Many ducks have arrived back in the basin including mallards, gadwalls, cinnamon teal, and northern pintails. Greater sandhill cranes are now paired up and can be found around area wetlands. Shore birds including black-necked stilts, american avocets, and dowitchers can be found in shallow water areas. Over the next month watch for the brilliant courtship displays of Western Grebes on Upper Klamath Lake. Other grebe species to look for are pied-billed and eared grebes.
Pelicans are back and can be found foraging for fish around any watercourses.
Look for heron species including great blue and black-crowned night herons near wetlands. Yellow-headed blackbirds can be found near wetland areas with cattails and bullrushes. Pronghorn antelope will begin fawning in mid May with deer and elk following a few weeks later. Courtship rituals and pair bonding courtship activities are becoming more apparent in the migrating birds as spring rapidly approaches. Migrating birds can be observed along the various lakes and waterways of central Oregon.