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Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
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| Sonny Bono Salton Sea Refuge management programs maintain and improve habitat for wintering waterfowl and shorebird habitat. Waterfowl programs are designed to limit waterfowl depredations to adjacent croplands.
The refuge provides habitat for over 375 bird species (for many as a critical wintering or migration stopover area). The refuge winters up to 30,000 snow, Ross's, and Canada geese, and 60,000 ducks daily from November through February. Marsh birds and shorebirds account for more than 6,000,000 use-days each year.
Endangered species observed on the refuge include the southern bald eagle, peregrine falcon, California brown pelican, Yuma clapper rail, and desert pupfish. A significant Yuma clapper rail population nests on the refuge. Sensitive species using the refuge include the fulvous whistling-duck, wood stork, long-billed curlew, mountain plover, western snowy plover, burrowing owl, and white-faced ibis. |
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| Bird Watching at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge (DesertUSA) - All about bird watching at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge on the shores of southeastern California's Salton Sea, a huge, inland, saline lake created by accident in 1905. | | Burrowing owl on sign. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA. - naturalphotos -- sekercioglu: california desert / CAL1-Salton-BUOW Burrowing owl on sign. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA. | | Burrowing owl scanning the sky. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA. - naturalphotos -- sekercioglu: california desert / CAL4-Salton-BUOW1 Burrowing owl scanning the sky. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, USA. | | Photos from Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge - ... and photographs copyright ? 1998 by Don Baccus Last updated on 04/07/99 Photos from Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge: Main browse page Don's Home Page Send mail to Don at dhogaza@pacifier.com | | Checklists of the United States - Fish Checklists of the United States Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Calipatria, California FISHES Enjoying the ... contact: Refuge Manager Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box ... | | Checklists of the United States - Mammal Checklists of the United States Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Calipatria, California MAMMALS Enjoying the ... contact: Refuge Manager Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box ... |
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| Information and directions may be obtained at the refuge visitor center. A bookstore and a bird display are also located inside the center. Trails with interpretive signs and observation towers are available at refuge headquarters and Unit 1. A picnic area is located at headquarters, while a photography blind is accessible at Unit 1. During the winter, visitors may see yellow-footed gulls, ospreys, snow and Ross's geese, several species of ducks and shorebirds, and white-faced ibis. Mountain plovers can be seen occasionally and, if you're lucky, a blue-footed booby. During the spring and fall, a host of neotropical migrants, waterfowl, and shorebirds fly through the area. Wood storks can be seen in the summer. Burrowing owls can be seen year-round.
The refuge is open from sunrise to sunset, and visitor center hours are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. There is no user fee. Waterfowl hunting on the refuge is administered by the California Dept. of Fish and Game. There is one hunt blind available for convenienced hunters. |
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| From East Interstate 10, take South Highway 111 (Niland). At the stop sign, make a right. At the stop light, make a left (Highway 111). Make a right onto Sinclair Road. Head west until you see the refuge sign.
From East Interstate 8, exit onto Forrester Road. Head north. Forrester turns into Gentry Road. Continue north until you see the refuge sign. |
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