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Fish Springs NWR
Coordinates: 39.865343, -113.3936175 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

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From Utah Birders website

About Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Located on the southern extreme of the Great Salt Lake Desert, Fish Springs has been a place of essential importance in meeting the needs of humans and wildlife over the past 10,000 years. Most critical are the life-sustaining waters that make Fish Springs a true oasis in the desert.

Fish Springs NWR offers a unique opportunity to observe a wide diversity of migratory bird species and resident wildlife within a desert landscape. The Refuge is well known among birders as a birding hotspot and location of unusual bird sightings, as its varied wetland habitats provide a vital stopping point for many types of migrating birds. In the surrounding arid landscape, including during travel along the Pony Express Route, common sightings also include pronghorn antelope, wild mustang, golden eagle, jack rabbit, and many other species.

Fish Springs NWR offers a self-guided Auto Tour Route with interpretative signs describing the various wildlife species that you may see, as well wildlife habitats and the management activities that are used to support them. Be sure to pick up the Refuge’s general brochure and wildlife checklist when you register at the entry kiosk. Additional information is also available at the Refuge office, Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Fish Springs NWR was established in 1959 to provide habitat for migratory bird management within the Pacific Flyway. Approximately 10,000 acres of its 17,992 total acres are wetlands. Refuge waters are supplied by spring flows that arise under artesian pressure and hydrothermal convection along fracture zones in the Great Basin Carbonate Rock and Alluvial Aquifer. Refuge measurements indicate the springs discharge approximately 22,000-27,000 acre-feet per year, most of which is recharged from areas outside the Fish Springs Flat.

The Refuge provides managed wetland habitats for a diversity of species, with priority given to a variety of migratory birds, including wading birds, shorebirds, and waterfowl, as well as to species at risk of becoming listed as federally endangered. You will find exciting birding opportunities at this Refuge year round. Spring and fall migrations provide peak numbers of shorebirds, waterfowl, and many land birds. During the breeding season, you can easily spot nesting colonies of black-crowned night heron, white-faced ibis, great blue heron, and snowy egret. Winter highlights often include tundra swan, numerous ducks, raptors, and the secretive American bittern. More than 290 bird species have been recorded on the Refuge. From Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge website



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