Black Rush Lake Waterfowl Production Area

   

Black Rush Lake WPA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Lyon County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

760 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

Parking Area 1
N44 20.430, W95 53.843

Parking Area 2
N44 19.831 W95 53.838

Parking Area 3
N44 19.613 W95 54.733

 
Hiking Trails

None


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Coteau Moraines

Land Type Association(s)

Slayton Moraine
Tracey Till Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1 None or no information available
 
Natural Features

Marsh, upland prairie


Ownership

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

 
Links

Southwest Minnesota Birding


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Birds

Birds commonly seen on this site, along with those listed below, include Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), and Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca).

 
 

American Coot (Fulica americana)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

 

Visits

9/14/2010

   
 

 

         

 

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