird Location return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8    geographic coordinates 46 09’ 10” N   123 51’ 51” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon  and directions to this specific site can be found at Youngs Bay Shorebirds.

Fort Clatsop Memorial return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8   geographic coordinates 46 08’ 05” N   123 52’ 50" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 10.

Astoria Mitigation Bank Wetlands return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8   geographic coordinates 46 09’ 12” N   123 51’ 47" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 7.

Wireless Road return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-8   geographic coordinates 46 09’ 23” N   123 49’ 35" W

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Location:  Take 101 South from Astoria to West Marine Drive (Hwy 202).  Go east for 1.3 miles and turn south on Alt. Hwy 101.  Cross Youngs Bay on the bridge and the first main road after the bridge is Wireless Road.  Take this road around and scan the farm fields for shorebirds and waterfowl.

Habitat and Birds: Open Farm Fields with year-round grass and flooded fields make this area ideal for geese, ducks, and shorebirds.  This is one of the best places in Oregon to find Emperor Goose.

Coxcomb Hill/Astoria Column return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-9   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 53” N   123 49’ 02" W

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City Information

Astoria Column Webpage

This Morning On Coxcomb Hill - A record of historical data and trends produced by Mike Patterson

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 6.

Astoria Sewage Ponds Overlook return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 11 E-9   geographic coordinates 46 12’ 02” N   123 46’ 22" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 5.

Twilight Creek Eagle Sanctuary  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 C-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 E-10   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 19” N   123 40’ 50" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 4.

Ziak Wildlife Refuge return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 C-5   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-1   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 59” N   123 34’ 52" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 3.

Brownsmead return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 71 C-5      DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 D-1      geographic coordinates 46 13’ 03” N   123˚ 32’ 26” W

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Brownsmead Map 

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  The Brownsmead area can be accessed by traveling east from Knappa on Hwy 30 for 2.7 miles (if you're coming from the east, it's about 18 miles west of Clatskanie).  Turn north on Ziak-Gnat Creek Lane.  Go 2 miles and turn right on Barendse Road.  Cross the bridge and turn left on Pentilla Road.  Scan the river for birds along this road.  Take Jackson Road NE and scan the fields for waterfowl, sparrows, and raptors.  Turn left at Brownsmead Dike Lane and go a short distance to Fish Lane.  Take Fish Lane for .7 miles and turn right on Bug Hole Road.  Bug Hole will take you to the river.  You can bird up and down this road looking for rarities. Some of the more interesting species found in the Brownsmead area include Arctic Loon, Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Little Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Gyrfalcon, White-tailed Kite, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Palm Warbler. 

Gnat Creek Campground return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 71 C-6   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-1   geographic coordinates 46 10’ 38” N   123 30’ 06" W

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Oregon Department of Forestry Map  

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 1.

Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 71 C-6   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-2 geographic coordinates 46 10’ 11” N   123 29’ 24" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 2.

Gnat Creek Trail From the Campground to the Fish Hatchery DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 71 C-6   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 18 E-2 geographic coordinates 46 10’ 11” N   123 29’ 24" W           

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Sunset Beach State Recreation Site return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 F-7   geographic coordinates 46 05’ 55” N   123 56’ 30" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 11.

Cullaby Lake Wetlands Interpretive Trail return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-3   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 F-8   geographic coordinates 46 05’ 08” N   123 54’ 27" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 12.

Clatsop Beach  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 17 F-7    geographic coordinates (North Access) 46 10’29” N   123 58’ 40” W   (South Access) 46 01’ 51” N   123 55’ 43” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregonand directions to this specific site can be found at Clatsop Beach.

Necanicum Estuary  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3   geographic coordinates  (Gearhart) 46 01’ 03” N   123 55’ 14" W  (Seaside High School) 46 00’ 25” N   123 55’ 05" W 

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shore-birding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregonand directions to this specific site can be found at Necanicum EstuaryGo to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.  Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 13.

Neawanna Point Coast Natural History Center return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3   geographic coordinates 46 00’ 56” N   123 54’ 42" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 14.

