Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Marion County, Oregon

Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge leads Marion County's birding spots with 188 species reported, best in fall. 48 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
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge	188	3,182	98	140	133	153
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	178	2,479	91	134	122	134
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (Ankeny Bottom)	165	502	87	126	113	112
Minto-brown Island	157	2,405	96	130	111	119
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	151	1,522	95	128	107	104
Willamette Mission State Park	126	658	77	106	86	95
Mission Creek	125	1,011	81	107	83	81
Spring Reservoir	119	750	65	91	54	66
Willamette Slough	118	367	66	102	80	64
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	118	358	44	108	40	31
Salem Riverfront	112	717	72	80	60	83
Beardsley Bar Landing Willamette River Greenway	110	632	60	89	75	80
Pettit Reservoir	109	543	70	90	66	72
Cascade Gateway	109	523	72	85	56	69
Saint Louis Fish Ponds County Park	101	454	40	77	61	58
Aumsville Ponds	100	126	48	72	40	53
Stayton Riverfront Park	97	211	50	80	62	66
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	96	183	62	63	31	53
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (east)	96	136	40	56	44	70
Willow Lake	95	166	61	63	44	61
Silver Falls State Park	89	653	24	75	71	45
North Santiam State Recreation Area	86	183	32	71	64	39
Spong's Landing Park	81	108	31	51	54	49
Bush Pasture	75	324	33	63	40	43
Joryville Park	74	88	25	57	38	13
Martha Springer Botanical Garden	69	802	45	58	28	44
Stone Quarry Lake	69	203	56	40	4	33
Sunset Park	67	81	28	37	48	17
Country Glen	66	93	46	45	24	42
Blue Gill Lake	64	153	41	30	3	34
Santiam River Rest Stop	61	115	22	41	37	21
Franzen Reservoir	60	119	42	24	12	27
Santiam River Rest Stop (Santiam City (historical))	59	110	24	39	26	12
Geer Park	56	87	25	34	21	34
Detroit Lake	55	103	5	12	34	24
Battle Creek Property	52	59	1	39	38	17
Coolidge-Mcclaine	42	59	10	24	25	13
Deepwood Estate	42	50	18	33	8	0
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge (Roby Hill)	40	65	31	26	2	1
Sardine Creek	39	52	15	10	17	12
Maple Park	31	58	21	18	3	9
State Capitol State Park	27	59	6	20	10	6
Birding spot near Detroit	132	368	22	112	80	69
Birding spot near Salem	122	874	59	102	63	69
Birding spot near Marion	116	296	74	98	49	40
Birding spot near Keizer (Labish Creek)	83	219	58	42	41	64
Birding spot near Four Corners	74	113	25	62	32	18
Birding spot near Mill City	68	79	7	42	36	30