This preserve is for the birds! The hiking
trail at the Domer-Neff Nature Preserve and
Bird Sanctuary winds its way through bucolic
old fields and low shrubs that provide true
sanctuary for many of the 218 recorded species
of birds found on Washington Island. This
beautiful preserve was established in 1997 to
protect the upland acres of bird habitat. As
the first Door County Land Trust nature
preserve on Washington Island, it also marked
the beginning of an important relationship
between the Land Trust and the Washington
Island community. Since the establishment of
the preserve, Washington Island school children
have planted hundreds of native trees and
shrubs to enhance the property’s bird habitat.
Avian visitors include eastern kingbirds, field
sparrows, meadowlarks and bluebirds. Kestrels,
harriers and other birds of prey may be seen
hunting in these open meadows.