Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater Rogue Valley

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Birding Guide to Ashland
and the Greater Rogue Valley
Welcome to …
The Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion
Birdwatching is one of the fastest growing
outdoor recreational activities in the nation. For
visitors to Ashland, birdwatching offers a nice
complement to the cultural tourism that attracts
250,000 visitors annually.
This Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater
Rogue Valley was created to help visitors and
residents get outdoors and enjoy the natural
splendor of the region and its birds. To plan your
visit to Ashland and the surrounding countryside,
go online to the Ashland Chamber’s Visitor and
Convention Bureau website for information
(www.AshlandChamber.com) on food, lodging,
and entertainment.
Using this Guide
Western Tanager; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Located in southern Oregon and northern
California, the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion is
defined by the convergence of the Cascade
Mountains from the north, the Sierra Nevadas
from the south, the Coast Range, and the eastwest running Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains.
This region includes the Umpqua, Rogue, and
Klamath River watersheds. Due to its complex
geology and climate, the Bioregion is among the
most biologically diverse in the world!
The Bioregion contains a wide variety of habitat
types, which in turn support a plethora of species,
including endemic plants and animals that are
found nowhere else in the world. This habitat
diversity supports a rich avifauna, making the
Bioregion an excellent place for birdwatching.
This guide highlights many of the region’s birding
hotspots that are just a short distance from
Ashland, Oregon.
This guide showcases 32 birding locations
throughout Ashland and the Rogue Valley,
covering a variety of habitats and birdlife. Each
site description includes a brief characterization
of the habitat plus mention of species of note.
While locations can be birded individually, we
provide six birding routes with directions from
one location to
the next. Routes
are designed as
full or half-day
birding trips. To
easily find
locations, we
recommend that
you use a
detailed road
map to
accompany the
map provided in
this guide (pp. 8Golden-crowned Kinglet;
9).
Photo © Jim Livaudais
Version 2.0 © Klamath Bird Observatory 2012
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Do not disturb nests and nesting colonies,
roosts, display areas, and important feeding
sites – keep your distance.
Avoid artificial light for filming or
photography, especially for close-ups.
Stay on roads, trails, and paths where they
exist; otherwise keep habitat disturbance to
a minimum.
Respect the law, the rights of others, and
private property.
Practice common courtesy in contacts. Your
exemplary behavior will generate goodwill
among birders and non-birders alike.
Keep groups to a size that limits impact on
the environment, and does not interfere
with others using the same area.
Klamath Bird Observatory
Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) was built on
two decades of conservation science efforts in
the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern
Oregon and northern California. KBO is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing bird
and habitat conservation through science,
education, and partnerships. KBO’s work is
focused in this Bioregion, renowned for its
outstanding biological diversity. To learn more
about KBO, visit www.KlamathBird.org
Golden-crowned Sparrow; Photo © Jim Livaudais
By entering your bird observation data into
Klamath-Siskiyou eBird you can contribute to
local, regional, national, and international
conservation efforts while tracking your birding
observations. To enter you birding data today,
visit: www.ebird.org/klamath-siskiyou.
Birding Ethics
Klamath Bird Observatory recommends the
American Birding Association’s Principles of
Birding Ethics (summarized below from http://
www.aba.org). Everyone who enjoys birds and
birding should always respect wildlife, the
environment, and the rights of others. When
birding, remember your safety and the welfare
of the birds and their environments come first.
 Promote the welfare of birds and their
environment.
 Avoid the use of recordings and other
methods of attracting birds.
Yellow-breasted Chat;
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Oak/Pine edge and more riparian habitat. There is
a small parking fee required.
North Medford Field Trip
Half-day trip from Ashland
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.439044; Longitude: -122.88944
Denman State Wildlife Area
From Ashland, go north on I-5. Take 2nd Medford
Exit (Exit 30 Crater Lake Highway). Turn right at
light onto Crater Lake Highway (Highway 62).
Follow Highway 62 out past Costco. Watch for
the Agate Road sign on the left. If you miss Agate
Road, turn left on Antelope Road or Avenue G to
get back onto Agate Road. Follow Agate north
past Avenue G and see small gated road into
Denman State Wildlife Area.
