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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, Rosss 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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All about bird watching at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge on the shores of southeastern Californias Salton Sea - huge, inland, saline lake created by accident in 1905.
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and photographs copyright ? 1998 by Don Baccus Last updated on 04/07/99 Photos from Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Main browse page Dons Home Page Send mail to Don at dhogaza@pacifier.com
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Nature Programs
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 Rosss geese, several species of ducks and shorebirds and
white-faced ibis. Mountain plovers can be seen occasionally and, if youre lucky - blue-footed booby. During the spring and fall - 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 700 a.m. to 330 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.
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.
Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge