10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. 9-mile route that takes you down the prairie uplands and salt marshes that make up much of the Bolivar Sanctuary.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

It was made a National Park in the 1980s and is a major breeding and nesting area for over 30,000 seabirds. One of the sheltered bays on Isla Isabel. These mangroves function as a sanctuary for fish and other animals that then make their way as adults across the channel to the coral reefs that surround the island.

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Whales Whaling Sharks Marine Life 266

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. 31 to provide inviolate sanctuary for migratory birds. Swan Lake Refuge is managed as “a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife”.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 146

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2024

Many may not make it to their breeding grounds due to the extreme stress of the situation, lack of resources, the weather itself, disorientation, and human-caused killers like windows and cars. Birders explore these migrant traps, which are an oasis of food, water, and shelter, to see if anything has been blown in.

Texas 228

Texas Alabama Alligators Nashville 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2023

Within Nariva Swamp is Bush Bush Wildlife Sanctuary, a sandy, low-lying peninsula populated by palms, strangler figs, and other hardy forest trees. Rufous Crab Hawk This particular wetland spills onto the sheltered southern coast – worlds apart from the roaring Atlantic pounding the east coast.

Trinidad 29

Trinidad Falcons Primates Monkeys 29