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Description:
This small side road off of SR-201 goes south 2 blocks along the west side of Magna-Copper Park.  The habitat is great deciduous trees along with large numbers of Russian Olives.  You can walk the entire length of the road and back to bird all the trees in less than 15 minutes.

Birding:
This location sits just to the south of the Kennecott Tailings pond, so migrants coming south in the fall over the tailing pond will immediately hit these trees.  For this reason this trap can have a decent number of migrants in it.  However, birders rarely stop at this out of the way location. A few species of warbler have been recorded here including WILSON'S and TOWNSEND'S WARBLER.  With more birders checking this location while birding Lee Kay Ponds and Saltair the list could grow considerably.  Work it in with visits to The IC, the 5600 West Traps, and the 8000 West Trap for a nice trip to the best known traps in this area.

Directions:
From SR-201/2400 South in West Valley City turn south onto 9180 West, just to the west of Magna-Copper Park/Copper Golf Club.