Lake Shore (4000 West)
  

East-side Ponds    by Staff Photographer    ©Utah Birds (2007)

Directions:  From Provo drive south on I-15 to the second Springville Exit (number 260).  Turn right onto 400 South and drive 4.0 miles to a T-junction.  Turn right onto 4400 South and in .3 miles cross the Spanish Fork River into Lake Shore and drive another 1.5 miles to 5200 South and turn right.  Drive one mile west on 5200 South to 4000 West and turn right onto a dirt road.  Drive .5 miles to a green, steel gate on the right and an observation tower.

Habitat:  Habitat is wetlands characterized by bulrush and cattails, and wet meadow.

Specialty Birds: Birds to look for are osprey, avocets, stilts, herons, egrets, ibis, gulls godwits and dowitchers.  Listen for soras and rails.

Nearby:  Benjamin Slough, Lincoln Beach, River Lane, Swede Lane

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    Birding Tower at 4000 West    by Merrill Webb    ©Merrill Webb
  

    West-side Wet Fields    by Staff Photographer    ©Utah Birds (2007)
  

Sunset at 4000 West    by Merrill Webb    ©Merrill Webb