Watts Flats straddles a tributary of Little Brokenstraw Creek. It is mainly a wetland shrub swamp and emergent marsh with a series of beaver ponds and artificial impoundments. The wetland area totals well over 1,000 acres. The New York State Department of conservation manages the area to provide habitat for a variety of resident and migratory species. Over 70 species of birds breed here and was the only site where we located a singing male Nashville Warbler in 2009 as well as Sand Hill Cranes.