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Merced National Wildlife Refuge
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| Merced Refuge, located in California's northern San Joaquin Valley, is critically important to wintering waterfowl, and attracts large concentrations of ducks, geese, and lesser sandhill cranes.
Over 2,000 acres of seasonal and semi-permanent wetlands are extensively managed to produce natural waterfowl food plants such as wild millet and swamp timothy. Thousands of ducks (primarily pintails), green-winged teal, and an impressive variety of shorebirds and wading birds, use the wetland habitat.
The refuge hosts up to 15,000 lesser sandhill cranes, the largest population in the Central Valley. Peak populations occur during November. A mixture of up to 100,000 geese (Ross', snow, white-fronted, and cackling Canada geese) use refuge marsh and croplands during November to March. |
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| Bird Checklists of the United States - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Bird Checklists of the United States Master Table of Contents United States and Canada U.S. Canada Great Plains States Colorado -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Minnesota ... | | Fresno Audubon Society: Birding Sites in the Fresno Area - ... for Sandhill Cranes, White-faced Ibises, waterfowl (especially Snow Geese), raptors, owls. Merced National Wildlife Refuge Directions: From Fresno, take Highway 99 north to Sandy Mush Road. Turn ... | | Central Valley Bird Club Field Trips - ... Phone: 209-826-3508 ; fax: 209-826-1445 Draft Agenda Saturday, September 6th 6 AM: Merced National Wildlife Refuge and Los Banos Wildlife Area for migrant shorebirds and songbirds 12 Noon ? 2 PM ... |
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| Merced Refuge can be reached by driving 8 miles south of Merced on State Highway 59 and then 8 miles west on Sandy Mush Road. |
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