Late winter and early spring is one of the best wildlife viewing
time periods in the Klamath Basin, which is a major staging area
for migratory birds starting their northward migration to
primary nesting areas. NEAR BURNS: The Harney Basin, located
near the town of Burns, provides good viewing opportunities
during March and April for a variety of migrating birds.
Thousands of migrating snow, Ross’s, white-fronted and Canada
geese as well as ducks, sandhill cranes and tundra swans use the
basin during their annual migration north to their breeding
grounds. Birds are beginning to arrive in the basin with numbers
expected to peak in the next few weeks. Good numbers of bald
eagles are currently in the basin but begin migrating north
about the end of March. Another attraction is viewing strutting
sage grouse which do their annual mating display from mid-March
through April. Sage grouse viewing is best during the first hour
of daylight on days when the weather is good. The 26th Annual
John Scharff Migratory Bird Fe