Zumwalt Road
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Joseph Sewage Ponds (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. DO NOT TRESPASS.)
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Travel east out of Enterprise on Hwy 82. Go 2.6 miles and turn left (north) on Crow Creek Road. Take Crow Creek Rd. 4.9 miles east to Zumwalt Road. Take Zumwalt up through OK Gulch to a higher level and north for 25 miles through Zumwalt Prairie and on to the Wallowa National Forest.
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Birds seen along this road include a dozen species of duck, Chukar, Gray Partridge, Ruffed Grouse, Mountain Quail, Western Grebe, eleven hawks (including falcons), Wilson’s Phalarope, Great Horned Owl, Great Gray Owl, Short-eared Owl, Common Nighthawk, Vaux’s Swift, five woodpecker species, nine species of flycatchers including Willow and “Western-type” (The distribution of Cordilleran/Pacific -slope in Eastern Oregon is not well understood), Cassin’s Vireo, Clark’s Nutcracker, Horned Lark, swallows, three nuthatches, both bluebirds, 5 species of warbler including Yellow-breasted Chat, seven species of sparrow (including Brewer’s), Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Cassin’s Finch, Red Crossbill and Evening Grosbeak.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Hurricane Creek
- Joseph Sewage Ponds (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. DO NOT TRESPASS.)
- Enterprise
- Enterprise Fish Hatchery and Enterprise WMA
- Joseph
- Wallowa Lake Tramway and Trail
- Elk Mountain and Crow Creek Roads
- Wallowa Lake/ Wallowa Lake State Park
- Chico Road / Ant Flat Road
- Golf Course Road
- Iwetemlaykin State Heritage Site
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