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HABITAT:	USFWS 1,500-acre marsh and mudflats also known as Bowerman Basin.
BIRDING:	Five-star spring birding! Migration peaks end of April/first of May with tens of thousands of shorebirds: Red Knots, Least and Western Sandpipers, Dunlins, Short-billed Dowitchers, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs – all avoiding Peregrine Falcons, Merlins. In fall, check marsh for Greater White-fronted Geese, Eurasian Wigeons, plus occasional White Pelicans, Ross’s and Snow Geese, Sandhill Cranes.
VIEWING:	Walk west to 0.7-mile Sandpiper Trail boardwalk. Best viewing 2 hours before/after high tide. Shorebird Festival provides guides.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 109 at milepost 1.5, turn south onto Paulson Rd. Drive 0.5 mile. Turn right onto Airport Wy. Drive 0.9 mile. Park on right.

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