Birds Are you are a bird watcher? Would you like to help out with a bird banding project? BLM's vast and varied lands are definitely "for the birds"! Did you know, for instance, that BLM's Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area is home to the largest concentration of nesting birds of prey in North America? To find out more about BLM and birds, check out these sites. Resources Birds of the Carrizo Plain National Monument Bird checklist for this national monument near Bakersfield, California. Birds of Prey Links to fact sheets on 24 nesting and migrating raptors found at the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (NCA) in Idaho; includes general background on raptors, classification information, as well as viewing tips and a calendar showing when different species are likely to be found at the NCA.