WELL, WE DECIDED TO MAKE A QUICK STOP FAIRLY LOCAL AS WE ARE STILL IN OREGON. AS YOU CAN SEE DOC IS NOT SO EXCITED ABOUT THE BIRDS AS HE IS HIDING IN THE GRASS. I LOVE EM AND SO WISH WE COULD BRING ONE HOME WITH US! BUT, IT IS A REFUGE AND WE MUST LEAVE IT ALL INTACT. SO WE WILL JUST WATCH FROM AFAR. ACTUALLY COLE OUR HUMAN BROTHER TOLD US ABOUT THIS SPOT AND JUST HAD TO STOP AND SEE IT! READ BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL STOP ALONG THE WAY.

MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WAS ESTABLISHED ON AUGUST 18, 1908 BY PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS THE LAKE MALHEUR RESERVATION. ROOSEVELT SET ASIDE UNCLAIMED LANDS ENCOMPASSED BY MALHEUR, MUD AND HARNEY LAKES “AS A PRESERVE AND BREEDING GROUND FOR NATIVE BIRDS.” THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED “LAKE MALHEUR RESERVATION” WAS THE 19TH OF 51 WILDLIFE REFUGES CREATED BY ROOSEVELT DURING HIS TENURE AS PRESIDENT. AT THE TIME, MALHEUR WAS THE THIRD REFUGE IN OREGON AND ONE OF ONLY SIX REFUGES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
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