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
- Little Deschutes Campground
- Annie Creek Canyon (Crater Lake NP)
- Head of the Williamson River
- Scott Creek Campground
- Miller Lake
- Whitefish Campground, Crescent Lake
- Walker Mountain Lookout
- Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
- Crater Lake National Park
- Castle Crest Wildflower Trail (Crater Lake NP)
- Military Crossing (Klamath Marsh)
- Corral Spring Campground
- Wocus Bay (Klamath Marsh)
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