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Catherine Creek |
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HABITAT: |
USFS 1,000 acres of basalt grasslands, oak savanna, and ponderosa pine along creek. |
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| BIRDING: | Find Lewis’s Woodpeckers in oaks and pines, Canyon Wrens on rock walls. Turkey Vultures arrive Feb-March. Listen for Western Meadowlarks, Western Bluebirds, and Say’s Phoebes mid-March to mid-June. Shrubs and trees shelter Western Scrub and Steller’s Jays, Nashville Warblers, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, and Northern Flickers. | ||
VIEWING: |
Go around metal gate, walk cross country 0.1 mile up hill to right and down to Catherine Creek. Best birding is along 0.3 mile of old road leading upstream. Cautions: Poison oak, ticks, rattlesnakes. Bonus: Cross highway to 1.0-mile ADA loop trail for stunning view of Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. Wildflowers peak in April. |
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| ACCESS: | From Hwy 14 at milepost 70.9, turn north onto Old Hwy No. 8. Drive 1.4 miles. Turn north into gravel parking area. | ||