Carmen Lake
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Umpqua NF, Tiller RD.
From Tiller, take County Road 46 NE on the northside of the bridge by Tiller Ranger Station. Once you enter Forest Service land the road changes to FR 28. Continue 30.2 mi to lake near the junction of 28 and 2800380 which 1.4 above Camp Comfort
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This is a unique habitat for low elevation on the Umpqua National Forest.
Series of small ponds surrounded by mixed ponderosa and sugar pine with old-growth Douglas-fir; numerous dead trees and cattail marsh in ponds; rocky bluffs above; The combination of species is not usually found on this forest.
The surrounding roads will improve your list with the different habitats away from this small area of specialized habitat
nesting birds include Red-winged Blackbird, Peregrine Falcon, Vaux’s Swift, Wood Duck, Swainson’s Thrush, Pacific and House Wrens, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Wilson’s, Orange-crowned, and Nashville Warblers, Bushtit Yellow-breasted Chat, and at least five different flycatchers; Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Brown Creeper,
Warbling and Cassin’s Vireos, Rock and Canyon Wrens possible
Nearby Birding Locations
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #2 WILLOW FLATS SUMP
- Lost Creek at Highway Falls
- Panther-Emile Loop
- Lemolo Lake
- Thorn Prairie
- Hemlock Lake
- Toolbox Meadows
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #3 MOOSE MEADOWS (local name, not on any map
- Tiller Ranger Station
- Toketee Lake
- Illahee Flats
- Stump Lake and Mowich Park (Driving Route)
- Diamond Lake and Sewage Ponds
- Panther-Emile Loop APPLE FIRE SIDE LOOP
- South Umpqua Falls
- Susan Creek Falls
- Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #4 GROTTO FALLS
- Rabbit Ears and Hershberger Mountain Access
- Big Camas Loop
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