In the spring look for the large Great Blue Heron
rookery and nesting Osprey. Other species of
note include Brown Creeper, American Dipper,
Belted Kingfisher, waterfowl, and possible Acorn,
Downy, Hairy, and Lewis’s Woodpecker.
GPS Coordinates:
Bird this road all the way to the Rogue River
through grasslands and into riparian habitats.
Listen for Grasshopper Sparrows on right.
Virginia Rails can
be found in ponds
on left. Toward
the end of the
road enjoy the
riparian birds
including Yellowbreasted Chats,
Yellow Warblers,
and Warbling
Vireos. Along
Military Slough,
look for roosting
Great Horned
Owls, Pileated
Grasshopper Sparrow;
Woodpeckers,
and Wrentits.
Great Blue Heron; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Lower Table Rock Trail
From Tou Velle State Park follow Table Rock Road
north, then west, then north again, and turn left
on Wheeler Road. Turn left into Lower Table Rock
trailhead parking lot.
GPS Coordinates:
Tou Velle State Park
From Denman State Wildlife Area head south on
Agate Road and turn right on Avenue G; Avenue G
dog legs to the right and becomes Pacific Avenue.
Turn right onto Kirtland Road and then take the
first right onto Table Rock Road. Enter the public
access area of Tou Velle State Park where Table
Rock Road crosses the Rogue River. On the east
side of Table Rock Road at Tou Velle there is an
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Photo © Jim Livaudais
There is plenty of birding within the first ½ mile
on the trailhead in the oak woodlands. The trail
to the top of Lower Table Rock is also nice; leave
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at least 2 hours up and back. Look for Blue-gray
Gnatcatchers, Anna’s Hummingbirds, Ashthroated Flycatchers, Lark Sparrows, Oak
Titmice, Acorn Woodpeckers, Western Bluebirds,
and California Towhees.
Whetstone Pond
Follow Table Rock Road back towards Highway
62. Turn left onto East Gregory Road. Turn left
into the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
office for access and parking to the Whetstone
Pond.
GPS Coordinates:
White-tailed Kites and Northern Mockingbirds
can be seen here.
Short-eared Owl; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Highway 140 Loop
Full-day trip from Ashland
NOTE: Parts of this trip are inaccessible in the
winter and spring due to snow pack. These
roads are designated with this symbol (*).
White-tailed Kite; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Agate Lake
Medford Airport
From Ashland, go north on I-5. Take 2nd Medford
Exit (Exit 30–Crater Lake Highway). Turn right at
light onto Crater Lake Highway (Highway 62).
Follow Highway 62 out past Costco. Turn right
onto Lake of the Woods Highway (Highway 140)
heading east. Turn right on Antelope Road and
follow around a right turn to Dry Creek Road.
Turn right on Dry Creek and into the entrance of
Agate Lake, a Jackson County Park.
Follow East Gregory Road to Highway 62 and go
right towards Medford. Turn right on East Vilas
Road. Turn left again onto Industry Drive. Field
access is located at the intersection of Industry
Drive and Enterprise Way and on International
Way.
GPS Coordinates:
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.412917; Longitude:-122.76296
At dawn and dusk look for Short-eared Owls in
the winter.
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View waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, and waders
surrounding the lake and raptors and songbirds in
the fields and oak woodlands. Look for Lewis’s
and Acorn Woodpeckers, Northern Harrier, and
White-tailed Kite. Migrating shorebirds include
Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plover, Longbilled Dowitcher, and various sandpipers,
including Pectoral and Baird’s.
the whole loop you might save the mixed conifer
birding for Forest Service Road 37, the next stop.
Forest Service Road 37 (*)
Continue up 140 to the east approximately 15
miles, and turn right on Big Elk Road and continue
onto Forest Service Road 37. Follow Forest Service
Road 37 south to Dead Indian Memorial Highway.
GPS Coordinates:
Follow this road through mixed conifer and
riparian habitats. Look for Red-breasted
Nuthatches, Hermit Warblers, Pine Siskins,
Empidonax flycatchers, and Mountain and
Chestnut-backed Chickadees. Northern
Goshawks also inhabit the area.
Lily Glen Recreation Area
Lewis’s Woodpecker; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Continue along Forest Service Road 37 to the
intersection of Dead Indian Memorial Highway.
Turn right (west) towards Ashland. Lily Glen
Recreation Area is on the left overlooking Howard
Prairie Lake.
