The Crane's Nest Nature Center & Store will open March 1, 2025 in preparation for migratory bird season. As magificant flocks of snow geese, sandhill cranes and other migratory waterfowl wing there way north in March and April and stop over in the Harney Basin, it's one of Nature's not to be missed great spectacles. […]
Read more >The Friends of Malheur NWR Board of Directors meets bi-monthly. The board meetings are held virtually on the first Wednesday of the scheduled month and are open to the public. If you are interest in attending or for more information, contact: [email protected]
Read more >Save the Date! Harney County Migratory Bird Festival April, 10-13, 2025 Spend an amazing weekend witnessing the spectacular spring migration in the Harney Basin of Southeast Oregon. View thousands of migratory birds as they rest and feed in the wide-open spaces of Oregon's high desert. From waterfowl to shorebirds, cranes to raptors, wading birds to […]
Read more >Spring Shorebird Survey Join Bird Alliance of Oregon and USFWS staff in supporting the regional effort to survey spring migrating shorebirds in the intermountain west. We’ll survey the Silvies Floodplain, and the Double O, Malheur Lake, and waters of the Blitzen Valley for spring migrating shorebirds. This survey is part of a project organized by […]
Read more >Sandhill Crane Spring Count Join Bird Alliance of Oregon and USFWS staff in surveying for Sandhill Crane pairs. This survey is part of an effort to reimagine crane monitoring at Malheur NWR and to better understand the impacts of invasive monocultures, such as reed canarygrass, on crane territories and reproduction at the refuge. In […]
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