Becker County

3,200 acres

Headquarters
N46 52.615, W95 57.533

No hunting

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

Red River Valley

Subsection(s)

Red River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Audubon Moraine

Flom Till Plain

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Minnesota DNR

This refuge has been designated an Important Bird Area.

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Several bird species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened – Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Special concern – Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni)

Other birds species that breed here include Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), American Coot (Fulica americana), Sora (Porzana carolina), Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola), American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), and Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias).

Waterfowl migration peaks between late April and early May. Shorebird and prairie songbird numbers peak from mid- to late-May.

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center bird checklist

Pine to Prairie Birding Trail