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Serendip Sanctuary, Victoria

10,000 Birds

You can easily get there via public transport by taking the train to Lara from either Geelong or Melbourne if you do not have access to a vehicle. Many visitors appear to do the short walks, so you can enjoy the area mostly alone other than the wildlife. The Cape Barren Geese had goslings when I visited.

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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

10,000 Birds

Last year, I compiled a subjective list of the Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) manages the wildlife aspects of the unit while another federal agency (in this case the U.S. In 1951, oil was discovered and facilities were installed to allow for extraction and transport of the oil.

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