Kirwin Refugewinter wildlife

In winter, fewer birds but bald eagles, numerous hawks and a few western meadowlarks, per the Fish and Wildlife Service (a season, not a peak): winter. That's general timing for this place, not a peak date or a forecast.

Not now: its usual winter wildlife window for this year has passed. Next time: winter, local timing.

Fewer birds than in other seasons, but bald eagles, numerous hawks and a few wintering western meadowlarks; white-tailed deer live here all year.Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Winter can be extremely cold, and prairie weather changes fast: bring layers.Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge ↗ (opens in a new tab)

In the rolling hills and narrow valley of the North Fork of the Solomon River, in north-central Kansas; the refuge was laid over a Bureau of Reclamation reservoir in 1954.Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Crappie Point: a half-mile paved wildflower loop through the grassland on the south side of the refuge; Prairie Dog Town: a quarter-mile trail through a black-tailed prairie dog colony.

Bald eagles, numerous hawks and a few western meadowlarks (Dec–Feb), Migrating birds in a flurry of activity (Mar–May) and Crappie Point wildflower trail in bloom (Jun).