Lower Columbia Basin
Audubon
Society
Serving Benton and Franklin Counties since 1965
Field trips and in-person meetings canceled until further notice!
Birding Locations
Birding in and around the lower Columbia Basin of Washington State migration seasons. To help you find the places where the best variety of birds can be seen, we have created this webpage to include:
Locations lists - alphabetical and by proximity to towns
Location names correlate to Bird Sightings published monthly in
The Curlew
Location descriptions including visitor tips and typical birds seen by season
Individually created Google Map links for each location
Use Google Map features to get driving directions
Click here for
Google Map tutorial (and caution for dial-up internet access)
Page number references to
A Birder's Guide to Washington
Alphabetical
Location List Locations known by multiple
names are listed under all names Click on the
title to go to the description for each location
Geographically
Grouped Location List Click on the
title to go to webpage for each area West
Richland, Benton City, and Prosser Snively
Road / Barker Ranch Horn
Rapids County Park Hanford Reach National Monument - FEALE Vernita Rest Stop Horse
Heaven Hills Map 1 McBee
Grade Road Webber Canyon County
Well Road South
Slope
of Rattlesnake Mountain Richland
- north of Interstate 182 Howard
Amon Park WE
Johnson Park Chamna
Nature Preserve / Acme Ponds Leslie Groves
Park and Nelson Island North
Richland
neighborhoods I-182
Yakima River Bridge (west end) Hanford
Site (not available to public) South
Richland and farther south to the Columbia River Amon
Creek Basin and Willowbrook neighborhood Horse
Heaven Hills Map 2 Clodfelter
Rd Badger Canyon Cemetery
Rd Paterson
Slough (Umatilla NWR) Whitcomb
Island (Umatilla NWR) Crow
Butte Park Yakima River Delta, Kennewick,
Finley Yakima
River Delta Bateman
Island and Bateman Marina Columbia
Park Two Rivers Park Pasco
and Franklin County Chiawana
Park Pasco Humane
Society Pond Sacajawea
Park Job's Nursery Selph
Landing Marsh Ringold Smith Canyon Scootney
Reservoir Burbank,
Wallula and Walla River Delta Hood
Park McNary
NWR including Mid-Columbia
River Refuge HQ McNary
Environ.
Education Ctr (MEEC) Casey
Pond Hansen Boat Launch
Pond Milepost
300 Pond Walla
Walla River Delta including Madame
Dorian Park Madame
Dorian Overlook Port of
Wallula Port Kelly Tyson
Ponds, Boise Cascade Compost Heaps & Dodd Road Sludge Field Snake
River Parks and areas South Side (Walla Walla County) Ice
Harbor Dam Charbonneau Park Van
Hollebeke HMU North Side (Franklin County) Levey Park
(Landing) Big
Flat HMU Windust Palouse Falls State Park Lyons
Ferry Othello, Moses Lake, Vantage,
Washtucna Hanford
Reach National Monument - Wahluke Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Othello - Para Ponds - West McManamon Road County Line Ponds - Camano Island Feedlot Corfu Lind
Coulee / Perch Point Vantage Huntzinger Road Wanapum Sentinel Gap Oasis Washtucna
- Bassett Park Umatilla,
Pendleton (NE Oregon) McNary
Dam Cold Springs NWR