Salt Creek Road (*)
Head back to Highway 140 and continue east.
About 10 miles out on Highway 140, turn left
(north) up Salt Creek Road.
GPS Coordinates:
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.438411 Longitude:-122.64467
In the large meadows look for Sandhill Cranes,
Bald Eagles, Western and Mountain Bluebirds,
Savannah Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Brownheaded Cowbirds, Common Snipe, Wilson’s
Phalaropes, White Pelicans, and Vesper
Sparrows.
Make several stops
up Salt Creek Road
through oak
woodlands into
mixed conifer
habitats. Look for
Lark Sparrow, Blue
-gray Gnatcatcher,
Bewick’s Wren;
Ash-throated
Flycatcher, Whitebreasted Nuthatch, California Towhee, Western
Bluebird, Bewick’s Wren, House Wren, Pacificslope Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Lazuli
Bunting, Wrentit, and Lesser Goldfinch lower in
the oaks and shrubs. In the conifers find Redbreasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, Pacific Wren,
Brown Creeper, and Hermit Warbler. If you do
Mountain Bluebird; Photo © Jim Livaudais
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Howard Prairie Lake
Shale City Road (*)
There are several side roads off of Dead Indian
Memorial Highway that provide access to
Ponderosa Pine-meadow edge habitats. Turn left
onto Hyatt Prairie Road to view birds along the
west shore of Howard Prairie Lake.
Towards the top of the grade on Dead Indian
Memorial Highway, before dropping back down
into the Rogue Valley, Shale City Road turns off to
the north, into mixed conifer habitat.
GPS Coordinates:
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.251070;
Longitude:-122.41474
Look for Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit
Warbler, Ruffed Grouse, Blue Grouse, Northern
Pygmy Owl, and possible Great-gray Owl.
At Howard Prairie
Lake look for White
Pelicans, Sandhill
Cranes, and Caspian
Terns.
Conde Creek
Road (*)
From Howard Prairie
back track to Dead
Indian Memorial
Caspian Tern;
Highway, and turn
left, heading west
towards Ashland. As the road heads back up the
hill turn right on Conde Creek Road.
GPS Coordinates:
Great-gray Owl;
Along Conde
Creek Road
look for
Williamson’s
and Redbreasted
Sapsuckers,
White-headed
Woodpeckers,
and Greentailed Towhees
in the mixed
conifer habitat.
Highway 66 Loop
Full-day trip from Ashland
roads are designated with this symbol(*).
Emigrant Lake
From Ashland head east to Highway 66 following
the highway around Emigrant Lake. Several lake
access roads can be turned onto providing
opportunities to bird riparian and oak woodland
habitats around the lake. There is a nice access
point across from the intersection of Old Highway
99.
Williamson’s Sapsucker;
Photo © Tom Grey
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GPS Coordinates:
See Lewis’s and
Acorn Woodpeckers,
Ash-throated
Flycatchers,
California Towhees,
White-tailed Kites,
Red-shouldered
Hawks, and Golden
Eagles. On the lake
look for Greater
White-fronted
Geese and both
Western and Clark’s
Grebes.
Highway 66 Milepost 11
Head back out the Cascade Siskiyou National
Monument to Highway 66 and continue east to
the pull out at milepost 11. Watch for oncoming
traffic!
GPS Coordinates:
Look for Black-billed Magpies, Golden Eagles, and
in the winter, Lewis’ Woodpecker.
Old Hyatt Road (*)
Continue east on Highway 66 and just past the top
of the Green Springs Summit turn left onto Old
Hyatt Road. If you get to Keene Creek Reservoir on
66 you have gone too far.
Red-shouldered Hawk;
GPS Coordinates:
Cascade Siskiyou National Monument:
Emigrant Creek Road
From Emigrant Lake follow Highway 66 east and
turn right onto Buckhorn Spring Road. Follow
Buckhorn Spring Road into the Cascade Siskiyou
National Monument for oak woodland birding.
GPS Coordinates:
From the road, look for Black-throated Gray
Warblers, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Ash-throated
Flycatchers, and Rufous Hummingbirds.
