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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

10,000 Birds

Birders are familiar with the National Wildlife Refuge System, which consists of more than 550 units distributed through all fifty states. National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs), which are managed by the U.S. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” Ding” Darling NWR in Florida.

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. Prairie Pothole Region of the United States , primary in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.