
This area is conterminal with Sand Lake, Tillamook Bay COAs. The Bay is over 2,300 acres in size and is Oregon’s seventh largest coastal bay. It is bounded on the west by an extensive sand bar/spit. The bay is important for migratory and wintering shorebirds and waterfowl and marine mammals. Historical nesting site for Western Snowy Plovers.
COA ID: 014
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats
Strategy Species

Black Brant (Observed)
Branta bernicla nigricans

Black Oystercatcher (Observed)
Haematopus bachmani

California Myotis (Observed)
Myotis californicus

Cascade Head Catchfly (Observed)
Silene douglasii var. oraria

Caspian Tern (Observed)
Hydroprogne caspia

Chum Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus keta

Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Coastal Tailed Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Ascaphus truei

Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch

Columbia Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton kezeri

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Modeled Habitat)
Oceanodroma furcata

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes

Harlequin Duck (Observed)
Histrionicus histrionicus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Modeled Habitat)
Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa

Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans

Marbled Murrelet (Observed)
Brachyramphus marmoratus

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)
Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi

Peregrine Falcon (Observed)
Falco peregrinus anatum

Purple Martin (Observed)
Progne subis arboricola

Red Tree Vole (Modeled Habitat)
Arborimus longicaudus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton variegatus

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Tufted Puffin (Observed)
Fratercula cirrhata

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Actinemys marmorata

Western Snowy Plover (Observed)
Charadrius nivosus nivosus

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas