Carmen Lake

Habitat and Birds

This is a unique habitat for low elevation on the Umpqua National Forest.

Series of small ponds surrounded by mixed ponderosa and sugar pine with old-growth Douglas-fir; numerous dead trees and cattail marsh in ponds; rocky bluffs above; The combination of species is not usually found on this forest.

The surrounding roads will improve your list with the different habitats away from this small area of specialized habitat

nesting birds include Red-winged Blackbird, Peregrine Falcon, Vaux’s Swift, Wood Duck, Swainson’s Thrush, Pacific and House Wrens, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Wilson’s, Orange-crowned, and Nashville Warblers, Bushtit Yellow-breasted Chat, and at least five different flycatchers; Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Brown Creeper,

Warbling and Cassin’s Vireos, Rock and Canyon Wrens possible