Celebrate Migratory Bird Day Next Month Around The U.S.
by Jennifer Dennard
Nature-lovers will have plenty of opportunities to celebrate the International Migratory Bird Day
in May, when a number of wildlife refuges across the country host special events to commemorate the
occasion.
Organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the day pays homage to the journeys birds
from around the world take between their summer and winter habitats.
The theme of this year’s celebration is "Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats and
People."
Wetland management districts, fish hatcheries and wildlife refuges taking part will highlight
the birds, their habitats, and the people and organizations involved in the conservation of both.
They include:
•
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in
Iowa
•
Truston Pont
National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode Island
•
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife
Refuge and the Naples Zoo in Florida
•
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in
Virginia
•
Great Dismal Swamp Birding
Festival in Virginia
•
National Bison Range in Montana
•
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
in Minnesota
•
Windom Wetland Management District in
Minnesota
•
Bosque del Apache
National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico
•
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in
California
•
Bombay Hook National Wildlife
Refuge in Delaware
•
Necedah National
Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin
For more information, click on one of the links above or visit
www.fws.gov.