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Best Birding Spots in Deschutes County, Oregon

Upper Tumalo Reservoir leads Deschutes County's birding spots with 177 species reported, best in spring. 134 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
Upper Tumalo Reservoir	177	891	29	145	144	131
Deschutes River Segment C	157	1,354	54	125	111	109
Deschutes River Segment B	149	357	22	109	120	90
Deschutes National Forest (southwest)	146	249	2	74	94	91
Smith Rock State Park	145	1,733	74	115	93	93
Sawyer Park	135	1,775	71	120	69	89
Deschutes National Forest (Wickiup Butte)	131	364	12	37	78	97
Deschutes National Forest	129	1,817	27	119	107	80
Deschutes National Forest (South Twin Lake)	128	345	26	47	64	102
Deschutes River Segment C (The Dead Slough)	125	1,353	36	99	92	82
Deschutes River Segment C (northwest)	122	441	30	74	86	78
Buckhorn Canyon	122	312	46	104	63	56
Tumalo State Park	121	609	53	99	78	87
Deschutes River Segment C (northwest)	120	448	31	65	79	91
First Street Rapids Park	119	874	79	98	57	76
Farewell Bend Park	119	572	76	72	39	93
Camp Polk Meadow Preserve (southeast)	118	506	53	96	89	75
Wickiup Reservoir	115	143	0	14	49	102
Shevlin Park	114	790	43	100	84	66
Camp Polk Meadow Preserve	112	723	46	82	80	78
Trout Creek Swamp	109	590	0	81	93	51
Riverbend Park	108	442	73	73	34	71
Wickiup Reservoir (northwest)	108	65	0	20	51	82
Deschutes River Segment B (southwest)	107	150	14	72	57	61
Deschutes River Segment B (Dillon Falls)	106	165	20	62	75	59
Deschutes River Segment A	105	318	40	69	72	52
Benham Falls	102	322	16	73	74	41
Buckhorn Canyon (Lower Bridge (historical))	99	250	39	84	47	35
Deschutes National Forest (southwest 3)	98	89	0	35	68	49
Deschutes National Forest (Glaze Meadow)	97	601	0	74	77	35
Cold Spring	95	1,295	17	71	79	53
Shevlin Park (northeast 2)	92	256	21	77	59	47
Glaze Meadow	92	250	0	62	77	38
Drake Park & Mirror Pond	89	398	58	55	35	57
Shevlin Park (northeast)	89	342	9	79	68	45
Black Butte Swamp	89	187	0	66	76	0
Deschutes River Segment C (north)	87	117	21	65	57	45
Nootnagle Reservoir	85	321	0	58	71	35
Miller's Landing Park	85	278	54	64	27	36
Riley Ranch Nature Reserve	84	280	33	60	51	39
Indian Ford Meadow Preserve	84	203	29	72	49	40
Deschutes River Segment A (Lava Island)	83	158	38	55	39	31
Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint	82	183	22	60	49	19
McKay Park	81	254	53	61	27	45
Shevlin Park (Tumalo Butte)	81	118	12	68	55	22
Pringle Falls Experimental Forest	77	124	25	47	39	46
Deschutes River Segment B (Upper Falls Deschutes River)	77	111	26	52	37	36
Lava Lake	77	86	0	25	61	34
Deschutes National Forest (southwest 5)	77	71	0	17	36	54
Pioneer Park	76	137	35	57	27	39