Best visited during early morning and late afternoon or early evening. Park at the roadside and scan and listen for marsh birds. All lands on either side of the road, including the marsh itself, are privately owned and should not be entered.

The marsh supports a variety of characteristic marsh birds, including: American and Least bitterns, Virginia Rail, Sora, Sandhill Crane, Marsh Wren and Sedge Wren (at least formerly). The surrounding agricultural grasslands support a variety of breeding grassland species including (at least formerly) Upland Sandpiper. The 'Dillon' barn on the west side of the marsh has one to several pairs of breeding Cliff Swallow.

The marsh is a mosaic of wetland types from graminoid (sedge/grass) marsh and willow-dogwood thicket marsh closer to the road, grading to cattail marsh to the east. All land on either side of the road is private and should not be entered for any reason.