Woods Creek
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HABITAT:
USFS mixed hardwood-conifer forest, meadow, creek, beaver pond, and cattail marsh.
VIEWING:
Take 1.5-mile Woods Creek Watchable Wildlife Trail #247. At halfway point, 1.0-mile Old-Growth Loop Trail #247A begins.
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Woods Creek |
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HABITAT: |
USFS mixed hardwood-conifer forest, meadow, creek, beaver pond, and cattail marsh. |
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| BIRDING: | Best morning and evening. Search deciduous riparian trees and shrubs April-Oct for Warbling Vireos and Red-breasted Sapsuckers; Wilson’s, MacGillivray’s, and Black-throated Gray Warblers; and Pacific-slope, Willow, and Hammond’s Flycatchers. See Wood Ducks on pond, w/ Virginia Rails, Common Yellowthroats, and Marsh Wrens in cattails. | ||
VIEWING: |
Take 1.5-mile Woods Creek Watchable Wildlife Trail #247. At halfway point, 1.0-mile Old-Growth Loop Trail #247A begins. |
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| ACCESS: | From Hwy 12 at milepost 115 in the town of Randle, turn south onto Hwy 131. Drive 0.9 mile. Bear right at Y onto Forest Service Road 25. Drive 4.6 miles. Turn left into Woods Creek Wildlife Area. | ||
| MORE BIRDING: | Continue south on Forest Service Rd 25 another 3.9 miles. Turn left into Iron Creek Picnic Site. Take 1.5-mile Iron Creek Old-Growth Interpretive Trail Loop for possible Townsend’s Warblers and Barred Owls. | ||