Green-tailed Towhee; Photo © Jim Livaudais
As you drive along this road, at the top of the first
hill look for Green-tailed Towhees in the low
open pine stands. Near where the Pacific Crest
Trail crosses the road there are some willows
above the road where Lincoln Sparrows can be
found. Look for Vesper Sparrows and Mountain
and Western Bluebirds in the open grasslands.
Below the Little Hyatt Reservoir look for American
Dippers.
Hyatt Lake Wildlife Viewing Area
Black-throated Gray Warbler;
Where Little Hyatt Prairie Road/Old Hyatt Road
dead ends onto Hyatt Prairie Road turn left
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heading north. Several lake access spur roads
provide opportunities to view water birds from
beneath the pines. A Wildlife Viewing parking
area is on the right.
GPS
Coordinates:
Latitude:
42.258815;
Longitude:122.48457
GPS Coordinates:
Along Conde
Creek Road
look for
Williamson’s
and Redbreasted
Sapsuckers,
White-headed
Woodpeckers,
and Greentailed Towhees Sandhill Crane; Photo © Jim Livaudais
in the mixed
conifer habitat.
See a Double-crested Cormorant roosting tree
and nesting Osprey, and across the road look for
Cassin's Vireos, Mountain Chickadees, Dusky
Flycatchers, and Williamson's Sapsuckers.
Shale City Road (*)
Towards the top of the grade on Dead Indian
Memorial Highway, before dropping back down
into the Rogue Valley, Shale City Road turns off to
the north, into mixed conifer habitat.
Mountain Chickadee; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Howard Prairie Lake
GPS Coordinates:
There are several side roads off of Hyatt Prairie
Road that provide access to Ponderosa Pinemeadow edge habitats. From Hyatt Lake keep left
on Hyatt Prairie Road to view birds along the west
shore of Howard Prairie Lake.
Look For Red-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit
Warblers, Ruffed Grouse, Blue Grouse, Northern
Pygmy Owls, and possible Great-gray Owl.
GPS Coordinates:
At Howard Prairie Lake look for White Pelicans,
Sandhill Cranes, and Caspian Terns.
Conde Creek Road (*)
From Howard Prairie Lake, continue on Hyatt
Prairie Road to Dead Indian Memorial Highway.
Turn left, heading west, towards Ashland. As the
road heads back up the hill turn right on Conde
Creek Road.
Red-breasted Nuthatch; Photo © Jim Livaudais
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Pewees, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Warbling
Vireos, Green Herons, Wood Ducks, Song
Sparrows, Lesser Goldfinches, Bullock’s Orioles,
and Spotted Towhees.
City of Ashland Field Trip
Half-day trip around Ashland
North Mountain Park
From down town Ashland, head down Oak Street
to East Hersey Street go left down the hill to the
intersection of East Hersey Street and North
Mountain Avenue. Take a left at the stop sign and
the North Mountain Park Nature Center is on the
right.
GPS Coordinates:
Follow trails back into the riparian habitat. Look
for Downy Woodpeckers, Yellow-breasted Chats,
Common
Yellowthroats,
Warbling and
Cassin’s Vireos,
Yellow-rumped,
Wilson’s, and
Nashville
Warblers, and
Empidonax
flycatchers
including
Hammond’s and
Pacific-slope.
Bullock’s Oriole; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Lithia Park
From Glenndower Street back track to West
Nevada Street and follow back to North Laurel
Street. Take North Laurel Street all the way back
up, crossing West Hersey Street to the light on
North Main Street. Turn left on North Main Street
and right at the Plaza on Winburn Way. Follow
Winburn Way up to Lithia Park.
GPS Coordinates:
Common Yellowthroat;
There are
plenty of
places to stop
along the
park. Many of
the duck
ponds are
abundant with
Wood Ducks.
Listen for
Nashville
Warblers,
Western
Tanagers, and
Black-headed
Grosbeaks.
Ashland Ponds
From North Mountain Park head west on East
Hersey Street up the hill and then turn right on
North Laurel Street, left on West Nevada Street,
and then right on Glendower Street. Glendower
Street dead ends at the trailhead which takes you
around the Ashland Ponds.
GPS Coordinates:
Follow the path and look for Bushtits, Northern
Rough-winged Swallows, Western Wood11
American Dipper;
Look for breeding American Dippers in Ashland
Creek, which runs through Lithia Park.
