A mountain bluebird eating a cedar berry near Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford County. Wichita area birders have reported recently seeing bluebirds at Lake Cheney and Lake Afton.
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A sandhill crane jumps off the ground as he performs a courting dance in one of the many farm fields surround the Platte River near Kearney, Ne. The lesser sandhill cranes are known for their joyfull jumping. Hundreds of thousands of the birds can be seen in the fields during their migration north.
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Hundreds of thousands of snow geese are migrating northward, heading to breeding grounds in the Arctic.
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John Jenkins converted short laundry holders into perches for his purple martins.
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Canada geese getting ready to land. The bird at the right is turning so its wings grab less air so it can lose altitude more quickly.
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A purple martin lands by others. The perch usually holds 12-15 singing purple martins every evening.
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A flock of snow geese. The bird on the bottom is one of several color phases of the species.
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A few of several thousand geese currently using a Harvey County pond.
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Snow, Canada and white-fronted geese returning to a pond after feeding on grain.
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Hundreds of thousands geese mill in the sky above Quivira's Big Salt Marsh.
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Two small Canada geese over a Harvey County pond during the spring migration.
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Wetlands at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area offer critical resting places for migrating waterfowl.
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Wetlands at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area offer critical resting places for migrating waterfowl.
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Snow, white-fronted and Canada geese on a Harvey County pond Thursday morning.
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Snow geese surrounded by a lot of Canada geese and a few whitefronts.
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Canada and white-fronted geese surround a pair of white-headed snow geese.
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Canada geese take flight at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford County. Spring migration is early this year, according to Kansas wildlife specialists. Currently, large flocks of waterfowl Ð snow geese, ducks, Candadian geese, are pushing through central Kansas on their way north.
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Hundreds of thousands geese mill in the sky above Quivira's Big Salt Marsh.
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Cheyenne Bottoms draws birders from all across North America to witness spring and fall migrations.
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Purple martins rest outside their houses maintained at The Great Plains Nature Center.
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Purple martins are so dark they almost look black unless hit with the right amount of sunlight.
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Pelicans migrate through the Cheyenne Bottoms every fall and spring. These were staying the summer.
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Thousands of sandhill cranes fill the sand bars of the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. The annual migration of birds (nearly 500,000) through central Nebraska brings bird watchers from across the country.
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Hundreds of thousands geese mill in the sky above Quivira's Big Salt Marsh.
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Thousands of sandhill cranes fill the sand bars of the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. The annual migration of birds (nearly 500,000) through central Nebraska brings bird watchers from across the country.
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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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Thousands of lesser sandhill cranes fill the evening sky over the Platte River near Kearney, Ne. as they prepare to land and take a break from their northward migration. Nearly 500,000 of the birds will stop over in the area through the end of March.
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Thousands of sandhill cranes fill the farm fields near the Platte River in Kearney, Nebraska. The annual migration of birds (nearly 500,000) through central Nebraska brings bird watchers from across the country.
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Busy flocks of red winged blackbirds swirl around a tree at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford County.
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Red winged blackbird sits atop a cattail at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford County. The red-wingeds are some of the most abundant birds during the season changes of Kansas. Look for them near fresh or salt water marshes, on utility wires and along the backroads of Kansas.
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Hundreds of thousands of Canada and white-fronted geese spend the winter and fall at Cheyenne Bottoms.
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