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Best Birding Spots in Lincoln County, Oregon

Yaquina Bay leads Lincoln County's birding spots with 225 species reported, best in spring. 117 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
Yaquina Bay	225	5,414	135	176	141	172
Ona Beach State Park	200	2,548	87	143	145	154
South Beach State Park	182	3,413	119	149	89	138
Salishan Lake	178	977	78	126	109	149
Government Point	175	3,163	86	135	92	135
South Beach State Park (south)	155	896	70	101	94	101
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site	150	646	75	108	55	96
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (Starfish Cove)	149	1,296	70	91	94	91
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area	147	748	79	96	58	99
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area	143	1,731	65	91	81	79
Beaver Creek State Natural Area	139	1,467	71	120	95	99
Yaquina Bay (south)	132	224	63	75	46	86
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Kernville)	130	322	60	98	65	78
Josephine Young Memorial Park	129	295	67	83	61	94
Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge	123	568	71	88	74	88
Knight County Park	123	346	49	85	71	75
Eckman Lake	123	332	66	75	66	77
Devil's Punch Bowl State Natural Area	122	1,116	64	77	80	81
Estella Matilda Happ Preserve	121	330	63	98	72	59
D River State Recreation Site	120	602	34	77	58	97
Hostetler Park	119	281	50	78	70	90
Smelt Sands State Recreation Site	118	672	60	83	70	74
Yachats State Recreation Area	116	635	50	74	73	74
Devil's Lake State Recreation Area	116	295	71	71	42	76
North Lagoon	112	152	53	74	61	68
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Oceanlake)	109	508	45	77	59	77
Yaquina Bay (southwest)	109	291	53	73	60	64
Siletz Bay	109	114	40	84	56	59
Taft Park (Schooner Creek)	108	242	53	82	38	58
Yachats (Agency Creek)	105	135	52	44	56	67
Holmes Road Park	104	199	64	50	42	70
Regatta Park	103	160	62	58	52	72
Seal Rock State Recreation Site	100	574	50	63	66	55
Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area	100	306	32	63	66	46
Roads End State Recreation Site	100	187	47	59	67	46
Devil's Lake State Recreation Area (D River)	97	118	28	60	49	71
Nye Beach Turnaround	95	260	49	52	41	39
Fishing Rock State Recreation Site	94	239	56	60	50	44
Agate Beach State Recreation Site	94	201	25	65	57	40
Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site	93	418	52	54	50	51
Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site	92	139	13	47	49	55
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Taft)	92	120	31	66	38	38
Yaquina Bay (South Beach)	91	88	35	65	11	48
Hidden Lake (Thursday Creek)	89	214	5	59	54	42
Cascade Head National Scenic and Research Area (Rowdy Creek)	89	145	33	53	45	55
Beverly Beach State Park	88	227	27	65	49	37
Yachats	87	421	24	52	67	54
Robinson Park	87	221	48	52	32	53
Taft Park	86	292	40	52	29	54
Newport Reservoir	86	163	33	55	56	33