Washington Creek SWA, Rusk County, WI, US - eBird Hotspot
Habitat: Open Water, Marsh, Mixed Conifer Forest.
Best Birds: The woodland access trail off of Boot Lake Rd should produce Ruffed Grouse, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Wood Pewee and Scarlet Tanager. Inspect the impoundment and marsh for Pied-billed Grebe and Common Loon. The marsh border should produce Sora and Sedge Wren. Inspect the shrub/oak savannah acreage east of the impoundment for Black-billed Cuckoo, Brown Thrasher and Eastern Towhee.
From late August through October, the fields along Sawdust Rd. (south border of the property) serve as a staging area for several hundred Sandhill Crane.
Directions: 46 miles NNE of Eau Claire/10 mi south of Ladysmith. From State Highway 27 go west on County D to CTH E. Proceed north on E to the SWA impoundment. Access with parking off of County CTH E on the east boundary, 45.333603, -91.229774, and from Boot Lake Rd on the west boundary.
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Washington Creek State Wildlife Area comprises approx. 500 acres of mixed conifer, oak, aspen, lowland shrub and scattered patches of conifer bog. At its epicenter is a 200 acre shallow marsh and drainage impoundment.
Washington Creek Wildlife Area | Wisconsin DNR
Christian W. Cold
