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Weekly waterfowl counts released by the Refuge are used to track the migration of species which pass through, including snowgeese. Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Missouri, United States (formerly Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge).
Screengrab from Facebook post by Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. Photos capture the birds taking off together in dense flocks and covering the refuge’s wetlands like way too many kids in ...
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge: Holt County: MO 1935 7,415 acres (30.01 km 2) [247] Mingo National Wildlife Refuge: Stoddard County Wayne County: MO 1944 21,676 acres (87.72 km 2) [248] Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge: Lawrence County: MO 1991 40 acres (0.16 km 2) [249] Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge: Iron County: MO 1987 90 ...
Missouri: Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. About 100 miles north of Kansas City, Loess Bluffs is a key hangout for wintering eagles, about 300 at peak migration in early December. There are ...
The Loess Hills region in Missouri. Today, the hills stretch from the Blood Run Site in South Dakota in the north to Mound City, Missouri in the south. Loess topography can be found at various points in extreme eastern portions of Nebraska and Kansas along the Missouri River valley, particularly near the Nebraska cities of Brownville, Rulo, Plattsmouth, Fort Calhoun, and Ponca, and the Iowa ...
A bald eagle flies at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge Friday, December 24, 2021, in Mound City, Montana. - Charlie Riedel/AP/File
This rare habitat with its unique floral assembly has been described by natural resources experts as the standard by which all loess bluffs can be judged. The refuge is noted for large numbers of wintering waterfowl which have exceeded 100,000 ducks in recent years. Approximately 250 species of birds use the refuge, which is an important ...
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report estimated 34 million ducks this spring in North America, 5% higher than last year.