Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017 

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017 

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Quin Farm, Summit, MS 12.2017

Bogue Chitto River, Quin Farm, Summit, MS cq©12.8.2017
National Wildlife Refuge is a wild and watery wonderland located on the border of Mississippi and Louisiana. Bogue Chitto is named for a nearby river, and the name is an Natchez Indian word meaning "big creek".

Wildlife and habitat: The refuge is home to hundreds of bird species. The most abundant species are the neotropical migrants, including the prothonotary and Swainson's warblers, tyrant flycatchers, yellow-billed cuckoo, and white-eyed vireo. In smaller numbers found on the refuge are migratory game birds such as American woodcock and wild turkey, wading birds such as egrets and herons, waterfowl such as wood duck, and raptors such as hawks and owls. Endangered and threatened species found on the refuge are bald eagle, ringed map turtle, gopher tortoise, inflated heelsplitter, and Gulf sturgeon.

The mixed hardwood forest includes Water oak, Overcup Oak, American Elm, Sweetgum, and Red Maple on higher elevations and Bald Cypress, Water Tupelo, and Black Tupelo along the wettest areas. Mid-story in mixed hardwoods includes American Hophornbeam, Southern Arrowwood, Virginia Sweetspire and reproduction of the overstory. Typical mid-story plants along the sloughs and bayous are Buttonbush, Eastern Swampprivet, and Water Elm.