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Best Birding Spots in Lane County, Oregon

Fern Ridge Wildlife Area leads Lane County's birding spots with 228 species reported, best in spring. 202 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
Fern Ridge Wildlife Area	228	4,157	121	177	176	173
Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (Coyote Creek)	187	981	72	130	147	137
Perkins Peninsula	179	1,662	69	140	120	154
Delta Ponds	163	2,465	111	128	99	121
Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (south)	163	691	62	140	118	94
Alton Baker	154	1,501	107	131	88	108
Siuslaw River	150	1,183	82	108	81	115
Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (north)	150	1,047	106	113	64	113
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area	146	790	71	88	65	109
Skinner Butte Park	144	2,638	73	128	76	89
Siltcoos Lagoon (southeast)	140	459	55	99	103	78
Siltcoos Lagoon (Siltcoos River)	140	342	62	68	76	104
West D Street Greenway	139	1,059	94	107	68	102
Orchard Point	139	407	68	29	77	109
Fern Ridge Lake (Signal Island)	139	72	24	98	98	72
Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (north)	136	264	69	53	55	108
Harbor Vista County Park	135	785	56	97	90	91
Mount Pisgah Park (Thompson Slough)	135	575	83	117	79	91
Walterville Reservoir	135	345	66	105	78	87
Port of Siuslaw Campground and Marina	133	579	76	92	43	103
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (Cannery Point)	132	667	55	75	71	98
Siltcoos Lagoon	132	568	68	86	63	102
Fern Ridge Lake	131	549	81	43	51	101
Mount Pisgah Park	130	1,087	68	120	96	88
Coyote Prairie North	130	583	85	99	39	57
Fern Ridge Wildlife Area (Fisher Butte)	129	220	40	88	103	81
Heceta Beach County Park	128	462	41	92	67	68
Westlake Park	128	344	77	79	57	85
Jasper Road Trailhead	127	339	74	110	74	78
Wetland Park	126	897	90	93	71	96
Dorris Ranch	126	589	78	107	83	84
Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint	125	815	63	80	86	71
Mount Pisgah Park (Derr Pond)	125	671	58	116	89	64
Meadowlark Prairie	124	695	66	106	69	68
Mount Pisgah Park (east)	123	327	62	110	82	61
East Regional Park	119	509	76	97	73	82
Green Island	119	296	53	107	73	76
Warren Slough	118	103	24	27	81	92
Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site	117	338	36	53	48	101
Bertelson Nature Park	116	486	61	102	44	50
Clear Lake (south)	114	359	67	88	29	30
Meadowlark Prairie (Danebo)	113	343	59	88	56	55
Alton Baker (Day Island)	113	252	76	85	54	67
Rasor	113	251	51	96	41	54
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (Spruce Point)	112	157	36	31	21	94
Hileman Park	111	353	49	96	65	65
Prosser Slough	109	128	81	63	16	61
Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint	108	688	42	69	53	70
Amazon	107	543	59	79	54	67
Siltcoos Lagoon (southeast)	107	448	44	72	68	69