Bird Sightings Span Wetlands Across Regions

Wildlife is drawing attention across a range of habitats, from a young great blue heron hunting goldfish and a snapping turtle at a Maine college pond to hundreds of bird species recorded at Georgia’s Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge. In eastern England, autumn brings the fallow deer rut and road hazards for deer, while reedbeds offer chances to spot resident Cetti’s warblers and elusive water rails and snipe. California’s Sacramento Valley and Delta provide winter habitat for migrating sandhill cranes, which visitors can observe from public trails and viewing areas while avoiding disturbance. In Venezuela’s Waraira Repano National Park, camera traps have confirmed that lowland tapirs—including adults and juveniles—still inhabit the mountain, countering beliefs that they had disappeared from the area.