MO-Duck+Creek+Conservation+Area

Also see Mingo National Wildlife Refuge =Duck Creek Conservation Area= Puxico, Missouri 63960 Duck Creek Conservation Area Website Duck Creek Conservation Area Map Duck Creek Conservation Area Brochure
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Tips for birding Duck Creek Conservation Area
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (22,000 acres) and Duck Creek Conservation Area (6,233 acres). These adjoining areas contain extensive forests, swamps, marshes and bluffs, and support the greatest diversity of birds of any public lands in Missouri. Well over 100 species are present at the peak of spring migration. Northeast of Poplar Bluff, the areas are entered from Highway 51 north of Puxico. From Missouri Department of Conservation "Best Missouri Birding Areas"

Duck Creek CA (Bollinger Co.)
Coordinates: 37.0425722, -90.0908194 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Duck Creek CA--Dark Cypress Unit
Coordinates: 37.1387558, -89.9825549 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Duck Creek CA--Greenbriar Unit
Coordinates: 37.1001325, -90.0384951 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Duck Creek CA (Stoddard Co.)
Coordinates: 37.0223596, -90.0990486 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Duck Creek CA (Wayne Co.)
Coordinates: 37.0608622, -90.123682 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Duck Creek Conservation Area is located nine miles north of Puxico on MO-51 in Stoddard, Bollinger and Wayne counties. The Missouri Department of Conservation purchased the land for the area in 1950 in order to establish a waterfowl hunting area in conjunction with Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. The main entrance is nine miles north of Puxico on MO-51.

The 6,318-acre area has a wide variety of habitat types that support a diversity of plant and animal species, some of which are unique to Missouri. Duck Creek Conservation Area is a remnant of the bottomland hardwood forest that once covered the southeastern part of the state, most of which were in the former floodplain of the Mississippi River. This conservation area contains 1,500 acres of open marsh, 2,700 acres of bottomland forest which includes, 1,200 acres of managed greentree reservoirs and a 1,800 acre lake.

This area contains 2,400 acres of wetland in addition to forest and some cropland. Facilities/features: four boat ramps, boat rentals, boat dock, primitive camping, six fishing jetties, and lake (1,800 acres).

The area is managed to provide a diversity of food and shelter for migratory and resident wetland wildlife. Pool 1 is a 1,800 acre constructed reservoir that supplies water to the greentree reservoirs to mimic the flooding that once occurred naturally. Wells provide water for flooding the open marsh units. Managers manipulate water levels on about 2,700 acres of managed wetlands.

Open marsh areas are dried out in the summer to produce a variety of native plants that provide seeds and tubers and harbor important invertebrates for waterfowl and other wildlife. Flooding is initiated in the fall to provide habitat for fall migrating shorebirds, rails, and waterfowl. Bird use continues throughout the winter. Wetlands remain flooded throughout wet springs as birds migrate back through the region heading north.

The area's 1,200 acres of managed greentree reservoirs provide critical resources for migratory and wintering waterfowl. These forests offer an abundance of acorns and invertebrates to help meet the energetic needs for dabbling ducks. This habitat also provides critical cover during courtship behaviors as pair bonds form between ducks through the winter months. Later in the spring hooded mergansers and wood ducks utilized these woods for nesting. From Duck Creek Conservation Area Website

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