BirdFest Texoma!  Three days of field trips, seminars, workshops, exhibits and more - birding, photography, wildflowers and native plants, raptor show!  Mark your calendars now. Keynote presentation by David Sibley.  Registration opens January, 2013.

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Refuge lands are open daily from sunrise to sunset.  On the following dates, the Refueg Office will be closed, with no offical business, including Senior and Access passes.

The Visitor Center will be open from 10 am - 3 pm on each of the above dates EXCEPT

 January 17, 2013, Pottsboro Senior Center Visits

Mid-March - mid-May and mid-August - late October are times to view the Central Flyway shorebird migration at the Refuge.  Each spring many thousands of shorebirds pass through,  on their way to breeding grounds in the northern US, Canada or the high Arctic.  They are back again in the fall, on their way to the tropics or even South America, to spend the winter.  The Refuge offers wetlands for resting and re-fueling.  Shorebirds can be a challenge to identify; literature and field guides are available at the Visitor Center.

November - February - Trips to Hagerman NWR to see the huge flock of wintering geese are an annual holiday tradition for many visitors. Please stop by the Visitor Center for information and visitor services such as maps,  free wildlife guides and binoculars-for-loan.

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