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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), contain many of the nation’s most renowned birding locations, including Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, Laguna Atascosa NWR in Texas, and J.N. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” Photos: Prairie Potholes at Kulm WMD in North Dakota (USFWS).

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico. Lifers includes Gambel’s Quail and Neotropic Cormorant, but the real highlights were the morning fly-out of Sandhill Cranes and the evening fly-in of Snow Geese. For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR.