At least 264 species of birds have been documented at the refuge complex. Some are resident, while others are stopping through during migration. Each season is marked with an assortment of migrating species, temporary residents and yearlong locals: songbirds in the spring, nesting woodpeckers and shorebirds in the summer, waterfowl during the fall migration and bald eagles in the winter. Come see why the refuge complex has been designated as an 鈥淚mportant Bird Area鈥 and accepted into the 鈥淲estern Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.鈥