Join us for a Saturday bird walk at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama on January 3rd at 9:00am CST. The walks are each Saturday beginning December 6 through February 28 (excluding December 27 and January 10). Please meet at the outdoor classroom in the Visitor Center parking lot to walk around the property and enjoy spotting some of the refuge’s resident winter birds, including Sandhill Cranes and, if we are lucky, Endangered Whooping Cranes. Anyone is welcome to join this free event – registration is not required. Please remember to dress for the weather and bring a long lens if you have one.
Mary Jane and I will leave home at 6:00 am EST to arrive at the Cracker Barrel in Huntsville (2001 Drake Ave. SW) at 8:00 EST (7:00 CST). It is about 30 minutes to the NWR, so that gives us an hour at the restaurant.
If you do not want to leave home so early, the walk will finish about 10:00 CST and we will be hanging around to photograph more birds, so join us.
Please let Martin and Mary Jane know if you plan to meet them there. Email them at fieldtrips@chattanoogaphoto.org. Please give your name and phone number so we can reach you via text to our location at the refuge.
Whooping Crane Walk Times:
December 6, February 7, 14, 21, 28 | Walks begin at 9 a.m. CST December 13, 20, January 3, 17, 24, and 31 | Walks begin at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. CST
Address: 3121 Visitor Center Road, Decatur, Alabama
For more information about Wheeler NWR, see https://www.fws.gov/refuge/wheeler.
Join us for a Saturday bird walk at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama on January 3rd at 9:00am CST. The walks are each Saturday beginning December 6 through February 28 (excluding December 27 and January 10). Please meet at the outdoor classroom in the Visitor Center parking lot to walk around the property and enjoy spotting some of the refuge’s resident winter birds, including Sandhill Cranes and, if we are lucky, Endangered Whooping Cranes. Anyone is welcome to join this free event – registration is not required. Please remember to dress for the weather and bring a long lens if you have one.
Mary Jane and I will leave home at 6:00 am EST to arrive at the Cracker Barrel in Huntsville (2001 Drake Ave. SW) at 8:00 EST (7:00 CST). It is about 30 minutes to the NWR, so that gives us an hour at the restaurant.
If you do not want to leave home so early, the walk will finish about 10:00 CST and we will be hanging around to photograph more birds, so join us.
Please let Martin and Mary Jane know if you plan to meet them there. Email them at fieldtrips@chattanoogaphoto.org. Please give your name and phone number so we can reach you via text to our location at the refuge.
Whooping Crane Walk Times:
December 6, February 7, 14, 21, 28 | Walks begin at 9 a.m. CST December 13, 20, January 3, 17, 24, and 31 | Walks begin at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. CST
Address: 3121 Visitor Center Road, Decatur, Alabama
For more information about Wheeler NWR, see https://www.fws.gov/refuge/wheeler.
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