Bird watching and wildlife viewing in Mississippi are quickly becoming the favorite hobbies of our visitors.

Happily, Mississippi is located on the flyway for neotropicals and waterfowl migration. The state also takes pride in 46 National Wildlife Management areas, 14 National Refuges, six National Forests, two National Parks including the Gulf Islands National Seashore and the Sandhill Crane National Refuge, the federally-designated wilderness areas of Petite Bois and Horn Islands, the Pascagoula River Basin, and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. With all these magnificant areas, its easy to see why birding is so popular in our state.

From the Gulf Coast to the hills of north Mississippi, hundreds of species of animals and birds make Mississippi their home. Accessible locations are available to view endangered birds like the red-cockaded woodpecker. Each year, Mississippi hosts the Hummingbird Migration Celebration in Holly Springs, the Stork and Cork Birding Festival at Tara Wildlife Management near Vicksburg, and the Spring Migration Festival in Lucedale. One of the most unique outdoor recreation events is The Great Delta Bear Affair Festival in Rolling Fork. The festival features birding activities, equestrian trail rides, as well as other nature tourism events. It is a celebration of Teddy Roosevelt's famous bear hunt and supports the restoration of the black bear in the Delta.

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Name of Viewing Area: Any Bagley Bottoms Environmental Interpretive Area Bienville National Forest Big Creek Water Park Black Creek National Scenic River Birding & Wildli Blue Bluff Recreation and Birding & Wildlife Viewi Blue Lake Interpretive Trail Buccaneer State Park Chautauqua Park Choctaw Lake Birding Trails Clark Creek Natural Area Birding & Wildlife Viewin Clark Lake Trail Clarkco State Park Clear Springs Recreation Area Coldwater River Nature Trail System Crosby Arboretum Crow's Neck Environmental Education Center 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 Deerfield Plantation Delta National Forest Birding & Wildlife Viewing DeSoto National Forest Birding and Wildlife Viewin DeWayne Hayes Recreation Area Dry Creek Water Park Dunn's Falls Water Park Elliot's Ranch Escatawpa River Observatory Birding & Wildlife Vie Flint Creek Water Park Galena Plantation Birding and Wildlife Viewing George Payne Cossar State Park 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 Haserway Wetland Demonstration Area Hickory Flat Hillside National Wildlife Refuge Holly Springs National Forest Homochitto National Forest Birding & Wildlife View Hugh White State Park J. P. Coleman State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewin L & K Properties Lake Lincoln State Park Lakewood Outfitters (Birding & Wildlife Viewing) Leaf Wilderness Area Least Tern Nesting Areas LeFleur's Bluff State Park Birding and Wildlife Vi Leroy Percy State Park Birding and Wildlife Viewin Little Black Creek Water Park Little Sunflower River Trail Lucedale Greenway Birding Trails Mahannah Wildlife Management Area Marion County Wildlife Management Area Maynor Creek Water Park McIntyre Scatters McKenna Ranch Birding and Wildlife Viewing Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refug Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area Natchez State Park 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 Panther Tract, Inc. Birding and Wildlife Viewing Pascagoula River Wildlife Management Area Birding Paul B. Johnson State Park Pearl River Waterfowl Refuge and Wildlife Manageme Pelican Landing to Waterfront Park Birding & Wildl Percy Quin State Park Pipes Lake Recreation Area Plymouth Bluff Center Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery Birding Red Bluff-Mississippi's Little Grand Canyon Ringed Sawback Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary - Coal Bl Rocky Springs Birding & Wildlife Viewing Area Sardis Lake/Sardis Lower Lake Birding & Wildlife V Seaman Road Lagoons Birding & Wildlife Viewing Are Shepard State Park Birding & Wildlife Viewing Area Shipland Wildlife Management Area Shockaloe National Recreation Trail Springdale Wildlife Management Area St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge Birdi Strawberry Plains Audubon Center Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge- Black Bayou Tara Wildlife Birding and Wildlife Viewing Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Wayside Exhibit and P 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 Triple N Ranch Birding and Wildlife Viewing Turkey Creek Water Park Tuxachanie Trail Vicksburg National Military Park Wall Doxey State Park Wallace Creek Campground Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area Birding & Wild Western Hancock County Birding & Wildlife Viewing Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge City or area where it is located: Any Aberdeen Ackerman Amory Avon Baldwyn Bay St. Louis Belden Belmont Belzoni Biloxi Blue Mountain Blue Springs Booneville Boyle Brandon Brookhaven Brooklyn Brooksville Byram Canton Carpenter Carrollton Carson Charleston Choctaw Chunky Clinton Coldwater Collins Collinsville Columbia Columbus Corinth Crystal Springs D'Iberville D'Lo Daleville Decatur Dennis Durant Eden Edwards Ellisville Enid Enterprise Escatawpa Eupora Flora Forest French Camp Fulton Gautier Glen Glen Allan Greenville Greenwood Grenada Gulfport Hattiesburg Hazlehurst Hermanville Hernando Holcomb Hollandale Holly Bluff Holly Springs Houston Isola Iuka Jacinto Jackson Kiln Lambert Laurel Leland Lena Lexington Long Beach Louisville Lucedale Ludlow Lula Lumberton 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 Newton Noxapater Oakland Ocean Springs Olive Branch Oxford Pachuta Pascagoula Pattison Philadelphia Picayune Pickens Pontotoc Poplarville Port Gibson Porterville Prentiss Puckett Pulaski Purvis Quitman Raymond Redwood Richton Ridgeland Ripley Rolling Fork Rosedale Saltillo Sardis Saucier Seminary Sibley Sidon Skene SoSo Southaven Starkville Tchula Thornton Tishomingo Tunica Tunica Resorts Tupelo Tylertown Vardaman Verona Vicksburg Wahalak Walnut Walnut Grove Washington Water Valley Waveland Waynesboro Wesson West Point Wiggins Woodville Wortham Yazoo City County: Any Adams Alcorn 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 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.

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

National Forests of Mississippi

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - MISSISSIPPI