Wildlife Photo Trek to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge

On Thursday I took a trip to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge to take pictures of Waterfowl and whatever else would hold still long enough to let me get a picture of it.

Mingo is over 21000 acres of bottomlands that is right on the flight path of many different migratory birds. It is new Puxico, MO and I am told there are a lot more photo opportunities that at my beloved Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge.

Kris Killman of https://www.killmanart.com/ (My running buddy and photography mentor) called to get bird counts from the refuge and there are lots of bird waiting on us to come down and photograph them.

The day started at 0430 meet up at my house with Kris to drive there. Yes coffee is required. Which is not unusual since it is required every morning in my book. headed south to get there right before dawn. The drive was uneventful and we got to Mingo just as the sun was coming up.

Once there several things became very apparent. This is a large refuge, there were lots of wildlife to see, and that the water levels were way down. With as much wildlife we saw in those conditions it makes me want to go back one when the water levels are normal. This has quickly become one of my favorite places for wildlife photography! I can’t wait for my next expedition there!

So if your looking for a place to go see lots of wildlife I can highly recommend Mingo Wildlife Refuge.

Until next time

The Redleg Photographer