Grant's Getaways: Guide to Wildlife Watching in Oregon

A fifth-generation Oregonian, McOmie is a journalist, author, and teacher who realized he hadn’t seen enough of his native state and he has spent much of his thirty-year career as a news reporter exploring Oregon. He ended up enjoying his getaways so much that he decided to share these “teachable moments with touchable history” in a new Grant’s Getaways series of guidebooks.

Contents

Map
Acknowledgments
Introduction

SPRING
Dancing Antlers and Oregon’s Secret Garden/Reedsport, Oregon
Youth Outdoor Day @EE Wilson Wildlife Area/Near Corvallis, Oregon
First Hand Oregon/St Paul, Oregon
Lend a Hand at Oregon’s All Volunteer Hatchery/Netarts Bay
Paddle for Peace of Mind/Beaver Creek Water Trail and State Park
Wildlife Safari/Winston, Oregon
A Friend to the Critters/Grants Pass, Oregon
Best Seat of the House/Cape Lookout State Park Trail
Bird-a-thon on the High Desert/Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area
At Home on the Antelope Range/Hart Mountain Wildlife Refuge
Honkers at Home/Snake River Islands Wildlife Area-Farewell Bend State Park
Yaquina Head/Newport, Oregon

SUMMER
All Painted Up @ Irrigon Wildlife Area/Pendleton, Oregon
Cascades Raptor Center-Fern Ridge Washington/Eugene, Oregon
Where Lewis and Clark Paddled @ Blind Slough/Near Astoria
Siltcoos River Canoe Trail/Florence, Oregon
Dinosaurs with Fins/Bonneville Fish Hatchery
Watch the Salmon/Winchester Dam Wildlife Area/Roseburg, Oregon
Flying Trout/Mt Hood National Forest
Waterfowl Haven@ Denman Wildlife Area/Central Point, Oregon
Casting a Line/Scanning the Skies @ Prineville Wildlife Area/Prineville, Oregon
Bridge Creek Wildlife Area/Pendleton, Oregon
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge/Newport, Oregon
Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge and State Park/Tillamook, Oregon

FALL
Focus on Nature/Tillamook State Forest
Fernhill Restorative Garden/Forest Grove, Oregon
Downtown Salmon/Coos Bay, Oregon
Bonney Butte Raptors/Mount Hood, Oregon
Sauvie Island Sandhills/Multnomah County, Oregon
Afoot and Afloat on the Nestucca River/Pacific City, Oregon
High Desert Shorebirds @ Coyote Springs Wildlife Area/Pendleton, Oregon
A Pelican Can @ Willow Creek Wildlife Area/Pendleton, Oregon
Dip a Paddle in the South Slough National Estuary/Charleston, Oregon
Birding in Bandon/Bandon, Oregon
All Hands on Deck @ Yaquina Bay/Newport, Oregon
Wildlife Spirit Resources/Corvallis, Oregon

WINTER
Summer Lake Wildlife Area/Paisley, Oregon
A Convocation of Eagles/Linn County, Oregon
Eagle Watch/Lake Billy Chinook
B-52s of the Waterfowl World/Trojan Pond/Near Rainier, Oregon
Eagle Patrol @ Klamath Wildlife Refuge/Klamath Falls, Oregon
A Gang of Elk @ Elkhorn Wildlife Area/Baker City, Oregon
Visitor Friendly Hatchery/North Fork Nehalem River
Turkeys, Deer, and Bears, Oh My!/White River Wildlife Area
Lend a Hand with Wildlife @ Jewell Meadows Washington/Clatsop County, Oregon
Big Horns of the Weneha Wildlife Area/Enterprise, Oregon
Wild in the City/Metro Natural Areas and Greenspaces/Portland, Oregon
Winter Dungeness Crab-Recipes/Astoria, Oregon

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