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Welcome to … The Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion

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 east-west 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.

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

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. 8-9).

Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater Rogue Valley

Golden-crowned Kinglet; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Western Tanager; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Version 2.0 © Klamath Bird Observatory 2012

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eBird: The Critical Link Between Birdwatching and Conservation

Birdwatchers can play a crucial role in bird conservation by serving as citizen scientists and sharing their observations using Klamath-Siskiyou eBird (www.ebird.org/klamath-siskiyou). This online map-based application offers fun tools for tracking the birds that you see at your favorite birding locations and for exploring new birding possibilities.

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.

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 non-profit 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

Yellow-breasted Chat; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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North Medford Field Trip Half-day trip from Ashland

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.439911; Longitude: -122.86547 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 Yellow-breasted Chats, Yellow Warblers, and Warbling Vireos. Along Military Slough, look for roosting Great Horned Owls, Pileated Woodpeckers, and Wrentits.

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

Oak/Pine edge and more riparian habitat. There is a small parking fee required.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.439044; Longitude: -122.88944 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.

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: Latitude: 42.469142; Longitude: -122.94461

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

Grasshopper Sparrow; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Great Blue Heron; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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at least 2 hours up and back. Look for Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Anna’s Hummingbirds, Ash-throated 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: Latitude: 42.414167; Longitude: -122.85915 White-tailed Kites and Northern Mockingbirds can be seen here.

Medford Airport

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: Latitude: 42.385177; Longitude: -122.86231 At dawn and dusk look for Short-eared Owls in the winter.

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 (*).

Agate Lake

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.412917; Longitude:-122.76296

White-tailed Kite; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Short-eared Owl; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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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, Long-billed Dowitcher, and various sandpipers, including Pectoral and Baird’s.

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: Latitude: 42.438411 Longitude:-122.64467 Make several stops up Salt Creek Road through oak woodlands into mixed conifer habitats. Look for Lark Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, California Towhee, Western Bluebird, Bewick’s Wren, House Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Lazuli Bunting, Wrentit, and Lesser Goldfinch lower in the oaks and shrubs. In the conifers find Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, Pacific Wren, Brown Creeper, and Hermit Warbler. If you do

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: Latitude: 42.383200; Longitude:-122.35734 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

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.273811; Longitude:-122.42339 In the large meadows look for Sandhill Cranes, Bald Eagles, Western and Mountain Bluebirds, Savannah Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Common Snipe, Wilson’s Phalaropes, White Pelicans, and Vesper Sparrows.

Lewis’s Woodpecker; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Bewick’s Wren; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Mountain Bluebird; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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Howard Prairie Lake

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.251070; Longitude:-122.41474 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 Highway, and turn left, heading west towards Ashland. As the road heads back up the hill turn right on Conde Creek Road.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.258815; Longitude:-122.48457 Along Conde Creek Road look for Williamson’s and Red-breasted Sapsuckers, White-headed Woodpeckers, and Green-tailed Towhees in the mixed conifer habitat.

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.253362; Longitude:-122.50744 Look for Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Warbler, Ruffed Grouse, Blue Grouse, Northern Pygmy Owl, and possible Great-gray Owl.

Highway 66 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(*).

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.

Caspian Tern; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Williamson’s Sapsucker; Photo © Tom Grey

Great-gray Owl; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.136267; Longitude: -122.60845 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.

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: Latitude: 42.12612; Longitude: -122.55277 From the road, look for Black-throated Gray Warblers, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Ash-throated Flycatchers, and Rufous Hummingbirds.

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: Latitude: 42.129928; Longitude: -122.53522 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.


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

Where Little Hyatt Prairie Road/Old Hyatt Road dead ends onto Hyatt Prairie Road turn left

Black-throated Gray Warbler; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Green-tailed Towhee; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Red-shouldered Hawk; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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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: 42.181865; Longitude: -122.46217 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.

Howard Prairie Lake

There are several side roads off of Hyatt Prairie Road that provide access to Ponderosa Pine-meadow edge habitats. From Hyatt Lake keep left on Hyatt Prairie Road to view birds along the west shore of Howard Prairie Lake.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.251070; Longitude:-122.41474 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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.258815; Longitude:-122.48457 Along Conde Creek Road look for Williamson’s and Red-breasted Sapsuckers, White-headed Woodpeckers, and Green-tailed Towhees in the mixed conifer habitat.

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.253362; Longitude:-122.50744 Look For Red-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit Warblers, Ruffed Grouse, Blue Grouse, Northern Pygmy Owls, and possible Great-gray Owl.

Red-breasted Nuthatch; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Mountain Chickadee; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Sandhill Crane; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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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: Latitude: 42.204146; Longitude: -122.70098 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.

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: Latitude: 42.213431; Longitude: -122.71544 Follow the path and look for Bushtits, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Western Wood-

Pewees, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Warbling Vireos, Green Herons, Wood Ducks, Song Sparrows, Lesser Goldfinches, Bullock’s Orioles, and Spotted Towhees.

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: Latitude: 42.192791; Longitude: -122.71709 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.

Bullock’s Oriole; Photo © Jim Livaudais

American Dipper; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Common Yellowthroat; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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Look for breeding American Dippers in Ashland Creek, which runs through Lithia Park.

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.


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.

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.138901; Longitude: -122.68708 Follow the trails looking for Pacific Wrens, Cassin’s Vireos and Pacific-slope Flycatchers and listen for singing Olive-sided Flycatchers.

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.164775; Longitude: -122.66612 Calliope Hummingbirds can be seen in the spring along upper Tolman Creek Road.

Mount Ashland Field Trip

Half-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 (*).

Mt. Ashland Ski Area

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.

Calliope Hummingbird; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Mountain Quail; Photo © USFWS


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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 (*)

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: Latitude: 42.083634; Longitude: -122.73608 Look for Lincoln Sparrows, Willow Flycatchers, Brewer’s Sparrows, MacGillivray’s Warblers, and White-headed Woodpeckers.

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.07255; Longitude: -122.69250 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.

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.

Gray Jay; Photo © Jim Livaudais

White-headed Woodpecker; Photo © Tom Grey

Brown Creeper; Photo © Jim Livaudais


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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.073282; Longitude: 122.61896 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.

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.


Look for Northern Pygmy Owls, Green-tailed Towhees, and Mountain Quails in the mixed-conifer forest.

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

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.1297923; Longitude: -122.84060 In the riparian habitat look for California and Spotted Towhees, Acorn and Downy Woopeckers, Red-breasted Sapsuckers, Hermit Thrushes, Yellow-breasted Chats, Purple and House Finches, and Sharp-shinned Hawks.

Voorhies Mansion 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: Latitude: 42.286565; Longitude: -122.84240 Vaux’s Swifts roost in the chimney of this historic mansion.

Jacksonville Woodlands

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.

Northern Pygmy Owl; Photo © Jim Livaudais

California Thrasher; Photo © Tom Grey

Purple Finch; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Fritillaria gentneri; Photo © Melissa Carr


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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.

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 Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion.

Lynn-Newberry Park and the Bear Creek

Greenway

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.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.245073; Longitude: -122.77517 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.

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.

Ash-throated Flycatcher; Photo © Jim Livaudais

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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.

Western Grebes; Photo © Jim Livaudais


Editors: Annie T. Kilby John D. Alexander Brandon M. Breen

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PO Box 758 Ashland, OR 97520

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