If you carefully keep your bird records by county, be sure to use the specific hotspots in this wildlife area so that the birds will be assigned to the proper county.

Turtle Creek Wildlife Area is a 1,035-acre property located in western Walworth and eastern Rock counties. The property snakes along 10 miles of Turtle Creek in four segments from Delavan to South O'Riley Road. There are 10 road crossings and/or parking lots scattered through the length of the property.

The habitat consists of sedge meadow, shrub carr, hardwood forest and small prairie remnants. Large fall and winter concentrations of Canada geese can be seen at Turtle Creek. It is also home to a number of rare fish and reptile species. Hunting/viewing opportunities include deer, waterfowl, small game and partridge. Mourning dove hunting is available on natural field/dike edges as well as sharecropped fields of corn, hay and soybeans.

Turtle Creek is featured in the Southern Savanna Region of the Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail as a property on which to see yellow, blue-winged and golden warblers, along with eastern meadowlarks, brown thrashers and lark sparrows.