From bald eagles to spoonbills, from condors to puffins, birds abound on national wildlife refuges. Refuges provide places for birds to nest, rest, feed and breed making them world-renown for their birding opportunities.
Spring migration continues to roll along as upwards of 3 billion birds make their way north toward their summertime breeding grounds. “Hold on,” you might be saying. Maybe you are new to birding and wondering how to get started. Perhaps you’ve been an appreciator of birds for a while, but are...
For experienced birders and newbies alike, national wildlife refuges are wonderful places to see birds in natural habitat. Visitor services specialist Mike Carlo shares his mental list of refuges across the country that are well suited to people of varying birding experience.
For a wonderful nature show, it’s hard to beat a bird festival. Some of the best bird fests occur at or near national wildlife refuges. That’s not surprising, given that these public lands are such birdy places.
96 million birdwatchers. $279 billion in economic impact. Explore the latest insights from the Office of Conservation Investment's Addendum to the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.
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