Upper Tolman Creek Road
As an alternative, or for more birding, continue up
Tolman Creek Road towards the Ashland Loop
Road and pull off in mixed conifer hardwoods
habitats or head out along the beginning of the
Highway 66 Loop trip for riparian habitats.
White Rabbit Trailhead
Continue up Winburn Way, which turns into
Granite Street. Look for Glenview Drive and turn
left heading back towards Ashland, watch for the
sharp right onto the Ashland Loop Road which
takes you up through the forest and to the White
Rabbit trailhead parking on the left.
GPS Coordinates:
Calliope Hummingbirds can be seen in the spring
along upper Tolman Creek Road.
GPS Coordinates:
Listen for Hermit
Warblers, Mountain
Quails, Nashville
Warblers, Lazuli
Buntings, and
Townsend’s
Solitaires. Follow the
White Rabbit trail
into a mixed conifer
hardwood forest.
Mountain Quail;
Photo © USFWS
Calliope Hummingbird; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Oredson Todd Woods Trailhead
Head back down into Ashland by following the
Ashland Loop Road to Morton Street and take a
right. Follow Morton Street down through
residential neighborhoods to Siskiyou Boulevard.
Take a right onto Siskiyou Boulevard and follow to
a blinking stop light at Tolman Creek Road. Turn
right heading up the hill and turn right on Green
Meadows Way. Take your next right up Lupine
Drive to the parking lot at the Oredson Todd
Woods trailhead.
Mount Ashland Field Trip
Half-day trip from Ashland
roads are designated with this symbol (*).
Mt. Ashland Ski Area
GPS Coordinates:
From Ashland, take I-5 south out of Ashland
towards Siskiyou Summit. Exit at the Mt. Ashland
exit (Exit 6). Follow Old Highway 99 south along
the west side of the interstate and turn right on
Mt. Ashland Ski Road. Follow this road all the way
up to the resort, continue past the lodge and into
the back parking lot.
Follow the trails looking for Pacific Wrens,
Cassin’s Vireos and Pacific-slope Flycatchers and
listen for singing Olive-sided Flycatchers.
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GPS Coordinates:
Forest Service Road 2080 (*)
Head back past the Mt. Ashland Resort from
Forest Service Road 20 and pull off at Forest
Service Road 2080 on the left. This road will also
take you back to Tolman Creek Road.
From the back lot
walk following the
road west along the
Siskiyou Crest. Look
for Fox Sparrows,
Gray Jays, and Green
-tailed Towhees.
Grouse Gap (*)
GPS Coordinates:
Bird along this road looking for Brown Creepers
and other conifer forest birds including Hermit
Warblers, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Dark-eyed
Juncos, and Western Tanagers.
Gray Jay; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Follow the Mt. Ashland Ski Road out past the
resort. It turns into Forest Service Road 20 that
takes you to Grouse Gap and the Pacific Crest
Trail.
GPS Coordinates:
Brown Creeper; Photo © Jim Livaudais
Look for Lincoln Sparrows, Willow Flycatchers,
Brewer’s Sparrows, MacGillivray’s Warblers, and
White-headed Woodpeckers.
Alternative Routes
For an alternative and scenic route back towards
Ashland, follow the Mt. Ashland Ski Road to Old
Highway 99 and I-5. Continue across the I-5 pass
staying on Old Highway 99 (Highway 273) . Old
Highway 99 will take you back into Ashland dead
ending at Highway 66. There is good access to
Emigrant Lake and the riparian birds. See site
for details. Follow 66 west back into Ashland.
Alternative Trips
If you have spare time, consider birding sites 27
and 28 for additional high elevation species.
Colestin Road (Not recommended for
winter travel unless four-wheel drive)
Take the Mt. Ashland Ski Road back down towards
I-5. Look for the Colestin Road on the right and
take through the Colestin Valley and into
California.
White-headed Woodpecker;
Photo © Tom Grey
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GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.073282;
Longitude: 122.61896
follow to the four-way intersection and the
entrance to the Harry and David Ball Field. Turn
right and see a bridge over Bear Creek. Before the
bridge, turn left into the Jefferson Nature Center
parking lot.
Just past the California
border, look for
California Thrasher.
You can follow this
road to Hilt to get back
onto I-5 and head back
North to Ashland.
