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Abbott Schindl wrote:
I've been to K. Falls most of the past 5 winters. I find good numbers in February/March; timing seems to vary a bit each year. Can't say I've ever seen millions, though. Tens of thousands of snow, Ross's, and white-fronted geese; lots of tundra swans, good flocks of pintails and some other ducks. Depending on the year, I usually see good numbers of harriers, reasonable numbers of golden eagles and red-tailed hawks, and usually several hundred sandhill cranes and various other birds.
Their annual Winter Wings Festival is held over President's Day weekend and next year starts on 2/18. You might consider heading up for that. Leave enough time to hit Tulelake NWR as well as Lower Klamath. There are other areas around there as well.
Don't know about October: I've been there in December and not seen much. K. Falls gets numbers of many birds throughout much of the year. The winter migrations are spectacular, but shorebirds and others are also nice to watch and photograph. Be sure you've got a long lens....Show more →
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+1. Also, during the Winter Wings Festival (if you don't mind crowds) there are display booths selling birding related stuff, a fine Dinner with Keynote speaker (all at the Oregon Technology campus in Klamath Falls), field trips, Canon demonstration, etc. But that's in February. Don't know about October prospects although you should be able to see some early bird migrants from further north. But, yes, you should be able to see lots of geese and shorebirds.
While I enjoy going to Klamath Falls for the festival, I think touting the area as "the greatest concentration of bald eagles in the lower U.S" is something of a hype as there are better areas such as the Skagit valley in Washington state and maybe even around Farmington Bay in the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
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