Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Linn County, Oregon

First Lake leads Linn County's birding spots with 148 species reported, best in spring. 34 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
First Lake	148	1,730	110	124	93	110
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge (Jacobs Bend)	128	434	77	111	81	87
Cheadle Lake Park	119	382	83	81	63	80
Teloh Calapooia Park	112	395	70	101	63	66
Truax Island Access Willamette River Greenway	107	94	46	99	27	62
Simpson Park	104	242	65	85	55	56
Lost Lake	97	298	2	55	75	37
Clear Lake (Underwater Forest)	97	259	22	46	60	60
Big Lake	92	188	1	12	76	42
John Neal Memorial Park	90	97	38	70	55	53
Willamette National Lumber Company Reservoir	89	277	51	51	4	64
Timber Linn Park	82	104	51	57	28	35
Freres Log Ponds	73	75	36	50	31	28
Fish Lake	72	151	0	53	47	15
Bryant Park	71	94	44	39	32	24
Waverly Park	66	169	48	41	19	25
Schneider Log Pond	64	69	22	50	22	16
Freeway Lakes Park	63	62	15	46	18	23
Kingston Prairie	63	55	2	52	34	4
Schneider Log Pond (Brownsville)	63	51	50	16	0	27
Andrew Wiley Park	54	94	34	29	1	28
Mount Jefferson Wilderness	43	76	0	7	37	19
Grand Prairie Park	29	69	21	16	0	14
Sahalie Falls	26	60	0	10	17	5
Birding spot near Brownsville	134	298	61	113	75	42
Birding spot near Harrisburg	81	165	58	50	1	18
Birding spot near Albany	70	69	55	51	0	15
Birding spot near Peoria	58	294	42	35	0	32
Birding spot near Shedd	56	248	46	29	0	22
Birding spot near Peoria (east)	46	67	25	31	0	27
Birding spot near Peoria (south)	42	95	37	14	0	10
Birding spot near Tangent	34	64	29	5	0	5
Birding spot near Harrisburg (southwest)	30	69	8	16	19	7
Birding spot near Harrisburg (southwest)	30	61	10	13	17	7