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Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area

https://ebird.org/wi/hotspot/L5961829

 

Habitat: Over 2,000 acres of Native and Restored Grassland, Marsh, Dogwood Swamp, and Open Water.

Best Birds: Hike the dikes though the marsh for waterfowl, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Virginia Rail, Common Gallinule, shorebirds, Black Tern, Forster’s Tern, Least Bittern, American Bittern, egrets, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Sedge Wren, Marsh Wren, Swamp Sparrow, and Yellow-headed Blackbird.  Search the grasslands for Northern Harrier, Sedge Wren, Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Henslow’s Sparrow.

Directions: Located 11 miles southwest of Oshkosh on County M. The dikes can be reached from the main parking lot (43.960618, -88.768700) or further south from a second parking lot (43.945262, -88.771273).

Site Address & Additional Information:

County M, Pickett, WI 54964

https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_3/Leopold_WMD/Sections/News/News_Items/Wisconsin_Waterfowl_Production_Areas/UihleinWaterfowlProductionAreaFinal9-23-2015.pdf

Tom Ziebell