WATCHING LOCAL BIRDS The south coast of Oregon is a wonderful
place to watch birds. Given our wide variety of habitats-- from
ocean waves, offshore rocks, beaches, and headlands, to rivers
and marshes, forests and mountains--we have a wide variety of
birds. Birders have identified 396 species in Curry County
alone. Many songbirds and waterbirds come here to winter, and
during spring and fall migrations thousands of shorebirds,
enormous flocks of geese, and other species of birds pass
through. Our distinctive offshore rocks, all protected in the
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, also provide unique
breeding habitat for over 700,000 sea birds--a significant
percentage of seabird nesting habitat for the entire west coast.
To learn more, explore all our Watching Local Birds pages: