RANIER AREA County

This is excellent duck habitat in the winter. It is a major wintering ground for Tundra Swan. Trumpeters can be mixed in as well. Scan tree tops for the local Bald Eagles. Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be thick at times. Congregations of ...

There are river views and a Cottonwood gallery forest. There are rafts of ducks on the river, with gulls, loons and grebes in winter. The Cottonwoods have typical gallery birds. It’s a good place for woodpeckers as well. No patch list has been g...

This is a good area to scope the sheltered bay. The river can have all manner of river birds, loons, grebes, gulls and ducks in season. Purple Martins nest in the area.

Rafts of ducks can be found in winter as there is a bit of a sheltered cove. Both scaup and Common Goldeneye are regular. Some woodland birds can be found in the parking area. This is the easiest place for goldeneye in the county and Barrow’...

The wetlands have geese, swans, and ducks in winter; waders all year, and passerines in the trees along the Hwy. This area can be very productive but the birding is challenging because of the highway.

The river view can have any manner of river birds, loons, grebes, gulls and ducks in season. The passerine habitat here is decent. No patch list has been generated.

The river view can produce Ducks, Gulls, and Grebes. If you get lucky the docks will have roosting gulls in the winter that can be easily picked through. If not, there are still a ton of gulls around but usually on the wing or way out in the chann...

There are a few ponds and a cottonwood gallery forest with walking trails for woodland birds. Ponds hold ducks and the occasional Horned Grebe. Bald Eagles nest in the area. You can also walk north along a paved trail that will take you to a blind...