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Photo Gallery | Absolutely Alabama in photos: Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Absolutely Alabama in photos: Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Submitted by Brianne Britzius, Fox 6 Digital Producer
Thursday, January 10th, 2013, 5:23pm
The festival of cranes will be held this weekend. This bird happens to be a Great Blue Heron, however.
Fred Hunter
Wheeler's 35,000 acres are home to the largest wintering duck population in Alabama.
Fred Hunter
This year is Wheeler's 75th anniversary. It started as an experiment by FDR in the farmlands flooded by the damming of the Tennessee River when TVA brought flood control and electricity to North Alabama.
Fred Hunter
Activities are planned for the entire year to celebrate Wheeler's 75th Anniversary.
Fred Hunter
Of the 599 Whooping Cranes alive in the wild 13 make their winter home at Wheeler.
Fred Hunter
Teresa Adams is Wheeler's Supervising Park Ranger and calls the refuge "one of those special places the human spirit needs."
Mike Tucker

This year marks Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge's 75th Anniversary and the refuge have events planned all year long to celebrate the land and the creatures who make their home there.

At the site in Decatur, visitors can see thousands of different water fowl and this weekend they celebrate the Festival of the Cranes featuring their winter guests: 11,000 Sand Hill Cranes and one of the rarest sights in the wild today, the whooping crane.

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