Kirtlands Warbler National Wildlife Refuge
Kirtlands Warbler National Wildlife Refuge
1674 Refuge Entrance Rd
Seney, MI 49883
Phone:906-586-9851
Fax:906-586-3800
Web: www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=31513
Established: Early 1980s.
Location:Scattered across eight counties at 119 sites in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan.
Facilities:Viewing sites.
Activities:Hunting, wildlife observation, birding tours.
Special Features:Site is the only known nesting area of one of the world's rarest birds, the Kirtland's warbler, a small, blue-gray and yellow songbird.
Habitats: 6,684 acres of jack pine growing on Grayling sands.
Access: Open during daylight hours.
Wild life: Kirtland's warbler (endangered), spruce grouse, Nashville warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, eastern towhee, eastern bluebird, black-backed woodpecker, and brown thrasher.
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