Early morning or evenings are best, both for birding and minimal traffic. The road shoulders on Fairbairn Street are very narrow to negligible, so pull your vehicle as close to the road edge as possible. Walking the road is the best strategy for birding this site. 

This site hosts a good variety of wetland bird species, including breeding Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Gallinule, Sandhill Crane, both bitterns, Green Heron, Northern Harrier, both Alder and Willow flycatchers, Marsh Wren and Swamp Sparrow. Dependent on water levels, a variety of waterfowl may be present, including breeding Blue-winged Teal. In spring, but particularly in late summer lowering water levels and exposed mud may on occasion attract migrant shorebirds. The shrub thickets closer to the north end of Fairbairn Street can be good for migrant passerines including, on one occasion, Nelson's Sparrow.

Located on the west side of Fairbairn Street north of 3rd Line Rd, this 10 ha wetland is dominated principally by cattail, but with large areas of willow-dogwood-alder shrub thicket swamp. The marsh is fairly dense, but dependent on water levels some ponds and channels may be present. Fairbairn Street north of the 3rd Line Rd turns becomes Edmison Rd and dead-ends around a kilometer to the west, so vehicle traffic is generally very light. All lands either side of the road, including the wetland, are privately-owned, so please do not trespass.