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HABITAT:	WDFW 120-acre parcel of shallow alkaline wetlands.
BIRDING:	Late winter to early spring, Tundra Swans and Northern Pintails are highlights. Also watch for Northern Shrikes October-March. Spring brings a spectacular display of shorebirds: American Avocets and Long-billed Dowitchers, plus Black-necked Stilts, Wilson’s Phalaropes, and Wilson’s Snipes that nest and raise their young here. And ducks! Blue-winged and Cinnamon Teals, Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls, and Redheads swell feathered populations. Summer brings Great Egrets, Black Terns, Eastern Kingbirds, and Bank Swallows. Late summer-early fall, look for migrant shorebirds including Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs; and Baird’s, Solitary, and Pectoral Sandpipers.
VIEWING:	Set up scope in parking area to see Black-crowned Night-Herons, Great Egrets, and Great Blue Herons stalking Tiger Salamanders.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 262/O’Sullivan Dam Rd at milepost 7, turn north onto Frenchman Hills Rd, which curves west. Drive 4.6 miles. Cross Dodson Rd. Drive 0.5 mile. Turn right (north) into WDFW parking area. Do not park on road.

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