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Best Birding Spots in Tillamook County, Oregon

Nehalem Bay State Park leads Tillamook County's birding spots with 215 species reported, best in spring. 101 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
Nehalem Bay State Park	215	1,789	92	171	131	161
Bayocean Peninsula County Park	187	1,364	97	153	109	148
Clay Meyers State Natural Area - (Beltz Farm)	179	1,499	87	145	128	133
Hawk Creek	174	1,170	96	149	90	122
Hidden Lake	163	1,722	94	114	93	120
Kincheloe Point	157	198	65	98	80	120
Nehalem River	154	914	77	104	89	109
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge	147	465	69	119	75	77
Nehalem Bay State Park (Nehalem Spit)	146	650	40	105	88	93
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Bayocean (historical))	141	550	65	81	69	102
Cape Meares Lake	138	547	85	80	64	91
Tillamook Bay Wetlands Protection (99-421 and 99-804)	136	306	80	95	66	85
Miami Cove	135	845	90	89	62	88
Pye Slough	134	323	87	100	36	72
Tillamook Bay - Kilchis Point (Match Parcel)	126	219	67	85	56	96
Nehalem River (Dean Point)	122	165	59	79	78	55
Larson Cove	117	728	64	72	55	70
Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint	117	646	55	71	74	69
Pye Slough (Gallagher Slough)	117	195	67	84	27	73
Neahkahnie Lake	113	387	40	88	51	64
Nehalem City Park	107	211	59	83	51	61
Crab Rock	104	669	64	78	52	52
O'Hara Creek	104	481	57	68	50	51
Cape Lookout State Park	103	298	32	53	70	61
Trask River	103	140	55	45	51	79
Neahkahnie Lake (Manzanita)	100	284	17	59	54	58
Nehalem Bay Wetlands Conservation Project, Phase II	100	107	31	76	66	68
Three Rocks	99	157	44	54	45	54
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Little Nestucca River)	98	179	44	64	50	58
Clay Myers State Natural Area	97	149	38	58	59	51
Lake Lytle	94	154	49	55	28	38
Cascade Head	94	129	26	49	68	64
Nehalem Bay	93	120	29	64	64	57
Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area	91	289	29	59	54	32
Netarts Bay	91	230	56	54	38	34
Clear Lake	90	377	36	69	65	43
Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site	90	285	39	46	54	50
Yager Creek (Rice Creek)	89	211	40	63	38	43
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Bower Creek)	88	127	53	51	24	41
Cheviot Creek	88	83	25	61	16	37
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Upton Creek)	87	154	34	58	39	32
Bob Straub State Park	87	118	31	29	59	13
Memaloose Point	86	126	56	34	27	26
Sand Lake	85	152	32	50	38	35
Short Sand Beach	84	213	26	48	62	38
Treasure Cove	84	205	10	56	59	37
Nehalem River (Bobs Creek)	80	109	31	46	48	40
Yager Creek	79	219	37	50	38	37
Rockaway Beach State Recreation Site	79	163	47	30	40	35
Cape Lookout State Natural Area	76	162	12	41	52	36