Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Coos County, Oregon

Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge leads Coos County's birding spots with 144 species reported, best in fall. 53 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
Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge	144	745	73	89	90	108
New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (northeast)	144	169	0	124	80	96
Brandon South Jetty Park	141	937	76	88	73	116
Bullards Beach State Park	141	361	60	107	84	94
Johnson Log Storage and Storing Reservoir	127	240	87	89	57	92
Cape Arago State Park	124	473	61	67	64	90
Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Clear Creek)	123	667	81	69	73	92
New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Lost Lake)	121	79	7	46	97	74
New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Fourmile Creek)	119	161	34	83	72	42
Henderson Marsh	113	70	34	51	53	76
Tarheel Reservoir	111	248	91	65	25	62
Bullards Beach State Park (Coquille River)	109	269	52	61	48	61
Bradley Lake	108	1,888	59	81	68	68
Black Rock	107	222	38	58	36	67
Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint	104	479	48	65	59	45
Bullards Beach State Park (McKee Gulch)	100	114	37	52	49	53
Fourth Creek Reservoir	100	105	66	37	7	78
Kronenberg County Park	98	371	50	68	47	21
Sunset Bay State Park	96	312	38	60	63	55
Rotary Park	96	162	62	45	23	64
North Spit Area of Critical Environmental Concern	96	77	44	39	38	10
Powers Pond	96	74	32	77	38	13
Kronenberg County Park (Coquille Point)	94	279	48	53	30	47
Bandon State Natural Area	93	176	13	49	50	31
Mingus Park	91	246	46	68	48	42
Shore Acres State Park (First Creek)	89	285	45	50	48	62
Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (Spruce Hollow)	86	65	7	21	40	40
Shore Acres State Park	82	311	42	46	44	57
Bandon State Natural Area (Crooked Creek)	81	113	20	43	40	27
New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Muddy Lake)	81	75	15	35	41	28
Gross Creek	79	108	37	24	15	51
Bastendorff Beach	78	112	23	28	33	35
William M. Tugman State Park	76	184	24	56	50	37
SPC Stewardship	74	207	27	43	41	38
Ferry Creek	74	190	36	30	31	50
Bradley Lake (China Creek)	70	74	30	46	31	15
Empire	68	74	46	25	17	27
Bluebill Lake	66	69	15	30	29	36
John Topits Park	65	76	30	38	39	35
Guano Rock	64	96	25	34	19	31
Lions Club Park	64	91	39	39	2	6
New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (northeast)	62	60	28	30	15	30
Mingus Park Lake	43	58	43	0	0	0
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (southwest)	37	60	1	14	18	15
Birding spot near North Bend	192	749	95	141	123	155
Birding spot near Bunker Hill	176	776	104	136	113	137
Birding spot near Coquille	125	154	43	109	63	28
Birding spot near North Bend (Lower Jarvis Range)	109	275	49	49	42	71
Birding spot near North Bend (northwest)	105	106	8	49	56	54
Birding spot near Barview	89	228	49	42	38	59