The wood storks joined by their intricately pink feathered Roseate spoonbill cohorts storm the lower Mississippi flyway near Woodville, Natchez and Vicksburg in late August each year as the bald eagles soar over head to watch. The spring and fall migrations of many species of neotropicals, songbirds and waterfowl on the Mississippi River, on our Gulf Coast and in other locations statewide, make Mississippi an increasingly popular destination for birders and wildlife viewers. The rare red cockaded woodpecker looms in these woods and can be easily viewed in the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. The brown pelican, also basking in its rarity, loves to stop-over on our barrier islands and the swallow tail kites wing their way in our Pascagoula River Basin, just to give a sampling of the possibilities.

The state also takes pride in the diversity and abundance of other wildlife flourishing on 48 wildlife management areas, 15 national refuges, six national forests, five national parks including the Gulf Islands National Seashore, the Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, the federally-designated wilderness areas of Petite Bois and Horn Islands, the Pascagoula River Basin, and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The largest populations of white-tailed deer per acre roam this state along with the Eastern wild turkey, wild boar, beaver, fox, rabbit and squirrel. Don’t be surprised to see black bear hiding in our woods or meandering on a woodland trail foraging for food. Mississippi’s bottomland hardwood forests have beckoned them home again.

So pack your bags avid birders, experienced birders, beginner birders, and wildlife lovers, the viewing is fine in Mississippi!

