Mississippi
Hotspots

Photo copyright Peter Wallack
 

....eGuide to Birdfinding on the Mississippi Coast - by Jerry and 
Deborah Bird. This web page describes some of the best birding locations on the Mississippi Coast and gives driving directions to these sites.
....CoastBirds - the Mississippi Coast Bird Migration Site - this site
tracks bird migration in three Mississippi coastal counties: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson. 
....Bald Eagle Watching on the Mississippi! - Every year tens of 
thousands of people flock to the Mississippi River to take part in our Bald Eagle Watches. They have come to catch a glimpse, perhaps for the first time, of our national symbol.
....Gulf Islands National Seashore - this is a place
of myriad riches. There are sparkling blue waters, magnificent snow-white beaches, and fertile coastal marshes. There are nineteenth century forts, shaded picnic areas, winding nature trails, and comfortable campgrounds. Diverse and abounding with wildlife, the park is not a single block of land but a mosaic. It includes 11 separate units stretching eastward 150 miles from West Ship Island, Mississippi, to the eastern tip of Santa Rosa Island, Florida.
....Where to go Birding - by the Jackson Audubon Society. Information
is available on Mayes Lake - LeFleur's Bluff State Park. 
....Noxubee Refuge - Noxubee Refuge is a 1500-acre national wildlife
refuge located in northeast Mississippi. The refuge includes two large lakes, Loakfoma and Bluff, that attract shorebirds in migration, thousands of ducks in the winter, and herons and egrets in the summer. A colony of an estimated 50,000 cattle egrets nest on Bluff Lake. In addition, the refuge includes 12 colonies of red-cockaded woodpeckers, a bird listed on the rare and endangered species list. Another site on this refuge.
....National Wildlife Refuges Index - Mississippi. Includes links
to information on: 
• Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
• Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
• Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
• Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge, Black Bayou Unit
• Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge, Bear Lake Unit
• Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
• St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
• Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
• Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
• Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
• Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge
• Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
....Mississippi Trip Reports - a number of Mississippi trip reports are
available from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas - Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository". 

....Jackson Audubon Society - Upcoming Field Trips

....Gautier Crane Festival- March 18, 2000. Contact: Mississippi Sandhill

Crane National Wildlife Refuge, 7200 Crane Lane, Gautier, Mississippi. TEL: (228) 487-6322.

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