Suttle Lake

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Seasons

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Location

From Sisters, drive west on Hwy 20/126 for 13.2 miles.

Amenities: Birding! Car camping, hiking, picnicking and photography. The campsites have restrooms. Suttle Lake is a resort area and has a small restaurant, boating, cabins for rent, etc. There is a nice hiking trail that goes around Suttle Lake.

(This area is in the Santiam Christmas Bird Count Circle)

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Habitat and Birds

Large Lake surrounded by forest. Key Species: Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Black-backed Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Canada Jay, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Pacific Wren, American Dipper, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hermit Warbler and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

Exceptional Species: Pacific Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Clark’s Grebe, Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Surf Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Herring Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Black- headed Gull, and Northern Waterthrush.

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