Living Beside Oregon’s Rarest Shorebird | 1949 Bandon Cottage Two Blocks from the Beach

Living beside Oregon’s rarest shorebird — the Western Snowy Plover — means sharing the coast with one of the state’s most carefully protected habitats. In this video, we look at how this small bird helped shape beach management near Bandon, then tour a 1949 cottage just two blocks from the shoreline.

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The Western Snowy Plover nests along only a few open beaches between Heceta Head and Cape Blanco, including Bandon State Natural Area, New River, and Floras Lake. Their numbers dropped to fewer than 50 birds in Oregon by the early 1990s due to beach development, invasive beachgrass, and disturbances on the dry sand where they nest.

Today, the species is rebounding thanks to long-term efforts from Oregon Parks, BLM, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife — restoring bare sand, marking protected zones each spring, and monitoring nests through the season. These beaches are still limited and carefully managed, and Bandon remains one of the key locations where the plovers continue to recover.

Just inland from those protected areas sits this 1949 single-level cottage, offering three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and approximately 1,214 sq ft of living space on a 0.29-acre county lot (CD-10 zoning).

Interior updates include brand-new stainless appliances, refreshed interior paint, a ladder-access finished loft, and a primary bedroom with its own attached bathroom.

Outside, the property features a breezeway-connected detached garage, an oversized freshly painted deck, a large grassy yard, and a garden shed for tools or beach gear.

The location places you minutes from Devils Kitchen State Park, Old Town Bandon, and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort — close to the coastal environment while still offering a quiet residential setting.

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