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Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater

Birdwatching is one of the fastest growing outdoor recreational activities in the nation. For Welcome to … visitors to Ashland, birdwatching offers a nice complement to the cultural tourism that attracts The Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion 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 . 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 Western Tanager; Photo © Jim Livaudais throughout Ashland and the Rogue Valley, covering a variety of habitats and birdlife. Each Located in southern and northern site description includes a brief characterization , the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion is of the habitat plus mention of species of note. defined by the convergence of the Cascade Mountains from the north, the Sierra Nevadas While locations can be birded individually, we from the south, the Coast Range, and the east- provide six birding routes with directions from west running Klamath and . one location to This region includes the Umpqua, Rogue, and the next. Routes watersheds. Due to its complex are designed as geology and climate, the Bioregion is among the full or half-day most biologically diverse in the world! birding trips. To easily find The Bioregion contains a wide variety of habitat locations, we types, which in turn support a plethora of species, recommend that including endemic plants and that are you use a found nowhere else in the world. This habitat detailed road diversity supports a rich avifauna, making the map to Bioregion an excellent place for birdwatching. accompany the This guide highlights many of the region’s birding map provided in hotspots that are just a short distance from this guide (pp. 8- Golden-crowned Kinglet; Ashland, Oregon. 9). Photo © Jim Livaudais

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eBird: The Critical Link Between  Do not disturb nests and nesting colonies, Birdwatching and Conservation roosts, display areas, and important feeding sites – keep your distance. Birdwatchers can play a crucial role in bird  Avoid artificial light for filming or conservation by serving as citizen scientists and , especially for close-ups. sharing their observations using Klamath-Siskiyou  Stay on roads, , and paths where they eBird (www..org/klamath-siskiyou). This online map-based application offers fun tools for exist; otherwise keep habitat disturbance to tracking the birds that you see at your favorite a minimum. birding locations and for exploring new birding  Respect the law, the rights of others, and possibilities. 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 and . KBO is a non- profit organization dedicated to advancing bird Golden-crowned Sparrow; Photo © Jim Livaudais and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships. KBO’s work is By entering your bird observation data into focused in this Bioregion, renowned for its Klamath-Siskiyou eBird you can contribute to outstanding biological diversity. To learn more local, regional, national, and international about KBO, visit www.KlamathBird.org 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 Yellow-breasted Chat; methods of attracting birds. Photo © Jim Livaudais Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater Rogue Valley 2

North Medford Field Trip Oak/Pine edge and more riparian habitat. There is Half-day trip from Ashland a small parking fee required. GPS Coordinates: Denman State Wildlife Area Latitude: 42.439044; Longitude: -122.88944

From Ashland, go north on I-5. Take 2nd Medford In the spring look for the large Exit (Exit 30 Highway). Turn right at rookery and nesting Osprey. Other species of light onto Crater Lake Highway (Highway 62). note include Brown Creeper, American Dipper, Follow Highway 62 out past Costco. Watch for Belted Kingfisher, waterfowl, and possible Acorn, the Agate Road sign on the left. If you miss Agate Downy, Hairy, and Lewis’s Woodpecker. 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 through grasslands and into riparian habitats. Listen for Grasshopper Sparrows on right. Virginia Rails can Great Blue Heron; Photo © Jim Livaudais be found in ponds on left. Toward the end of the road enjoy the Lower Table Rock riparian birds From Tou Velle State Park follow Table Rock Road including Yellow- north, then west, then north again, and turn left breasted Chats, on Wheeler Road. Turn left into Lower Table Rock Yellow Warblers, trailhead parking lot. and Warbling GPS Coordinates: Vireos. Along Latitude: 42.469142; Longitude: -122.94461 Military Slough, look for roosting Great Horned , Pileated Grasshopper Sparrow; Woodpeckers, Photo © Jim Livaudais 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. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Photo © Jim Livaudais Turn right onto Kirtland Road and then take the first right onto Table Rock Road. Enter the public There is plenty of birding within the first ½ mile access area of Tou Velle State Park where Table on the trailhead in the oak woodlands. The trail Rock Road crosses the Rogue River. On the east to the top of Lower Table Rock is also nice; leave side of Table Rock Road at Tou Velle there is an 3 Version 2.0 © Klamath Bird Observatory 2012

at least 2 hours up and back. Look for Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Anna’s , Ash- throated Flycatchers, Lark Sparrows, Oak Titmice, Acorn Woodpeckers, Western , 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.

Short-eared ; 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 White-tailed Kite; Photo © Jim Livaudais roads are designated with this symbol (*).

Agate Lake Medford Airport From Ashland, go north on I-5. Take 2nd Medford Follow East Gregory Road to Highway 62 and go Exit (Exit 30–Crater Lake Highway). Turn right at right towards Medford. Turn right on East Vilas light onto Crater Lake Highway (Highway 62). Road. Turn left again onto Industry Drive. Field Follow Highway 62 out past Costco. Turn right access is located at the intersection of Industry onto Lake of the Woods Highway (Highway 140) Drive and Enterprise Way and on International heading east. Turn right on Antelope Road and Way. follow around a right turn to Dry Creek Road. Turn right on Dry Creek and into the entrance of GPS Coordinates: , a Jackson County Park. Latitude: 42.385177; Longitude: -122.86231 GPS Coordinates: At dawn and dusk look for Short-eared Owls in Latitude: 42.412917; Longitude:-122.76296 the winter.

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View waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, and waders the whole loop you might save the mixed surrounding the lake and raptors and songbirds in birding for Forest Service Road 37, the next stop. the fields and oak woodlands. Look for Lewis’s and Acorn Woodpeckers, Northern Harrier, and Forest Service Road 37 (*) White-tailed Kite. Migrating shorebirds include Continue up 140 to the east approximately 15 Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plover, Long- miles, and turn right on Big Road and continue billed Dowitcher, and various sandpipers, onto Forest Service Road 37. Follow Forest Service including Pectoral and Baird’s. 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 Lewis’s Woodpecker; Photo © Jim Livaudais Continue along Forest Service Road 37 to the Salt Creek Road (*) intersection of Dead Indian Memorial Highway. Turn right (west) towards Ashland. Lily Glen Head back to Highway 140 and continue east. Recreation Area is on the left overlooking Howard About 10 miles out on Highway 140, turn left Prairie Lake. (north) up Salt Creek Road. GPS Coordinates: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.273811; Longitude:-122.42339 Latitude: 42.438411 Longitude:-122.64467 In the large meadows look for Sandhill Cranes, Make several stops Bald Eagles, Western and Mountain Bluebirds, up Salt Creek Road Savannah Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Brown- through oak headed Cowbirds, Common Snipe, Wilson’s woodlands into Phalaropes, White Pelicans, and Vesper mixed conifer Sparrows. habitats. Look for Lark Sparrow, Blue -gray Gnatcatcher, Bewick’s ; Ash-throated Photo © Jim Livaudais Flycatcher, White- breasted Nuthatch, California Towhee, Western , Bewick’s Wren, House Wren, Pacific- slope Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Lazuli Bunting, Wrentit, and Lesser Goldfinch lower in the oaks and shrubs. In the find Red- breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, Pacific Wren, Brown Creeper, and Hermit Warbler. If you do ; Photo © Jim Livaudais

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Howard Prairie Lake City Road (*) There are several side roads off of Dead Indian Towards the top of the grade on Dead Indian Memorial Highway that provide access to Memorial Highway, before dropping back down Ponderosa Pine-meadow edge habitats. Turn left into the Rogue Valley, Shale City Road turns off to onto Hyatt Prairie Road to view birds along the the north, into mixed conifer habitat. west shore of . GPS Coordinates: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.253362; Longitude:-122.50744 Latitude: 42.251070; Longitude:-122.41474 Look for Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Warbler, Ruffed , Blue Grouse, Northern At Howard Prairie Pygmy Owl, and possible Great-gray Owl. Lake look for White Pelicans, Sandhill Cranes, and Caspian .

Conde Creek Road (*) From Howard Prairie back track to Dead Indian Memorial Caspian ; Highway, and turn Photo © Jim Livaudais 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 Great-gray Owl; Photo © Jim Livaudais Along Conde

Creek Road look for Highway 66 Loop Williamson’s Full-day trip from Ashland and Red- breasted NOTE: Parts of this trip are inaccessible in the , winter and spring due to snow pack. These White-headed roads are designated with this symbol(*). Woodpeckers, and Green- tailed Towhees in the mixed From Ashland head east to Highway 66 following conifer habitat. 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 Williamson’s ; point across from the intersection of Old Highway Photo © Tom Grey 99. Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater Rogue Valley 6

GPS Coordinates: Highway 66 Milepost 11 Latitude: 42.136267; Longitude: -122.60845 Head back out the Cascade Siskiyou National

Monument to Highway 66 and continue east to See Lewis’s and the pull out at milepost 11. Watch for oncoming Acorn Woodpeckers, traffic! Ash-throated Flycatchers, GPS Coordinates: California Towhees, Latitude: 42.129928; Longitude: -122.53522 White-tailed Kites, Red-shouldered Look for Black-billed Magpies, Golden Eagles, and Hawks, and Golden in the winter, Lewis’ Woodpecker. Eagles. On the lake look for Greater Old Hyatt Road (*) White-fronted Continue east on Highway 66 and just past the top Geese and both of the Green Springs Summit turn left onto Old Western and Clark’s Hyatt Road. If you get to Keene Creek Reservoir on . Red-shouldered Hawk; 66 you have gone too far. Photo © Jim Livaudais GPS Coordinates: Cascade Siskiyou National Monument: Latitude: 42.130449; Longitude: -122.48196 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. 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 crosses the road there are some 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; Photo © Jim Livaudais 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 GPS provide opportunities to view water birds from Coordinates: beneath the pines. A Wildlife Viewing parking Latitude: area is on the right. 42.258815; Longitude:- GPS Coordinates: 122.48457 Latitude: 42.181865; Longitude: -122.46217

