Sauvie Island – Racetrack Lake
Seasons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
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Location
Closed Oct 1st to April 30th. Walk in access only either from the Stuzer Unit parking area (Parking Permit required) or from the end of Rentenaar Rd.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
This area is basically a seasonal wetland sump surrounded by scattered wood lots on the higher ground. Productivity greatly depends on water levels which are affected both by rainfall and sluice gate management. Shore birds in migration are the main attraction here. It can have large concentrations of Great Egrets at times.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Crown Zellerbach Trail – West End (OBT)
- Sauvie Island –Observation Platform
- Sauvie Island (General Info)
- Sauvie Island - The Wash
- Bonnie Falls
- Sauvie Island – Rentenaar Point
- Santosh Quarry Lake
- Sauvie Island – Oak Island Nature Trail (OBT)
- Sauvie Island – Rentenaar Rd
- Crown Zellerbach Trail – East End (OBT)
- Scappoose Waste Treatment Pond and Kessi Pond
- Sauvie Island – Willow Bar
- Sauvie Island – Walton Beach
- Sauvie Island – Warrior Rock Trail
- Sauvie Island - Steelman Rd
- Scappoose Bottoms Honeyman Road
- Sauvie Island – Collin’s Beach
- Sauvie Island – Gilbert Boat Ramp
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