If you've got the windows down, you'll hear them well before you see them. Thousands of birds make their way down from the Arctic to spend their winters on the east coast. The fields, impoundments, and lake at the Pungo Unit of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge come alive with the calls and wingbeats of these temporary residents, and each morning and evening they put on a show as the flock moves back and forth between the feeding grounds of the fields and the protected waters of the lake where they often roost.  

During the winter months, thousands of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans flock to North Carolina to feed and rest.