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Canvasback ducks swim on the Big Salt Marsh at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

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A whitetail fawn, born last spring, looks at a truck a few yards from Quivira's south entrance. Many fawns have been chased from their does by bucks during the on-going breeding season.

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Quivira has some of the highest deer densities in Kansas. Many big bucks have lost most of their caution during the on-going mating season.

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Geese mill in the air as they prepare to leave Quivira and feed in surrounding farm fields.

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A whitetail doe stands from her bed beneath a tree at Quivira.

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A mature whitetail buck peaks through trees while searching for a doe.

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A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron prowls a patch of marsh by the Wildlife Loop.

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Mallard ducks rest on a quiet wat near the Wildlife Loop.

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Geese flush as they head to feed.

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Snow geese rest at Quivira. More than a million waterfowl and sandhill cranes spend time at the refuge every fall and winter.

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Hundreds of thousands geese mill in the sky above Quivira's Big Salt Marsh.

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Hundreds of thousands geese mill in the sky above Quivira's Big Salt Marsh.

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Many rate watching the waterfowl rise from Quivira's Big Salt Marsh as one of the top wildlife displays in the midwest.

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Hundreds of thousands geese mill in the sky above Quivira's Big Salt Marsh.

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Six of many thousands of snow geese currently at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

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Six of many thousands of snow geese currently at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

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A whitetail buck watches a nearby doe. Quivira has vast amounts of prairie as well as wetlands.

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A whitetail doe wears identifying ear tags and a GPS tracking collar as part of a research project at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

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A view from Quivira's Wildlife Loop at sunset. The birds are geese, ducks and sandhill cranes.

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Geese and sandhill cranes return to the Big Salt Marsh from feeding in area farm fields.

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