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Watch swallow aerobatics from refuge office viewing platform. Pick up free refuge auto tour flyer. Drive, bicycle, or walk 4.1-mile Steamboat Slough road through refuge. Wet meadows in first 0.7 mile attract Yellow Warblers and American Goldfinches. At 2.3 miles, pole in field to north supports Purple Martin nest gourds. Warblers are common in roadside brush and trees miles 2.9-3.8. Nov-April wetlands abound w/ Canada Geese, American Wigeons, Green-winged Teal, Gadwalls, and Northern Pintails; and Cinnamon Teal in summer. At boundary of refuge, turn right (east) onto 2.4 mile, one-lane Brooks Slough Rd to return to Hwy 4 at milepost 31.4.

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HABITAT:	USFWS 6,238 acres of Columbia River islands and sloughs, riparian cottonwood and alder, Sitka spruce, wetlands, meadows.
BIRDING:	Spring brings swallows – Violet-green, Tree, Northern Rough-winged, Cliff, Barn, and Purple Martin – along w/ Northern Harriers in fields, Wood Ducks in sloughs, Ospreys by river, and Turkey Vultures in open spaces. Sharp-shinned Hawks possible Oct-early April. Dec-March, Bald Eagles nest, Greatemr Scaups forage, and Tundra Swans pull wapato. Peregrine Falcons are present fall-winter.
VIEWING:	Watch swallow aerobatics from refuge office viewing platform. Pick up free refuge auto tour flyer. Drive, bicycle, or walk 4.1-mile Steamboat Slough road through refuge. Wet meadows in first 0.7 mile attract Yellow Warblers and American Goldfinches. At 2.3 miles, pole in field to north supports Purple Martin nest gourds. Warblers are common in roadside brush and trees miles 2.9-3.8. Nov-April wetlands abound w/ Canada Geese, American Wigeons, Green-winged Teal, Gadwalls, and Northern Pintails; and Cinnamon Teal in summer. At boundary of refuge, turn right (east) onto 2.4 mile, one-lane Brooks Slough Rd to return to Hwy 4 at milepost 31.4.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 4 at milepost 33.5, turn south onto Steamboat Slough Rd. Drive 0.2 mile. Turn right into refuge office parking. Bonus: At refuge kiosk on Hwy 4 milepost 31.8, view Roosevelt Elk and deer early evenings. Salmon migrate up Elochoman River in fall.
MORE BIRDING:	On Hwy 4 at milepost 29, (0.25 mile west of refuge), Skamokawa Paddle Center offers kayak/canoe guided birding tours. 360-920-8300, www.skamokawakayak.com.