USFWS in North Carolina
Southeast Region

Wildlife Observation and Photography

Refuge

Best Viewing Seasons Highlights for Wildlife Observation
Alligator River Spring/Fall/Winter waterfowl, black bears, wading birds
* Back Bay Spring/Fall/Winter waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, song birds
Cedar Island Spring/Winter waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds
Currituck Spring/Fall shorebirds
*Great Dismal Swamp Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter waterfowl, wading birds, song birds
Mackay Island Spring/Fall/Winter waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds
Mattamuskeet Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter waterfowl, wading birds
Pea Island Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, song birds
Pee Dee Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter waterfowl, white-tailed deer, wading birds, song birds
Pocosin Lakes Spring/Fall/Winter waterfowl, wading birds
Roanoke River Spring/Fall song birds, waterfowl, wading birds
Swanquarter Spring/Winter Waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds
Edenton National Fish Hatchery Spring/Summer/Fall Waterfowl, wading birds

* Refuges are actually located, all or part, in Virginia.

Last Updated: 1/31/13