Best Hotspots to See the Hooded Warbler

Where can you see the Hooded Warbler?

Some of the best places to see the Hooded Warbler in the wild include Montes Azules (Mexico), Tikal National Park (Guatemala) and Dzibilchantún National Park (Mexico) — among 70 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including the United States, Costa Rica, Mexico and Guatemala. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.

National Park

Acadia National Park

Bar Harbor, United States

+291 birds+27 mammals

Where the Maine coast rises in granite cliffs and spruce-clad headlands, Acadia National Park unfolds across Mount Desert Island and its surrounding waters, a landscape carved…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Dare County, United States

+288 birds+17 mammals

Where the coastal plain of North Carolina meets the Albemarle Peninsula, a sprawling mosaic of freshwater marshes, pocosins, and swamp forest creates one of the Atlantic…

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Arenal Volcano National Park

Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica

+551 birds+21 mammals

Straddling the border between Alajuela and Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, this national park rises dramatically around one of Central America's most active volcanic systems. The…

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Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico

+112 birds+4 mammals

Beneath the turquoise shallows of the western Caribbean, Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park protects a sprawling marine realm across 484 square kilometres off the Quintana Roo…

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Banff National Park

Improvement District No. 9, Canada

+264 birds+33 mammals

Where the Canadian Rockies thrust skyward in a cathedral of limestone and ice, Banff National Park preserves a wilderness of astounding vertical drama. Glacier-carved valleys cradle…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

+462 birds+36 mammals

Where the Caribbean's restless waters meet the Limón Province coastline, Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Sanctuary unfolds across a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. This equatorial…

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Big Bend National Park

Brewster County, United States

+345 birds+34 mammals

Where the Chisos Mountains rise abruptly from the Sonoran Desert floor, Big Bend National Park spans over 7,300 square kilometers of one of North America's most…

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Biscayne National Park

Miami-Dade County, United States

+263 birds+7 mammals

Coral reefs and mangrove shallows dominate this marine sanctuary where the Florida Keys meet the Atlantic, creating a mosaic of shallow seagrass meadows, patch reefs, and…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Chaves County, United States

+284 birds+10 mammals

Across the high desert floor of southeastern New Mexico, where elevation and aridity shape every living thing, shallow alkaline lakes and marshes form an unexpected oasis…

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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Fishing Creek, United States

+293 birds+15 mammals

Tidal marshes and brackish waterways define this wildlife sanctuary where the Chesapeake Bay's influence reshapes the landscape with every rise and fall of the water. Shallow…

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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Kent County, United States

+323 birds+15 mammals

Tidal marshes and brackish shallows define this sanctuary on Delaware's Atlantic coast, where the meeting of freshwater and salt creates some of the Mid-Atlantic's most dynamic…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Socorro County, United States

+345 birds+17 mammals

Where the Rio Grande emerges from its desert canyon in central New Mexico, a narrow ribbon of riparian woodland defies the arid landscape that surrounds it.…

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Braulio Carrillo National Park

Las Horquetas, Costa Rica

+547 birds+18 mammals

Where the Caribbean slope descends from the central volcanic cordillera toward the humid lowlands of Heredia, Braulio Carrillo National Park preserves one of Costa Rica's most…

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Cahuita National Park

Talamanca, Costa Rica

+359 birds+15 mammals

Where the Caribbean shoreline dissolves into mangrove creeks and coral gardens, Cahuita's mosaic of habitats unfolds across the Limón coast. The park's signature feature—a living coral…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge

Caño Negro District, Costa Rica

+486 birds+16 mammals

Where the San Juan River's seasonal floodplain opens into expansive wetlands, Caño Negro Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across one of Central America's most productive freshwater ecosystems. This…

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Carara National Park

Tárcoles, Costa Rica

+397 birds+19 mammals

Where the Pacific coastal plain meets transitional forest, Carara National Park straddles one of Central America's most dynamic ecological boundaries. The park's landscape encompasses lowland deciduous…

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Eddy County, United States

+309 birds+18 mammals

Beneath the Chihuahuan Desert floor of southern New Mexico lies one of North America's most spectacular subterranean landscapes. Carlsbad Caverns National Park encompasses over 518 square…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge

