Gull and tern nesting island best viewed from the Group Camping parking lot just north of the entrance station, east side of the road. Park and walk at Rocky Point Recreation Area and below Orman Dam. Birds to look for: Spotted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Western Kingbird, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared and Great Horned owls, Clark’s Grebe, Western Grebe, Eared Grebe, American White Pelican, Gray Partridge, Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, nesting Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, and Common Tern. A rarity in migration: Piping Plover.

The reservoir area includes 8,000 water surface acres, 6,700 land acres and 58 miles of shoreline with grassland, riparian shrub areas, deciduous trees below Orman Dam and Rocky Point Recreation Area.