Sauvie Island – The Wash
Seasons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
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Location
Closed Oct 1st to April 30th. Off of Steelman Rd look for the sign to the Wash. Drive this road to the end and park at the Gilbert River public fishing dock. A foot trail heading west out of the parking area leads to the Wash which is where the Gilbert River empties into Sturgeon Lake.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
Shorebirds in migration on the exposed mud edges of the lake, Pelicans, ducks, and gulls out on the lake. The Ash swales are good for migrant and breeding passerines. The puddle lake along the access road can be good for shorebirds and waders as well. The ash swales in the area are good for migrant and breeding passerines.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Crown Zellerbach Trail – East End (OBT)
- Sauvie Island – Walton Beach
- Sauvie Island – Rentenaar Point
- Scappoose Bottoms Honeyman Road
- Scappoose Waste Treatment Pond and Kessi Pond
- Sauvie Island (General Info)
- Crown Zellerbach Trail – West End (OBT)
- Santosh Quarry Lake
- Sauvie Island - Steelman Rd
- Sauvie Island –Observation Platform
- Bonnie Falls
- Sauvie Island – Warrior Rock Trail
- Sauvie Island – Willow Bar
- Sauvie Island – Racetrack Lake
- Sauvie Island – Collin’s Beach
- Sauvie Island – Gilbert Boat Ramp
- Sauvie Island – Rentenaar Rd
- Sauvie Island – Oak Island Nature Trail (OBT)
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