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Warrick County |
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Warrick County |
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Mine Scales Lake Park Millersburg Bottoms Little Ditney Hill Newburg Dam Overlook Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area |
Warrick County’s biggest attraction is, of course, Ayrshire Mine. Check
the Indiana Audubon Society’s On-line Birding Guide for complete details
about this site:
http://www.indianaaudubon.org/.
Scales Lake Park, northeast of Boonville. Great for ducks, warblers, tanagers.
Nesting and wintering birds. Take Hwy 62 through Boonville and follow signs.
Take road around the lake; get out, stop, and listen. Small admission charged
when attendant on duty.
Millersburg Bottoms, on Boonville-New Harmony Road east of Ayrshire Mine.
Follow Boonville-New Harmony Road east to the Peabody Coal Mine haul road
(you’ll pass signs saying "Road Closed") until you get to wetlands.
Stop on the bridge (or park just past the bridge) and scope out both sides
of the road. Also check woods on both sides between the bridge and the haul
road; Prothonotary Warblers nest here. The road public ends at the haul road,
so you’ll have to turn around and come back out. On the way out, take
the first road to the left to large body of water on right. Check out the
south-end mud flats. Great for shorebirds during migration.
Little Ditney Hill, north of Ayrshire (labeled on DeLorme Map 60 C 10 as
590' elevation). Take Stephenson Station Road north through Ayrshire; cross
Boonville-New Harmony Road. Where Stephenson Station Road tees, turn right
on the rock road and follow it to the next white rock road to the left. It
takes you up a long hill, ending at a cemetery. This is a county road, but
private property. Park near the cemetery and walk the road (but not off the
road). Great during migration for tanagers, warblers, orioles.
Newburg Dam Overlook, off Hwy. 662. Drive up to the top of the hill and wander
around. Migrants, warblers, and nesting birds are here. From the parking
lot at the dam itself, look for nesting Cliff Swallows. The Overlook area
is an old home site whose owner obviously loved trees; there’s an amazing
variety of species here.
Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife
Area
Sugar Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area, east of Lynnville. From Lynnville, travel
east on Hwy. 68 for about 6 miles where you will cross a new concrete bridge.
Turn left on a poorly paved road, Co. Rd. 300 E. The pavement soon turns
to gravel. Watch for sign on right for Sugar Ridge. Lots of hiking on trails
and old mine roads.
