Oregon in Late Summer

with Pelagic Extension

  • Aug 18-29, 2025
    Waitlisted

    Rich Hoyer

    Pelagic Extension to Aug 31
  • Aug 19 to Sep 1 2028

    Rich Hoyer

Western Tanager
Western Tanager
Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge in the heart of the Willamette Valley.
Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge in the heart of the Willamette Valley.
Wild blackberries in abundance.
Wild blackberries in abundance.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Violet-green Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Pacific Wren
Pacific Wren
Elusive Mountain Quail
Elusive Mountain Quail
Famously picturesque Oregon Coast.
Famously picturesque Oregon Coast.
Birding on the beach.
Birding on the beach.
Western Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
We’ll search the rocky shores for residents and migrants.
We’ll search the rocky shores for residents and migrants.
The lush, western slope of the Cascades Mountains.
The lush, western slope of the Cascades Mountains.
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters
Sage Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Summer Lake State Wildlife Management Area
Summer Lake State Wildlife Management Area
The numbers of Wilson’s and Red-necked Phalaropes and other shorebirds can be staggeringly high.
The numbers of Wilson’s and Red-necked Phalaropes and other shorebirds can be staggeringly high.
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Sora
Sora
We’ll have opportunities to explore mountain wildflower meadows.
We’ll have opportunities to explore mountain wildflower meadows.
Lewis’s Monkeyflower
Lewis’s Monkeyflower
Late summer Fireweed
Late summer Fireweed
White-headed Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill Cranes
Nearly every day will feature a picnic lunch in a lovely setting.
Nearly every day will feature a picnic lunch in a lovely setting.
 Painted Hills sector of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
Painted Hills sector of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
The Columbia River gorge
The Columbia River gorge
Multnomah Waterfalls
Multnomah Waterfalls
American Dipper
American Dipper
For those taking part in the pre-tour pelagic trip, we’ll start in the Newport Harbor...
For those taking part in the pre-tour pelagic trip, we’ll start in the Newport Harbor...
Buller’s Shearwater
Buller’s Shearwater
Photo credit: Rich Hoyer
2025 Tour Price:
$4,350
2025
Single Room Supplement $990
Pelagic Extension: $1,360
Extension Single Room Supplement $220
2028
Tour Price to be Determined
This tour is limited to seven participants with one leader.
Tour balances paid by check/bank transfer may carry a 4% discount

Oregon is well known for lush ancient forests and a picturesque coastline that teems with waterbirds. This is the Oregon west of the Cascade Mountains, where most of the human population resides. Less well known are the radically different habitats and climates as one moves south and east. In the “rain shadow” of the Cascades one finds dry open conifer forests, desert-like shrub-steppe, and stark vistas of canyons and fault-block mountains, while farther south one experiences warm summers with virtually no rain. It’s this meeting of Pacific, Continental, and Mediterranean climates in astonishing proximity that gives the state of Oregon an avian diversity greater than any other area in the world at a similar latitude—especially in woodpeckers and owls. We’ll explore most of this diversity in scenic state parks on the coast, vibrant national wildlife refuges in the Willamette Valley, extensive coniferous forests on both sides of the Cascades, and open expanses of sagebrush in the eastern deserts. 

(This tour can be taken in conjuction with Oregon: Birds & Theater in 2025)

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This tour is limited to seven participants with one leader.

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