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