Levy County, United States

+268 birds+8 mammals

Where the Florida Gulf Coast transitions from mainland to archipelago, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Sanctuary protects a mosaic of salt marshes, shallow estuaries, and maritime hammocks…

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Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge

Homosassa, United States

+299 birds+14 mammals

Where the Gulf of Mexico's coastal marshes dissolve into brackish tidal flats and mangrove thickets, the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Sanctuary near Homosassa represents one of Florida's…

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Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Chincoteague, United States

+362 birds+16 mammals

Across the barrier islands and salt marshes of Virginia's Eastern Shore, where Atlantic tides sculpt an intricate mosaic of sandy spits and tidal flats, lies one…

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Congaree National Park

Richland County, United States

+205 birds+12 mammals

Where the Congaree River winds through the lowlands of South Carolina, an old-growth bottomland forest of extraordinary character rises from a landscape shaped by seasonal floods…

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Corcovado National Park

Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica

+444 birds+48 mammals

Where the Osa Peninsula juts into the Pacific, rainforest descends almost to the tide line, and Corcovado National Park protects one of Central America's most intact…

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Brecksville, United States

+255 birds+27 mammals

Where the Cuyahoga River carves through a glaciated landscape of Ohio, the valley reveals a temperate deciduous forest ecosystem shaped by four distinct seasons and reliable…

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Death Valley National Park

Inyo County, United States

+339 birds+25 mammals

Across nearly 3.5 million acres of southeastern California's Inyo County, vast salt flats meet sculpted badlands and alluvial fans in a landscape so extreme it defines…

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Dry Tortugas National Park

Monroe County, United States

+211 birds+1 mammals

Seventy miles west of Key West, where the Gulf of Mexico surrenders to the Atlantic, lies a constellation of low coral keys that rise barely above…

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Dzibilchantún National Park

Barcelona, Mexico

+144 birds+2 mammals

Across the limestone plains of Yucatán, where cenotes pierce the bedrock and tropical forest clings to shallow soils, lies Dzibilchantún—a modest yet ecologically vital national park…

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Everglades National Park

Monroe County, United States

+345 birds+22 mammals

Where freshwater marsh meets subtropical sky, the Everglades sprawls across southwestern Florida as one of North America's most expansive wetland ecosystems. Spanning over 13,000 square kilometers,…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Farallon National Wildlife Refuge

San Francisco, United States

+384 birds+16 mammals

Windswept granite peaks rising abruptly from the Pacific, the Farallon Islands form a wildlife sanctuary of extraordinary seabird abundance and ecological significance just twenty-seven miles west…

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Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge

Manzanillo, Costa Rica

+394 birds+18 mammals

Where the Caribbean coastal plain surrenders to water-logged forest and mangrove tangles, Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Sanctuary shelters one of Costa Rica's most biodiverse lowland wetland ecosystems. The…

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sevier County, United States

+244 birds+40 mammals

Where the southern Appalachian ridgeline reaches its most densely forested expression, over 4,200 square kilometres of temperate woodland rise and fall across Tennessee and North Carolina,…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge

Monroe County, United States

+118 birds+3 mammals

Shallow mangrove bays and salt-marsh flats sprawl across Monroe County's coastal sanctuary, where brackish water meets the Florida Keys' distinctive transition zone between temperate and subtropical…

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Culberson County, United States

+262 birds+14 mammals

Where fossil-laden limestone ridges thrust skyward above the Chihuahuan Desert floor, Guadalupe Mountains National Park reveals a landscape sculpted by ancient seas and relentless aridity. These…

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Guanacaste National Park

Santa Elena, Costa Rica

+461 birds+17 mammals

Where the Pacific slopes of northwestern Costa Rica rise toward the Continental Divide, dry tropical forest gives way to cloud-laden peaks and misty ridges—a landscape that…

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Hot Springs National Park

Hot Springs, United States

+168 birds+8 mammals

Thermal waters rising from deep within the Ouachita Mountains have carved a landscape unlike anywhere else in the continental United States, where 47 natural hot springs…

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Indiana Dunes National Park

Porter, United States

+304 birds+15 mammals

Along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, where glacial geology meets temperate woodland and open water, sprawls a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity. The dunes themselves—massive…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Sanibel, United States

