A small wetland on a nearby private property held more waterfowl than the 20,000-plus acre Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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A tally of species and individual birds gathered Friday at the annual Christmas Bird Count at Quivira.
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The green heads of mallard drakes on a private wetland near the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge on Friday afternoon.
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Bog Gress proudly shows off the image of a snow bunting he photographed, one of the better finds on Friday's Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Mike Rader watches for birds as he plays recorded bird calls near the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. Rader and Robert Penner, right, were part of about 15 birders helping with the annual Christmas Bird Count.
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Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Bog Gress proudly shows off the image of a snow bunting he photographed, one of the better finds on Friday's Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Mike Rader watches for birds as he plays recorded bird calls near the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Mike Rader, left, gives some instructions to birders before they head out onto the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge on Friday.
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A flicker, Harris sparrow and finches sit in a tree, after coming to bird calls at the Quivira Christmas Bird Count.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Drifts of sand at what is supposed to be a wetland at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Drifts of sand at what is supposed to be a wetland at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Robert Penner, right, and Mike Rader, scan the Little Salt Marsh as part of Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Birders on Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge saw more deer than some normally common species of birdsÉlike Canada geese.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Mike Rader plays recorded bird calls, trying to get a rail to respond or show itself.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A small wetland on a nearby private property held more waterfowl than the 20,000-plus acre Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A flicker, Harris sparrow and finches sit in a tree, after coming to bird calls at the Quivira Christmas Bird Count.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A small wetland on a nearby private property held more waterfowl than the 20,000-plus acre Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Barry Jones tallies birds he located for the Christmas Bird Count at Quivira.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Prolonged drought has dried vast areas of the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, making for hard birding at Friday's annual Christmas Bird Count.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
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