Search for Watchable Wildlife viewing areas here! Enter as much information as you can to narrow your search. Name of Viewing Area: Any Bagley Bottoms Environmental Interpretive Area Bir Bienville National Forest Birding & Wildlife Viewi Black Creek National Scenic River Birding & Wildli Blue Lake Interpretive Trail Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge Caney Creek Wildlife Management Area North Birding Chakchiuma Swamp Chautauqua Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing & Tree Choctaw Lake Birding Trails Clark Creek Natural Area Birding & Wildlife Viewin Clark Lake Trail Birding and Wildlife Viewing Clarkco State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Clear Springs Recreation Area Birding & Wildlife V Cooper's Ferry Park Crosby Arboretum Crow's Neck Environmental Education Center Cypress Swamp Birding & Wildlife Viewing Area Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Davis Bayou Birding and Wildlife Viewing Area Davis Lake Recreation Area De Soto National Forest Birding and Wildlife Viewi Delta National Forest Birding & Wildlife Viewing DeSoto County Greenways/Coldwater River Canoe & Ka Dry Creek Water Park Dunn's Falls Water Park Eco-Tours of South Mississippi Elliot's Ranch Escatawpa River Observatory Birding & Wildlife Vie Fitch Enterprises Flint Creek Water Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Galena Plantation George Payne Cossar State Park Birding & Wildlife Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge Birding & Wildl Graveline Bayou Coastal Preserve Birding & Wildlif Great River Road State Park Birding & Wildlife Vie Gulf Islands National Seashore Park Birding & Wild Harrell Prairie Birding & Wildlife Viewing Haserway Wetland Demonstration Area Hillside National Wildlife Refuge Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge Homochitto National Forest Birding & Wildlife View Hugh White State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing J. P. Coleman State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewin L & K Properties Lake Jefferson Davis Lake Lincoln State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Lakewood Outfitters Birding & Wildlife Viewing Leaf Wilderness Area Birding & Wildlife Viewing Least Tern Nesting Areas LeFleur's Bluff State Park Birding and Wildlife Vi Leroy Percy State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Linden Plantation Gardens Little Black Creek Water Park Little Sunflower River Birding and Wildlife Viewin Longbow Trails, Inc. Lucedale Greenway Birding Trails Mahannah Wildlife Management Area Birding & Wildli Marion County Wildlife Management Area Birding & W Maynor Creek Water Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing McIntyre Scatters McKenna Ranch Birding and Wildlife Viewing Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refug Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area Natchez State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Natchez Trace Parkway North Fork Birding and Wildlife Viewing Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Birding & Wildlif Ocean Springs Inner Harbor Birding & Wildlife View Okatibbee Lake Birding & Wildlife Viewing Area Old River Wildlife Management Area Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Birding & W Panther Tract, Inc. Birding and Wildlife Viewing Pascagoula River Wildlife Management Area Birding Paul B. Johnson State Park Birding & Wildlife View Pearl River Waterfowl Refuge and Wildlife Manageme Pelican Landing to Waterfront Park Birding & Wildl Percy Quin State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Pipes Lake Recreation Area Birding & Wildlife View Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery Birding Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium Ringed Sawback Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary - Coal Bl Rocky Springs Birding & Wildlife Viewing Area Ross Barnett Reservoir Sardis Lake/Sardis Lower Lake Birding & Wildlife V Shepard State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Area Shipland Wildlife Management Area Birding & Wildli Shockaloe National Recreation Trail St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge Birdi Strawberry Plains Audubon Center Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge- Black Bayou Tara Wildlife Inc. The Tupelo Buffalo Park & Zoo Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Comple Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Comple Tishomingo State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing A Tombigbee National Forest Tombigbee State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Triple N Ranch Birding and Wildlife Viewing Tunica RiverPark Birding & Wildlife Viewing Tuxachanie Trail Birding & Wildlife Viewing Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area Birding & Wild Western Hancock County Birding & Wildlife Viewing Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge Birding & Wildlife Yazoo Valley Wildlife
City or area where it is located: Any Ackerman Amory Avon Baldwyn Bassfield Batesville Bay St. Louis Belden Belmont Belzoni Benndale Benton Biloxi Blue Mountain Blue Springs Booneville Boyle Brandon Brookhaven Brooklyn Brooksville Byram Canton Carriere Carrollton Carson Charleston Chatham Choctaw Chunky Clarksdale Clinton Coldwater Collins Collinsville Columbia Columbus Corinth Crystal Springs D'Iberville D'Lo Daleville Decatur DeKalb Durant Eden Edwards Ellisville Enid Enterprise Eupora Flora Forest French Camp Fulton Gautier Georgetown Glen Glen Allan Gloster Gore Springs Greenville Greenwood Grenada Gulfport Hattiesburg Hazlehurst Hermanville Hernando Hickory Flat Holcomb Hollandale Holly Bluff Holly Springs Horn Lake Hot Coffee Houston Isola Iuka Jacinto Jackson Kewanee Kiln Kosciusko Lambert Lauderdale Laurel Leland Lena Lexington Long Beach Lorman Louisville Lucedale Ludlow Lula Lumberton Magnolia Mayersville McComb McCool McHenry McLain Meadville Mendenhall Meridian Michigan City Mississippi State Monticello Montrose Morgantown Morton Moss Point Mt. Olive Myrtle Natchez New Albany New Site Noxapater Oakland Ocean Springs Olive Branch Osyka Oxford Pachuta Pascagoula Pass Christian Pearlington Perkinston Philadelphia Picayune Pickens Pontotoc Poplarville Port Gibson Porterville Potts Camp Prentiss Puckett Pulaski Quitman Raymond Redwood Richton Ridgeland Ripley Rolling Fork Rosedale Saltillo Sardis Saucier Seminary Sibley Sidon Skene SoSo Southaven Starkville Stoneville Tchula Thornton Tishomingo Tunica Tunica Resorts Tupelo Tutwiler Tylertown Vancleave Vardaman Verona Vicksburg Walnut Walnut Grove Washington Water Valley Waveland Waynesboro Wesson West Point Wiggins Woodville Wortham Yazoo City County: Any Adams Alcorn Amite Attala Benton Bolivar Calhoun Carroll Chickasaw Choctaw Claiborne Clarke Clay Coahoma Copiah Covington Desoto Forrest Franklin George Greene Grenada Hancock Harrison Hinds Holmes Humphreys Issaquena Itawamba Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jefferson Davis Jones Kemper Lafayette Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Leake Lee Leflore Lincoln Lowndes Madison Marion Marshall Monroe Neshoba Newton Noxubee Oktibbeha Panola Pearl River Perry Pike Pontotoc Prentiss Quitman Rankin Scott Sharkey Simpson Stone Tallahatchie Tate Tippah Tishomingo Tunica Union Walthall Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wilkinson Winston Yalobusha Yazoo OR state region: Any The Capital/River Region The Coastal Region The Delta The Hills The Pines	Refer to the map below for information on the five state regions.

Other Resources:

	Audubon Mississippi - Audubon Mississippi is a state-level program of the National Audubon Society and engages and connects people with nature across the entire state. From the State Office and Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, located in Holly Springs, to the Central Office in Vicksburg, to the Gulf Coast Office in Moss Point, Audubon Mississippi is working hard to promote the mission of the National Audubon Society.
	Great River Birding
	Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
	Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
	National Forests of Mississippi
	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - MISSISSIPPI