Along Conde See a Double-crested roosting tree Creek Road and nesting Osprey, and across the road look for look for Cassin's Vireos, Mountain Chickadees, Dusky Williamson’s Flycatchers, and Williamson's Sapsuckers. and Red-

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Sapsuckers,

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Woodpeckers, and Green-

tailed Towhees Sandhill ; Photo © Jim Livaudais in the mixed conifer habitat.

Shale City Road (*) Towards the top of the grade on Dead Indian Mountain Chickadee; Photo © Jim Livaudais Memorial Highway, before dropping back down into the Rogue Valley, Shale City Road turns off to Howard Prairie Lake the north, into mixed conifer habitat. There are several side roads off of Hyatt Prairie GPS Coordinates: Road that provide access to Ponderosa Pine- Latitude: 42.253362; Longitude:-122.50744 meadow edge habitats. From Hyatt Lake keep left on Hyatt Prairie Road to view birds along the west Look For Red-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit shore of Howard Prairie Lake. Warblers, Ruffed Grouse, Blue Grouse, Northern Pygmy Owls, and possible Great-gray Owl. 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.

Red-breasted Nuthatch; Photo © Jim Livaudais

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City of Ashland Field Trip Pewees, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Warbling Half-day trip around Ashland Vireos, Green Herons, Wood , Song Sparrows, Lesser Goldfinches, Bullock’s Orioles, and Spotted Towhees. 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 Bullock’s Oriole; Photo © Jim Livaudais Yellowthroats, Warbling and Cassin’s Vireos, Lithia Park Yellow-rumped, From Glenndower Street back track to West Wilson’s, and Nevada Street and follow back to North Laurel Nashville Street. Take North Laurel Street all the way back Warblers, and up, crossing West Hersey Street to the light on Empidonax North Main Street. Turn left on North Main Street flycatchers and right at the Plaza on Winburn Way. Follow including Winburn Way up to Lithia Park. Hammond’s and Pacific-slope. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.192791; Longitude: -122.71709

Common Yellowthroat; There are Photo © Jim Livaudais plenty of places to stop Ashland Ponds along the park. Many of From North Mountain Park head west on East the Hersey Street up the hill and then turn right on ponds are North Laurel Street, left on West Nevada Street, abundant with and then right on Glendower Street. Glendower Wood Ducks. Street dead ends at the trailhead which takes you Listen for around the Ashland Ponds. Nashville GPS Coordinates: Warblers, Latitude: 42.213431; Longitude: -122.71544 Western Tanagers, and American Dipper; Follow the path and look for Bushtits, Northern Black-headed Photo © Jim Livaudais Rough-winged Swallows, Western Wood- Grosbeaks. 11 Version 2.0 © Klamath Bird Observatory 2012

Look for breeding American Dippers in Ashland Upper Tolman Creek Road Creek, which runs through Lithia Park. As an alternative, or for more birding, continue up

Tolman Creek Road towards the Ashland Loop White Rabbit Trailhead Road and pull off in mixed conifer hardwoods Continue up Winburn Way, which turns into habitats or head out along the beginning of the Street. Look for Glenview Drive and turn Highway 66 Loop trip for riparian habitats. left heading back towards Ashland, watch for the GPS Coordinates: sharp right onto the Ashland Loop Road which Latitude: 42.164775; Longitude: -122.66612 takes you up through the forest and to the White Rabbit trailhead parking on the left. Calliope Hummingbirds can be seen in the spring GPS Coordinates: along upper Tolman Creek Road. Latitude: 42.204146; Longitude: -122.70098

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. ; Photo © USFWS Calliope ; Photo © Jim Livaudais Oredson Todd Woods Trailhead Head back down into Ashland by following the Ashland Loop Road to Morton Street and take a Field Trip right. Follow Morton Street down through residential neighborhoods to Siskiyou Boulevard. Half-day trip from Ashland Take a right onto Siskiyou Boulevard and follow to a blinking stop light at Tolman Creek Road. Turn NOTE: Parts of this trip are inaccessible in the right heading up the hill and turn right on Green winter and spring due to snow pack. These Meadows Way. Take your next right up Lupine roads are designated with this symbol (*). Drive to the parking lot at the Oredson Todd Woods trailhead. Mt. Ashland Ski Area GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.138901; Longitude: -122.68708 From Ashland, take I-5 south out of Ashland towards . Exit at the Mt. Ashland Follow the trails looking for Pacific , exit (Exit 6). Follow Old Highway 99 south along Cassin’s Vireos and Pacific-slope Flycatchers and the west side of the interstate and turn right on listen for singing Olive-sided Flycatchers. Mt. Ashland Ski Road. Follow this road all the way up to the resort, continue past the lodge and into the back parking lot.

