World Bird Sanctuary is located on 305 acres in St. Louis County and features outdoor animal exhibits, static collections indoors, a wildlife hospital, reading room and activity center, and hiking trails and picnic pavilions.

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Open to the public year round, the WBS center has:

Over 50 outdoor exhibits featuring live hawks, eagles, owls, falcons, pelicans, emus and a condor. Be sure to stop by and play hide and seek with Dorothy – an Andean Condor with a 12 foot wingspan that manages to hide behind a 1ft high tree stump in her habitat.

The WBS has a state of the art wildlife hospital with a patient-viewing window where you can see some of the 500 patients that the wildlife hospital treats within a single year; a nature center with indoor and outdoor exhibits (currently closed to the public), including mammals, reptiles, raptors and parrots; and a 300 seat outdoor amphitheater with many free public environmental education programs throughout the year. Check out our website to see what's coming up!

With over 9 miles of hiking trails, rated from easy to difficult, you can go for a short hike and visit our bird feeding stations; meet some of the pelicans, bald eagles, ravens, falcons, vultures, hawks, owls and parrots that call World Bird Sanctuary home.

Picnic pavilions are situated near bird feeders where you can enjoy watching squirrels, chipmunks and songbirds going about their day.

Learn about the birds at World Bird Sanctuary by scheduling a guided tour or other experience with us!

Admission:

Hours: 8am – 5pm, Monday through Sunday.

Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and closed at noon on Christmas Eve.

Admission and Parking is $8 per car! Donations are gladly accepted – donation boxes are situated throughout the site.

Amenities:

Handicapped accessibility trails and paved exhibit trails

No pets allowed.

Public restrooms.

Water Fountains

Soda, water and snack sales.

Gift shop.

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