Big Marsh
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Location
Go to the Oregon Birding Trails Link. Choose the Cascades Birding Trail. Click on the Trail Guide and choose the Crater Lake Loop Guide. Section 129.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
Six square-mile marsh at 4,700′ in elevation, with pine and mixed conifer forest.
Breeding birds include Sandhill Crane, rails, Black Tern, Wilson’s Phalarope, and Yellow-headed Blackbird. Several species of waterfowl also nest.
Owls, woodpeckers, and songbirds are found in the surrounding forest.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Walker Mountain Lookout
- Wocus Bay (Klamath Marsh)
- Little Deschutes Campground
- Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
- Head of the Williamson River
- Crater Lake National Park
- Corral Spring Campground
- Miller Lake
- Whitefish Campground, Crescent Lake
- Military Crossing (Klamath Marsh)
- Scott Creek Campground
- Annie Creek Canyon (Crater Lake NP)
- Castle Crest Wildflower Trail (Crater Lake NP)
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