GPS Coordinates:
In the riparian habitat
look for California
and Spotted
Towhees, Acorn and
Downy Woopeckers,
Red-breasted
Sapsuckers, Hermit
Thrushes, Yellowbreasted Chats,
Purple and House
Finches, and Sharpshinned Hawks.
California Thrasher;
Photo © Tom Grey
Pilot Rock (*)
Continue down the Mt Ashland Ski Road to Old
Hwy 99 (Highway 273) and turn left onto a gravel
road marked 42-2E-33 following signs for the
Cascade Siskiyou
National
Monument and
Pilot Rock.
Northern Pygmy Owl;
Voorhies
Mansion
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude:
42.020802;
Longitude:
-122.58043
Head back to South Stage Road and continue
west. Turn left onto Voorhies Road and on the
right turn into Eden Vale Winery and Voohries
Mansion.
GPS Coordinates:
Look for Northern Pygmy Owls, Green-tailed
Towhees, and Mountain Quails in the mixedconifer forest.
Vaux’s Swifts roost in the chimney of this historic
mansion.
Jacksonville
Woodlands
South Medford &
Jacksonville LOOP
Half day trip from Ashland
Jefferson Nature Center
From Ashland take Interstate 5 north to Phoenix
(Exit 24). Turn left off the exit and then right onto
South Pacific Highway 99. In approximately 1.2
miles turn right on East South Stage Road. Then
turn left on Samdike Drive by the gas station and
Purple Finch;
Fritillaria gentneri;
Photo © Melissa Carr
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Continue back to South
Stage Road towards
Jacksonville. Turn right
onto Griffin Creek Road
and then left again back
onto South Stage Road.
South Stage Road
becomes California
Street in Jacksonville.
Continue through downtown Jacksonville, taking a
left onto Oregon Street. Turn right onto Pine
Street and follow it up the hill to a parking lot and
trailhead at the Jacksonville Woodlands.
Resources & Checklists
There are several resources available for birders
visiting Jackson County. Rogue Valley Audubon
Society (www.roguevalleyaudubon.org) provides
a digital species list for Jackson County Birds.
Additional information on birding locations
throughout Oregon can be found by visiting
Oregon Birding Trails (www.oregonbirdtrails.org).
More detailed information on species lists by
location can be found on Klamath-Siskiyou eBird
(www.eBird.org/klamath-siskiyou). Simply click
“View and Explore Data” and “Bar Charts” for
information on species occurrence by location.
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.314415 Longitude: -122.97009
Rufous hummingbirds, Violet-green Swallows,
Pacific-slope and Ash-throated Flycatchers,
Cassin’s and Warbling Vireos, Western Tanagers,
Black-headed Grosbeaks, and a variety of
woodpeckers
and migrating
warblers can be
seen in the oak
woodlands. In
the spring, look
for the Fritillaria
gentneri a rare,
endemic plant of
the KlamathSiskiyou
Ash-throated Flycatcher;
Bioregion.
Lynn-Newberry Park and the Bear Creek
Greenway
Western Grebes; Photo © Jim Livaudais
To loop back towards Ashland, follow South Stage
back turning right onto Griffin Creek Road,
continue on Griffin Creek Road through a mixed
conifer hardwood forest and orchard habitats. At
the intersection of Griffin Creek Road, Pioneer
Road, and Dark Hallow Road, bear right onto
Pioneer Road and then right again onto Clover
Road. Clover Road will take you back to South
Pacific Highway (Highway 99). Take a right onto
Highway 99, then a left onto Valley View Road,
and then right into Lynn-Newberry Park and the
Bear Creek Greenway for riparian birding.
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Development of this promotional education
brochure was funded, in part, by City of Ashland
lodging tax revenues, and the Kinsman
Foundation.
GPS Coordinates:
This riparian area is bustling with birds. Expect to
see Fox Sparrows, Wrentits, Ruby-crowned
Kinglets, and Ring-necked Ducks, American
Wigeons, and Buffleheads in the ponds.
Editors: Annie T. Kilby
John D. Alexander
Brandon M. Breen
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Klamath Bird Observatory
PO Box 758
Ashland, OR 97520
www.KlamathBird.org
Phone: 541-201-0866
Fax: 541-201-1009
E-mail: KBO@KlamathBird.org
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Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater Rogue Valley

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