Joseph Stewart State Park

Habitat and Birds

Large reservoir with expansive mudflats seasonally, surrounded by pine forest; Many migrant and wintering waterfowl, including Goldeneyes, Hooded Merganser, scoters, and a variety of loons, gulls and grebes; nesting species include Varied and Swainson’s Thrushes, Fox Sparrow, Pine Siskin, and Red-shouldered Hawk; in late summer and fall, exposed mudflats draw migrating shorebirds; look for occasional longspurs; many migrant songbirds in spring.