Birding spots · Oregon

Best Birding Spots in Polk County, Oregon

Letteken Ponds leads Polk County's birding spots with 175 species reported, best in spring. 41 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
Letteken Ponds	175	1,211	106	153	120	105
Morgan Lake	152	670	55	108	103	118
Cottonwood Pond	149	1,356	80	117	86	80
Letteken Ponds (east)	147	779	93	108	75	71
Letteken Ponds (South Slough Pond)	142	546	45	117	100	38
Cottonwood Pond (Mount Baldy)	139	955	73	127	92	87
Morgan Lake (Boeder Pond)	131	422	86	99	54	73
Morgan Lake (Copp Reservoir)	128	215	40	90	100	67
Middle Fork Ash Creek	125	355	93	74	42	94
Luckiamute River	119	260	67	96	80	76
Cottonwood Pond (Copp Reservoir)	117	132	43	70	82	63
Luckiamute State Natural Area	114	242	60	93	78	68
South Slough Pond	112	421	50	96	43	42
Riverview Park	106	484	67	94	63	61
Hamilton Reservoir	101	73	46	71	22	38
South Slough Pond (Letteken Ponds)	99	147	37	76	52	37
Rickreall Creek Trail System	98	306	49	83	74	49
Lenhard Reservoir	91	160	49	77	54	60
Spring Valley Access Willamette River Greenway	88	144	32	79	56	50
Wallace Marine Park	87	189	49	50	41	51
Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site	86	175	32	72	51	25
Dallas City Park	83	329	45	70	54	46
Hayden Island	83	64	2	58	58	25
Wendell Kreder Reservoir	80	87	37	34	30	50
Straub Nature Park	78	321	41	70	49	43
Humbug Lake	78	96	25	34	46	54
Interstate Log Pond	77	82	40	57	47	34
Scharf Reservoir	74	174	56	26	0	42
Crider Pond	73	774	40	54	32	39
Orchard Heights	69	115	30	52	38	31
Darrow Bar Access Willamette River Greenway	60	70	17	45	39	7
Brush College	59	139	35	40	31	28
Solle Ponds	49	51	22	27	17	6
Audobon Nature Reserve	47	218	27	38	30	16
Eola Ridge Property	41	76	20	30	20	11
Birding spot near Rickreall	147	1,123	113	112	68	93
Birding spot near Rickreall (Goodwin Branch Mud Slough)	110	547	73	85	44	61
Birding spot near Keizer	106	943	65	82	59	65
Birding spot near Independence	81	120	40	56	29	37
Birding spot near Fort Hill	63	111	15	55	34	16
Birding spot near Monmouth	47	67	25	7	0	37