Another Well Kept Secret of the Texas Coastal Bend

If you haven’t discovered ANWR, you are missing a treat. The Aransas Nation Wildlife refuge is only about 60 miles from Port O’Connor, just a few miles from highway 35 at Tivoli. It serves as one of the country’s key stopovers for migratory birds and is habitat for migratory songbirds, raptors, shorebirds, waterfowl and pollinators who stop to rest and refuel before continuing their journey to and from tropical destinations. The Refuge also serves as the winter home for a high diversity of migratory birds, the most celebrated being the critically endangered WHOOPING CRANE.
In 1941, only 16 whooping cranes were left, and all members of this flock wintered on the salt marshes and tidal flats of ANWR and spent their summers in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. They still do and their numbers have grown. Interested? The Whoopers are here now!

For more information on whooping cranes and the refuge: http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/wildlife-library/birds/whooping-crane.aspx or /www.fws.gov/refuge/Aransas/ and 361 286 3559