Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Harney County, Oregon

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge leads Harney County's birding spots with 250 species reported, best in spring. 73 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
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge	250	4,410	29	219	187	199
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Bird Waterhole)	197	1,298	35	157	137	149
Page Springs	184	1,748	56	152	126	144
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Frenchglen)	159	861	29	119	90	99
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south)	154	992	26	121	98	94
Roaring Springs Canyon	152	347	31	103	97	99
Williams Canyon	150	834	11	122	105	91
Buena Vista Lake	150	727	7	127	104	66
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (The Narrows)	141	957	37	95	104	110
Knox Pond	129	243	23	93	75	83
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south 2)	122	283	19	105	90	23
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south 3)	119	193	26	82	78	36
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Sodhouse Spring)	117	103	0	98	84	29
Krumbo Reservoir	113	376	35	86	46	72
Potters Swamp	109	353	18	92	67	32
HARNEY COUNTY Local Park	109	118	32	84	47	45
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Coyote Buttes)	108	586	6	83	59	41
Donner and Blitzen Segment A Main Stem	106	277	12	85	65	46
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	106	244	6	88	68	29
Warm Springs	104	145	14	87	50	48
Malheur National Forest	101	702	16	81	79	38
Page Springs (2)	96	175	0	78	50	30
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south 5)	96	121	22	70	37	40
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south 4)	94	149	0	75	58	13
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (southwest 3)	91	100	11	69	43	14
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	89	160	0	77	70	4
Pueblo Foothills Area of Critical Environmental Concern	88	182	0	69	59	24
Sixmile Lake	85	168	9	64	68	25
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Warm Springs)	85	116	0	60	39	15
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (southwest 2)	85	104	6	63	59	5
North Beede Reservoir	83	95	1	54	62	19
Rock Creek Reservoir (south)	83	81	2	44	48	54
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (west)	82	107	0	4	36	68
Washington City Park	81	114	24	69	18	13
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south 7)	78	77	10	66	32	10
Borax Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern	77	75	1	43	52	22
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (south 6)	76	111	0	53	27	38
Donner and Blitzen Segment B Little Blitzen River	73	78	0	31	38	55
Diamond	72	117	0	62	27	28
Fish Lake (Pate Lake)	71	131	0	0	53	38
Mann Lake	71	95	7	50	50	22
Hines City Park	70	94	30	53	9	26
Pete French Round Barn State Heritage Site	69	118	0	55	41	13
HARNEY COUNTY Local Park (Theimer Canyon)	68	98	2	44	46	29
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Krumbo Creek)	68	58	2	40	29	4
Delintment Lake	60	51	0	26	44	19
Diamond Craters Area of Critical Environmental Concern	52	146	0	45	26	5
Steens Mountain Wilderness Area	51	275	0	0	28	47
Dry Lake Reservoir	51	61	18	33	29	20
Donner and Blitzen Segment F Fish Creek	50	95	0	0	45	14