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	Columbia River Lowlands	xx	xxx
HABITAT:	County riverfront parks and WDFW/USFWS wetlands along Columbia River.
BIRDING:	Northern Harriers, Short-eared Owls, and American Kestrels hunt in open areas. Sandhill Cranes migrate through spring-fall. Great Egrets and Black-crowned Night-Herons are present in fall. Wetlands host spring visitors – Common Yellowthroats, Green Herons, Wilson’s Snipe, Tree Swallows – plus shy American Bitterns and Virginia Rails year-round.
VIEWING:	Frenchman’s Bar Riverfront Park - Take 0.5 mile ADA Riverfront Trail north under cottonwoods for Ospreys and Caspian Terns on river, and Sanderlings on beach. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge - Use scopes to check Post Office Lake for Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, and Canada and Cackling Geese; ducks shuttle between Post Office and Vancouver lakes in winter.
ACCESS:	Frenchman’s Bar Riverfront Park - From I-5, take exit 1D West (Fourth Plain Blvd /Hwy 501). Turn west onto Fourth Plain Blvd. Drive 1.3 miles. Stay right onto NW Lower River Rd. Drive 6.3 miles (road curves left at 4.5 miles). Turn left (west) into Frenchman Bar Riverfront Park. Drive 0.2 mile to parking area. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge - From Frenchman’s Bar Riverfront Park entrance, drive north on Lower River Rd 4.0 miles. Road dead-ends at parking area overlooking refuge.

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