Observation Platform
and Blind
The observation platform and blind at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge gives visitors the opportunity to view and photograph up to 40 species including: Western and Clark’s Grebes, American and White Pelican, Greater White-fronted Goose, Gadwall, American Avocet, Bonaparte’s Gull and Caspian Tern.
$22,100 plus $22,100 in local matching funds.
Farmers lease nearly half the refuge acreage through a federal program that allows them to grow wheat and potatoes. The crop waste helps provide food for migrating and wintering waterfowl.
Photographer’s Mecca at
Tule Lake, CA
If bird photography is your game, the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in northeast California should be at the top of your list for places to see. And, thanks to a $23,500 grant from the Pathways To Nature® Conservation Fund, you might find yourself nose to beak with a White Pelican, or Clark’s Grebe, or any of dozens of other species found on Tule Lake.
With the Pathways funding, Refuge staff built a photography blind at the end of a 700’ long, handicap accessible trail. The blind puts photographers and birders at the edge of a sandbar in Tule Lake, which is surrounded by cattails and bulrushes. Sometimes birds approach as close as 20’ to 25’, providing full frame images. Waterfowl, shorebirds, herons, egrets, and rails are just a few of the species you might encounter.
To help ensure undisturbed viewing, the Refuge requires reservations for early morning photo safaris. Birders and nature lovers are also welcome to come and enjoy this unique opportunity to join the birds in their wetlands haunts. So grab your camera and binoculars and head west … the birds of Tule Lake await you.
For more information, visit: http://klamathbasinrefuges.fws.gov/tulelake/tulelake.html.
The Pathways To Nature Conservation Fund is a partnership between Wild Birds Unlimited stores and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund environmental education and wildlife viewing projects. We encourage all of our customers to visit these incredible places. Your patronage helped make these projects possible!
