Burning marshes opens new nesting grounds for migratory birds at Tule Lake NWR. The Tule Marsh is burned intermittently every few years. Tule reeds become thick and choke nesting habitat. Burning removes old growth, inviting new nesting...
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge received funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to construct levees as part of the Walking Wetlands Restoration Project. The Walking Wetlands Restoration Project builds wetland...
Close-up of an immature ring-billed gull in Siskiyou County. For more information about birds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/. Eyes of ring-billed gulls don't turn pale until later in life, and this is a young bird (in its second calendar year,...
Pheasant standing alertly in short grass with brush around in Siskiyou County, California. For more information about game birds visit
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Close view of immature Sora feeding in still water; mirror image of bird in water in Siskiyou County, California. For more information about shorebirds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/.
Close view of spotted sandpiper standing on rocks among reeds in Siskiyou County, California. For more information about shorebirds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/.