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GPS Coordinates: Forest Service Road 2080 (*) Latitude: 42.078614; Longitude: -122.078614 Head back past the Mt. Ashland Resort from

From the back lot Forest Service Road 20 and pull off at Forest walk following the Service Road 2080 on the left. This road will also road west along the take you back to Tolman Creek Road. Siskiyou Crest. Look GPS Coordinates: for Fox Sparrows, Latitude: 42.07255; Longitude: -122.69250 Gray Jays, and Green -tailed Towhees. 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 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 Brown Creeper; Photo © Jim Livaudais Look for Lincoln Sparrows, Flycatchers, Brewer’s Sparrows, MacGillivray’s Warblers, and Alternative Routes White-headed Woodpeckers. 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 White-headed Woodpecker; I-5. Look for the Colestin Road on the right and Photo © Tom Grey take through the Colestin Valley and into California.

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GPS Coordinates: follow to the four-way intersection and the Latitude: 42.073282; entrance to the Harry and David Ball Field. Turn Longitude: 122.61896 right and see a bridge over Bear Creek. Before the bridge, turn left into the Jefferson Nature Center Just past the California parking lot. border, look for GPS Coordinates: California Thrasher. Latitude: 42.1297923; Longitude: -122.84060 You can follow this road to Hilt to get back In the riparian habitat onto I-5 and head back look for California North to Ashland. and Spotted Towhees, Acorn and California Thrasher; Downy Woopeckers, Photo © Tom Grey Red-breasted (*) Sapsuckers, Hermit Thrushes, Yellow- Continue down the Mt Ashland Ski Road to Old breasted Chats, Hwy 99 (Highway 273) and turn left onto a gravel Purple and House road marked 42-2E-33 following signs for the Finches, and Sharp- Cascade Siskiyou shinned Hawks. National Monument and Voorhies Purple Finch; Pilot Rock. Mansion Photo © Jim Livaudais GPS Coordinates: Latitude: Head back to South Stage Road and continue 42.020802; west. Turn left onto Voorhies Road and on the Longitude: right turn into Eden Vale Winery and Voohries -122.58043 Mansion. Northern Pygmy Owl; Photo © Jim Livaudais GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 42.286565; Longitude: -122.84240 Look for Northern Pygmy Owls, Green-tailed Towhees, and Mountain Quails in the mixed- Vaux’s Swifts roost in the chimney of this historic conifer forest. mansion.

Jacksonville South Medford & Woodlands Jacksonville LOOP Continue back to South Half day trip from Ashland Stage Road towards Jacksonville. Turn right Jefferson Nature Center onto Griffin Creek Road From Ashland take north to Phoenix and then left again back (Exit 24). Turn left off the exit and then right onto onto South Stage Road. South Pacific Highway 99. In approximately 1.2 South Stage Road miles turn right on East South Stage Road. Then becomes California turn left on Samdike Drive by the gas station and Fritillaria gentneri; Street in Jacksonville. Photo © Melissa Carr Birding Guide to Ashland and the Greater Rogue Valley 14

Continue through downtown Jacksonville, taking a Resources & Checklists left onto Oregon Street. Turn right onto Pine There are several resources available for birders Street and follow it up the hill to a parking lot and visiting Jackson County. Rogue Valley trailhead at the Jacksonville Woodlands. Society (www.roguevalleyaudubon.org) provides GPS Coordinates: a digital species list for Jackson County Birds. Latitude: 42.314415 Longitude: -122.97009 Additional information on birding locations throughout Oregon can be found by visiting Rufous hummingbirds, Violet-green Swallows, Oregon Birding Trails (www.oregonbirdtrails.org). Pacific-slope and Ash-throated Flycatchers, More detailed information on species lists by Cassin’s and Warbling Vireos, Western Tanagers, location can be found on Klamath-Siskiyou eBird Black-headed Grosbeaks, and a variety of (www.eBird.org/klamath-siskiyou). Simply click woodpeckers “View and Explore Data” and “Bar Charts” for and migrating information on species occurrence by location. 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. Ash-throated Flycatcher; Photo © Jim Livaudais

Lynn-Newberry Park and the 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 Development of this promotional education conifer hardwood forest and orchard habitats. At brochure was funded, in part, by City of Ashland the intersection of Griffin Creek Road, Pioneer lodging tax revenues, and the Kinsman Road, and Dark Hallow Road, bear right onto Foundation. 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

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