Gloyd Seeps |
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HABITAT: |
9,460-acre WDFW Wildlife Area of wetlands, rocky scablands, and shrub-steppe. | ||
| BIRDING: | April-May, look and listen for winnowing Wilson’s Snipes, and watch for three species of hawk: Sharp-shinned, Cooper’s, and Red-tailed. Breeding birds include Cinnamon Teals, Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls, American Wigeons, Redheads, and Ruddy Ducks. Black-headed Grosbeaks and Eastern Kingbirds are local nesters. View Rough-legged Hawks in winter. | ||
VIEWING: |
From parking lot, walk 1 mile along old road that splits wetland. Watch for Black-crowned Night-Herons. Look for Great Horned and Long-eared Owls in Russian-olives, and Soras and Virginia Rails in cattails. | ||
| ACCESS: | From Hwy 28 at milepost 63.2, turn south at Stratford sign onto Rd J NE, curve west, drive 0.3 mile. Turn left (south) at Moses Lake sign onto Stratford Rd. Drive 12.8 miles. Turn right (west) into WDFW parking area. | ||