Piute Ponds, Los Angeles County, California

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Over 250 species of birds have been documented at the Piute Ponds Complex. In 2004 the National Audubon Society designated the Ponds as an "Important Bird Area of California." Piute Ponds is one of a few areas in the state supporting a successful White faced Ibis rookery. Black Crowned Night Herons and Great Blue Herons breed at the ponds regularly.

Piute Ponds is the largest freshwater marsh in Los Angeles County (see aerial photo below). The area supports a diversity of flora and fauna. The convergence of two mountain ranges (San Gabriel to the south and Tehachapi to the north), the Mojave Desert, coastal influence, and beneath the Pacific Flyway provides a mixture of diverse migratory birds.

These wetlands are open to the public for viewing, birding, hiking, photography and hunting with posession of a special access letter or base hunting permit.

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