Summer rains produced good habitat for a variety of waterfowl and shorebirds...and coots.
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A muskrat makes its way through the water at Cheyenne Bottoms. Birds aren't the only wildlife one can expect to see at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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A Cormorant rests on a muskrat lodge at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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A pair of whooping cranes take flight over the bottoms during their annual migration.
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Ducks fly over the water at Cheyenne Bottoms under a rising sun. Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge to the south are some of the premier wetlands in the United States.
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A pair of whooping cranes take flight over the Bottoms during their annual migration.
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Shorebirds feeding in shallow water at Cheyenne Bottoms, one of the world's top wetlands for shorebird migrations.
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Four teal head north while bigger flock heads south Thursday afternoon. Birds were numerous enough that hunters could pick their shots.
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Rick Tomlinson pilots his boat through a part of Cheyenne Bottoms that was dry at one time in 2008.
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A blue-winged teal shows the blue wing patches that gave them their name.
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A drake, left, and hen northern shoveler preen themselves at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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American avocets are common shorebirds in central Kansas in the spring.
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A Great Blue Heron glides through the air at Cheyenne Bottoms neat Great Bend. Both the Bottoms and Quivira to the south offer bird watchers thousands of options of birds to see.
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Two yearling whitetail bucks stand in knee-deep water about a half-mile from shore at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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Rick Tomlinson, Great Bend, takes a shot shortly after adjusting his decoys at Cheyenne Bottoms during teal season.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Summer rains produced good habitat for a variety of waterfowl and shorebirds...and coots.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Rick Tomlinson pilots his boat through a part of Cheyenne Bottoms that was dry at one time in 2008.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A muskrat makes its way through the water at Cheyenne Bottoms. Birds aren't the only wildlife one can expect to see at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle
A Cormorant rests on a muskrat lodge at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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Travis Heying / Heying
Summer rains and dense stands of kochia have combined to cover Cheyenne Bottoms with great waterfowl habitat. Blue-winged teal feed on the floating seeds and egrets feed on insects in the weeds.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
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