Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Columbia County, Oregon

Guiles Lake leads Columbia County's birding spots with 170 species reported, best in spring. 42 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Guiles Lake	170	2,621	128	145	90	130
Crown Zellerbach Trail	159	1,097	117	136	92	113
Wagonwheel Hole (Oak Island)	147	368	28	116	87	94
Gay Lake	141	1,538	101	120	65	104
Racetrack Lake	140	235	62	85	109	99
Aarons Lake	136	141	62	99	77	70
West Arm	134	312	0	72	108	105
Cunningham Lake	128	276	65	93	79	69
The Wash	128	274	0	50	94	110
West Arm (Ammunition Point)	124	215	26	60	97	97
Log Pond Lake	122	270	68	98	50	71
Harrie Creek	117	116	58	107	44	62
Industrial/Commercial/Residential	112	122	55	74	54	61
Rentenaar Point	111	77	33	49	63	81
Chapman Landing	105	185	67	68	57	37
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area	103	173	61	51	26	45
Martin Lake	100	152	0	30	80	71
Vernonia Lake	99	155	49	63	52	56
Aarons Lake (Willow Point)	96	113	29	76	50	0
Bryce Lake	96	102	32	60	67	57
Steelman Lake	95	112	53	40	47	59
Round Lake	94	230	67	72	26	27
Pixie Park	93	147	46	43	0	80
Colombia Botanical Gardens	93	108	10	90	15	19
Prescott Beach County Park	88	136	55	35	38	48
Columbia View Park	87	171	54	45	30	43
Dibblee Point	87	51	53	39	32	36
Rest Lake (north)	86	153	67	49	0	60
Grassy Lake	85	111	0	61	61	47
West Arm (Steelman Lake)	84	91	0	32	53	56
Nehalem River (Bear Creek)	77	59	23	54	23	27
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area (north)	71	107	50	40	9	32
Rainier City Park	64	75	35	28	24	24
Mccormic Park	55	50	15	37	36	13
Rainier	50	62	35	21	0	21
Birding spot near Scappoose (Salene Lake (historical))	129	241	82	112	45	56
Birding spot near Prescott	117	291	67	86	54	79
Birding spot near Clatskanie	107	100	63	72	43	71
Birding spot near Prescott (Neer Creek)	89	171	50	41	49	54
Birding spot near Vernonia (Mount Cedara)	61	52	17	40	34	16
Birding spot near Scappoose (South Scappoose)	35	57	18	19	21	0
Birding spot near Scappoose (Round Lake)	29	52	10	20	16	0