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Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge is located
in the Lahontan Valley, near the community of Fallon, sixty miles east
of Reno.
The Stillwater wetlands are well-known to
birders, as this area has been designated a site of international importance
by the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network because of the hundreds
of thousands of shorebirds, such as Long-billed dowitcher, Black-necked
stilt, and American avocet passing through during migration.
Also listed as a 'Globally Important Bird Area' by the American Bird
Conservancy, more than 280 species have been sighted in the area. These
tremendously rich and diverse wetlands attract more than a quarter million
waterfowl, as well as over 20,000 other water birds, including American
white pelicans, Double-crested cormorants, White-faced ibis, and several
species of egrets, herons, gulls, and terns.
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