+277 birds+6 mammals

Mangrove channels and coastal marshlands dominate this 6,400-acre sanctuary on Florida's Gulf coast, where brackish waterways weave between dense stands of red, black, and white mangrove…

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La Amistad International Park

Crorina, Costa Rica

+532 birds+20 mammals

Where the Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica's Talamanca Mountains rise steeply inland from Limón, the boundary between two nations dissolves into an unbroken expanse of rainforest.…

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Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Cameron County, United States

+365 birds+19 mammals

Where coastal prairie meets shallow lagoon along the southernmost tip of Texas, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Sanctuary sprawls across a landscape sculpted by salt spray and…

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Laguna del Tigre National Park

Petén, Guatemala

+399 birds+29 mammals

Where the Petén lowlands dissolve into wetland and forest, Laguna del Tigre National Park protects one of Guatemala's most ecologically vital landscapes. This sprawling reserve encompasses…

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Lagunas de Montebello National Park

Laguna de Montebello, Mexico

+360 birds+2 mammals

Where turquoise lagoons pierce the limestone plateau of southeastern Chiapas, the Lagunas de Montebello National Park unfolds across roughly 174 square kilometers of spectral water and…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Starbase, United States

+311 birds+11 mammals

Where the Rio Grande delta spreads across the coastal plain of South Texas, a sanctuary of subtropical wetlands and riparian corridors creates a landscape that pulses…

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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Harney County, United States

+309 birds+24 mammals

Across the high desert plateau of southeastern Oregon, where sagebrush scrubland stretches toward distant ridgelines under an enormous sky, lies a sanctuary shaped by water in…

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Mammoth Cave National Park

Edmonson County, United States

+179 birds+13 mammals

Beneath the rolling hills of central Kentucky lies one of North America's most extensive cave systems, where limestone passages descend through a landscape shaped by water…

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Marino Las Baulas National Park

Santa Cruz, Costa Rica

+246 birds+9 mammals

Where the Pacific meets a mosaic of dry forest and mangrove estuary, this coastal national park protects one of Central America's most dynamic wildlife theatres. The…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Brevard County, United States

+341 birds+19 mammals

Brackish marshes and palmetto scrub define this wildlife sanctuary spanning the coastal lowlands of central Florida, where the Atlantic tide meets freshwater systems in a dynamic…

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Biosphere Reserve

Montes Azules

Candelaria, Mexico

+395 birds+47 mammals

Where jungle-clad limestone plateaus plunge into canyon systems carved by the Usumacinta River, Mexico's most pristine rainforest reserve unfolds across the Lacandón region of Chiapas. Montes…

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Morrocoy National Park

Municipio Silva

+290 birds

Where the Caribbean coast of northwestern Venezuela meets protected coastal waters, a mosaic of mangrove forests, sandy beaches, and coral reef systems defines Morrocoy National Park.…

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New River Gorge National Park

Fayette County, United States

+183 birds+13 mammals

Where the New River carves its ancient path through the Appalachian plateau, a landscape of towering sandstone cliffs and dense deciduous forest creates one of the…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Charlton County, United States

+206 birds+14 mammals

Vast wetlands of cypress and blackwater creeks define this wildlife sanctuary straddling the Georgia–Florida border, where the landscape shifts between open marsh, dense swamp forest, and…

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Palo Verde National Park

Bagaces, Costa Rica

+318 birds+24 mammals

Dry forest spreads across Palo Verde's low-lying terrain in northwestern Guanacaste, where seasonal rivers and lagoons etch through deciduous woodland that sheds its canopy each winter.…

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Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes

Chicxulub, Mexico

+93 birds

Coral formations rise from turquoise shallows off the Yucatán Peninsula, their limestone skeletons built over millennia into a living archipelago where the Caribbean meets the Gulf…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Dare County, United States

+356 birds+15 mammals

Where the Outer Banks taper toward the Atlantic, a sliver of barrier island creates a microcosm of coastal ecology. Pea Island National Wildlife Sanctuary spans over…

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Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

Windsor, United States

+265 birds+4 mammals

Where Florida's Indian River widens into a brackish estuary, a small island sanctuary commands the attention of waterbirds across the Atlantic Flyway. Pelican Island National Wildlife…

