This small wastewater treatment plant has very limited access. During open hours on weekdays, birders can drive in to bird. Drive counterclockwise slowly on the road that circles the complex, and on the far side you will arrive next to the single open water section on the right. There is a tiny parking lot here enough for two vehicles. It’s okay to park and view the pond but remain in the parking lot. This plant attracts an amazing number of sporadic visitors such as waterfowl (Pied-billed Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Scaup, American Coot, etc.), terns and gulls, and shorebirds (Yellowlegs, Spotted and Solitary Sandpiper). Both Red and Red-necked Phalarope stopped over here in May 2013. Keep your eyes open for raptors, swallows, and sparrows. The fields outside the plant can attract shorebirds when partially flooded during migration. Please be very respectful of the property and personnel. If the gate is closed, there is no entry.
eBird Hotspot: Stuarts Draft Wastewater Treatment Plant
—Vic Laubach