US-CT-Stewart+B.+McKinney+National+Wildlife+Refuge

=Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge= Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge web site Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge brochure with map
 * =Birding in Connecticut=

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Stewart B McKinney NWR--Calf Island
Coordinates: 40.9925971, -73.6394477 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stewart B. McKinney NWR--Long Beach Blvd. Pond
Coordinates: 41.162017, -73.1551051 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stewart B. Mckinney NWR--Railroad Track Tr.
Coordinates: 41.1627924, -73.1511784 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stewart B. McKinney NWR--Stratford Great Meadows
Coordinates: 41.1666667, -73.15 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stewart B. McKinney NWR
Coordinates: 41.2865461, -72.4737167 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stewart B. McKinney NWR--Salt Meadow Unit
Coordinates: 41.2833333, -72.4666667 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 10 units stretched across 70 miles of Connecticut's coastline. It was established in 1972 and was originally called Salt Meadow National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was renamed in 1987 to honor the late U.S. Congressman Stewart B. McKinney, who was instrumental in expanding it.

Located in the Atlantic Flyway, the refuge provides important resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for many species of wading birds, shorebirds, songbirds and terns, including the endangered roseate tern. Adjacent waters serve as wintering habitat for brant, scoters, American black duck and other waterfowl. Overall, the refuge encompasses over 1,000 acres of forest, barrier beach, tidal wetland and fragile island habitats.

The Salt Meadow Unit in Westbrook, the Falkner Island Unit in Guilford, and the Great Meadows Unit in Stratford all have been designated as Important Bird Areas by the National Audubon Society. The Falkner Island Unit is home to over 40 pairs of nesting federally endangered roseate terns and over 2,000 nesting pairs of common terns. The Salt Meadow Unit is used by over 280 species of migrating neotropical birds during the spring and fall migrations.

The Salt Meadow Unit in Westbrook, Milford Point Unit in Milford, Great Meadows Unit in Stratford, Chimon Island Unit in Norwalk (West Beach only) and Calf Island Unit in Greenwich are open daily year-round from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.

The Outer Island Unit in Branford and Sheffield Island Unit in Norwalk are open daily from mid-May through late September (when docking facility is in place) from 8am to dusk.

The Falkner Island Unit in Guilford is closed to visitation except during the annual open house in September or by issuance of a special use permit from the Refuge Manager.

The Peach and Goose Islands Units in Norwalk are closed to visitation except by issuance of a special use permit from the Refuge Manager. From Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge web site



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Fairfield County
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Middlesex County
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