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Point Pelee National Park

Leamington, Canada

+296 birds+14 mammals

Where Lake Erie's shallow waters meet the Ontario shoreline, a slender sandy peninsula juts into the Great Lakes like a natural funnel for migrating wildlife. This…

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Rincón de la Vieja National Park

Liberia, Costa Rica

+451 birds+30 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise abruptly from the Guanacaste lowlands, Rincón de la Vieja National Park sprawls across a landscape shaped by geothermal drama and seasonal extremes.…

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Saguaro National Park

Rincon Valley, United States

+354 birds+40 mammals

Where the Sonoran Desert meets sky-island mountains, two geographically separated districts of Saguaro National Park sprawl across nearly two thousand square kilometers of Arizona's most iconic…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Hidalgo County, United States

+349 birds+12 mammals

Where the Rio Grande delta meets the semi-arid scrublands of South Texas, Santa Ana National Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a rare mosaic of wetland and thornforest habitat…

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Santa Rosa National Park

Santa Elena, Costa Rica

+359 birds+30 mammals

Where Pacific-facing slopes descend from volcanic uplands toward the Guanacaste lowlands, Santa Rosa National Park unfolds across a mosaic of tropical dry forest, gallery woodland, and…

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Sequoia National Park

Tulare County, United States

+187 birds+27 mammals

Granite peaks rising above 3,600 meters dominate the southern Sierra Nevada, where Sequoia National Park sprawls across one of North America's most vertically compressed wilderness zones.…

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Shenandoah National Park

Page County, United States

+243 birds+31 mammals

Ridges of ancient quartzite rise above the Shenandoah Valley floor, their slopes dressed in a mosaic of oak and hickory forest that yields to cove hardwoods…

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Biosphere Reserve

Sian Ka’an

Chunyaxché, Mexico

+350 birds+16 mammals

Where the Yucatán Peninsula dissolves into wetland and mangrove, a vast mosaic of forest, lagoon, and coastal margin creates one of Mexico's most biodiverse strongholds. Across…

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Sierra del Lacandón National Park

Petén, Guatemala

+348 birds+7 mammals

Where the Petén rainforest rises into limestone ridges and deep ravines, Sierra del Lacandón National Park protects one of Central America's most intact tropical wilderness zones.…

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Soberanía National Park

Cristóbal, Panama

+495 birds+34 mammals

Rainforest and riverine woodland blanket the rolling terrain of this 714-square-kilometre national park in Colón Province, where the Caribbean watershed feeds a maze of streams and…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Saint Marks, United States

+324 birds+16 mammals

Where the Apalachee Bay begins to define the Florida coastline, salt marshes and freshwater impoundments merge into one of the southeastern United States' most productive wildlife…

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Tikal National Park

Tikal, Guatemala

+399 birds+16 mammals

Dense rainforest canopy rises above the limestone plateau of Petén, where archaeological wonder and ecological richness merge seamlessly across one of Central America's most biodiverse landscapes.…

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Tortuguero National Park

Roxana, Costa Rica

+420 birds+23 mammals

Canals and lagoons thread through a labyrinth of lowland rainforest where the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica meets the wetland frontier. This is terrain shaped by…

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Virgin Islands National Park

Cruz Bay, United States

+119 birds+3 mammals

Coral reef and mangrove ecosystems define the tropical maritime landscape of this national park, where St. John's mountainous spine rises sharply from turquoise bays fringed with…

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Volcán Poás National Park

Toro Amarillo, Costa Rica

+237 birds+4 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the Central Valley floor, Volcán Poás National Park protects one of Costa Rica's most active and accessible volcanic systems. The…

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Volcán Tenorio National Park

Guatuso, Costa Rica

+480 birds+12 mammals

Where volcanic slopes rise through Costa Rica's northwestern borderlands, Volcán Tenorio National Park sprawls across terrain shaped by ancient lava flows and mineral-rich springs. The park's…

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Wildlife Sanctuary

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Triana, United States

+268 birds+10 mammals

Shallow impoundments and meandering channels spread across northern Alabama's humid subtropical landscape, where Wheeler National Wildlife Sanctuary anchors a critical junction of wetland and woodland habitat.…

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