National Wildlife Refuge · Missouri River Corridor · Missouri River (Lake Audubon, adjacent to Lake Sakakawea)
Verified coordinates from the source record. Still confirm the current entrance and road status before travelling.
Spring and fall waterfowl peaks; shorebirds late summer
Peak months in the record: Apr, May, Sep, Oct
Pick any day of the coming week for sunrise, sunset, the low-light windows and the forecast at Audubon NWR.
8-mile gravel auto tour along the south shore of Lake Audubon. 1-mile Prairie Nature Trail (half-mile concrete loop plus half-mile gravel extension); photography blind.
Free
Deer hunting and late-season pheasant/grouse/partridge hunting in designated areas. Lake Audubon water levels fluctuate with Garrison Dam operations.
The notes on this page come from the guide's fixed records and can age. These links open what the managing agency publishes right now — always the last word on access.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (National Wildlife Refuge)
Agency pages are found by searching the place name, so the search may list nearby units too — no page here is a stored link to a specific trailhead or gate.
No access check recorded for this place yet. Once you have confirmed the current rules with USFWS, mark it here so you can see how fresh your information is.
This only records that you checked. It never changes the guide's access notes and is not a statement from any agency.
Nobody publishes an open fall-colour peak map, so these are the dates volunteers recorded coloured leaves in North Dakota — a handful of plants at a handful of sites, not a statewide peak. Use the official reports below for the wider picture.
Leaf-out and leaf-colour timing: USA National Phenology Network (usanpn.org).
Cranes
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Dawn fly-outs from shallow roosts are the classic shot; fall staging birds are more approachable and linger for weeks.
Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds
Waterfowl
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Family groups feeding in flooded fields and shallow potholes at golden hour; white birds demand careful exposure.
Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds
Songbirds
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Display flights over native prairie in late May; males sing a bubbling song in fluttering flight. Photograph against big sky.
Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds
These are historical public posts collected as supporting evidence. They are not live sightings and do not guarantee current bird activity. Photos are not copied here — each entry links to the original post.
No collected post is mapped to this place. Several posts name only free-text locations — see the evidence log for those.