Neawanna Ecological Observatory (aka Neawanna Mill Ponds or Seaside Mill Ponds)  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3   geographic coordinates 45 58’ 57” N   123 55’ 21" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:   From US Hwy 101 on the south end of Seaside,  turn east at Ave S.  Stay on Ave S east for about 1/4 mile to Alder Mill Rd. (just before theWestern Oregon Waste [W.O.W] recycling center).  This road is marked Ave U on Google Maps.  Turn right on Alder Mill Road. The public area begins south past the cable gate where  Alder Mill Road dead-ends. Park in the lawn immediately past the recycling fenced compound.on the east side of Alder Mill Rd.or along the edge of the road on the east side.  There is a seed spot just south of the cable with white pipes on it that leads away from Alder Mill Rd. ends. Locals will sometimes leave seed here to attract seedeaters.  To avoid scaring the flock, stay on the blacktop and walk around to the west into the city lot, take a turn south at the firefighter training tower and continue through the unlocked gate at the SE corner of the city lot into the Mill Ponds park. CLOSE THE GATE IN THE CYCLONE  FENCE AFTER YOU OPEN IT. The Mill ponds are not very visible from the road, but there is a gravel trail around the fresh water mill pond that affords good birding opportunities. A list of birds for this location includes the following:  Greater White-fronted Goose,  Snow Goose,  Cackling Goose, Wood Duck,  Gadwall,  Eurasian Wigeon,  Redhead,  Tufted Duck,  Greater Scaup,  Lesser Scaup,  Common Goldeneye,  Hooded Merganser,  Common Merganser,  Ring-necked Pheasant,  Ruffed Grouse,  Green Heron,  White-tailed Kite,  Bald Eagle,  Northern Goshawk,  Red-shouldered Hawk,  Swainson's Hawk,  Merlin,  Peregrine Falcon,  Virginia Rail, Sandhill Crane,  Black-bellied Plover,  Semipalmated Plover,  Whimbrel,  Pectoral Sandpiper,  Red Phalarope,  Bonaparte's Gull,  Thayer's Gull,  Band-tailed Pigeon,  Eurasian Collared-Dove,  Great Horned Owl,  Black Swift,  Vaux's Swift,  Black-chinned Hummingbird,  Anna's Hummingbird,  Calliope Hummingbird,  Rufous Hummingbird,  Red-breasted Sapsucker,  Downy Woodpecker,  Hairy Woodpecker,  Pileated Woodpecker,  Olive-sided Flycatcher,  Willow Flycatcher,  Dusky Flycatcher,  Pacific-slope Flycatcher,  Western Kingbird,  Hutton's Vireo,  Gray Jay,  Western Scrub-Jay,  Purple Martin,  swallows,  Wrentit,  Black-throated Blue Warbler,  Black-throated Gray Warbler,  Townsend's Warbler,  Hermit Warbler,  Prairie Warbler,  Palm Warbler,  Northern Waterthrush,  MacGillivray's Warbler,  Yellow-breasted Chat,  American Tree Sparrow,  Brewer's Sparrow,  Swamp Sparrow,  White-throated Sparrow,  Rose-breasted Grosbeak,  Painted Bunting,  Bullock's Oriole,  Purple Finch,  Red Crossbill,  Evening Grosbeak.  For more information on the birds and other wildlife of this location, see Mike Patterson's Neawanna Wetland Ecological Observatory web page at or see his blog about this location at North Coast Diaries/Neawanna Ecological Observatory

Stanley Lake  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 70 D-2   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-3    geographic coordinates 46 00’ 37” N   123 54’ 29” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Mike Patterson has an excellent website that gives very good advice for shorebirding the north coast of Oregon.  Guide to shorebird Watching on the North Coast of Oregon and directions to this specific site can be found at Stanley Lake.

Bird Rock return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008) Pg 20 B-2    geographic coordinates 45 54’ 31” N   123 58’ 14” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:Bird Rock Website

Ecola State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-2   geographic coordinates 45 56’ 31” N   123 58’ 31" W

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Ecola State Park Website - View a map and brochure. 

Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 22.

Feldenheimer Forest Trail  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-2   geographic coordinates 45 58’ 21” N   123 57’ 30" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 21.

Seaside Cove return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-2   geographic coordinates 45 58’ 32” N   123 56’ 25" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 20.

Saddle Mountain State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 70 D-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 A-5   geographic coordinates 45 57’ 51” N   123 40’ 49" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 15.

Lee Wooden/Fishhawk Falls return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 64 A-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 21 A-6   geographic coordinates 45 57’ 12” N   123 34’ 20" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 17.

Jewell Meadows Wildlife Management Area return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 64 A-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 21 B-6   geographic coordinates 45 56’ 39” N   123 32’ 19" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 16.

Clatsop Loop Trail - Ecola State Park return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 B-2   geographic coordinates 45 56’ 03” N   123 58’ 53" W

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Oregon State Parks Map

Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 23.

Cannon Beach Sewage Ponds  return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 B-2   geographic coordinates 45 53’ 53” N   123 57’ 24" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 24.

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 A-1    DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 B-2   geographic coordinates 45 53’ 03” N   123 58’ 06" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 25.

Angora Peak return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 B-1      DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 C-2      geographic coordinates 45 47’ 12” N   123˚ 55’ 16” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds: If you are coming from the south, go 7.3 miles north of Manzanita.  From the Cannon Beach area, drive south on Hwy 101 for 5-6 miles (This is just south of Arch Cape).  Turn east on E. Shingle Mill Lane.  Go about 0.5 miles and turn right on Arch Cape Mill Road.  Take this road 3.5 miles to Angora Peak.  This area exposes you to Coast Range species such as Ruffed and Sooty Grouse, Pygmy Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Mt. Quail, Calliope Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Band-tailed Pigeon, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Hutton's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Violet-Green Swallow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Western Bluebird, Varied Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, and Evening Grosbeak

Neahkahnie Mountain return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001) Pg (copyright 2008)  Pg 00 A-2    geographic coordinates 46 44’ 49” N   123 56’ 47” W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Neahkahnie Mountain is a Coast Range mountain with many of the regular Coast Range species.  Mixed conifers hold Ruffed and Sooty Grouse, Pygmy Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Mt. Quail, Rufous Hummingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Hutton's Vireo, Steller's Jay, Tree Swallow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Wrentit, Cedar Waxwing, Hermit Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, and Evening Grosbeak just to name a few. 

Nehalem Fish Hatchery return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)  Pg 64 B-2     DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 20 D-3   geographic coordinates 45 48’ 47” N   123 46’ 27" W

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Location, Habitat, and Birds:  Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 28.

Henry Rierson Spruce Run Campground return to the top

DeLorme (copyright 2001)   Pg 64 B-4   DeLorme (copyright 2008)  Pg 21 C-6   geographic coordinates 45 48’ 43” N   123 36’ 46" W

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Oregon Dept of Forestry Map  

Location, Habitat, and Birds: Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Website.   Choose the Oregon Coast Birding Trail.  Click on the North Coast tab and go to section 18.