Alcoa Marsh
| Lancaster |
| DESCRIPTION: The Alcoa Marsh is approximately 10 acres in size. It is a unique wetlands within Lancaster City limits. Among the plants that thrive here are cattails, teasels, thistles, and loosestrifes. Visiting a marsh can be productive at any time of the year, but the best sightings for Alcoa Marsh have been during the spring and summer. These include Green Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Green-winged Teal, American Black Duck, Mallard, Wood Duck, King and Virginia rails, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Belted Kingfisher, Willow Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, Song Sparrow, Red-winged and Rusty blackbirds, and American Goldfinch. Marsh Wren is a possibility. Along the hedgerows, Ring-necked Pheasant, Gray Catbird, Yellow Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat are found. During the summer Chimney Swift and swallows feed at sunset on the insects above the marsh. This is not a place to take a large group of people, but this location can be very productive. |
DIRECTIONS: From US 30 north of Lancaster, take the Fruitville Pike exit. Go south on Fruitville Pike and turn right (west) at the first traffic light into the shopping center. Go straight ahead towards the back of the shopping center and park on the left at the end of the drive The marsh is on the left. Most of the marsh can be scanned from here. |
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| Posted: 2009-10-24 00:00:00 Updated: |
