Pinterest
AllRefer.com > Pictures & Images > Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Picture

Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Andes NWR, Lake Andes, South Dakota: Sandhill cranes are a stunning sight as they rise from the prairie of Lake Andes Refuge. The lake for which the refuge is named is a typical prairie lake, dependent upon snowmelt and rainfall run-off. About every 20 years or so, it is dry. The wildlife vary according to the season and the precipitation cycle. In wet years, there is an abundance of white pelicans, tundra swans, and waterfowl of every description. In dry years, the upland birds—the ring-necked pheasants, wild turkeys, prairie chickens, and sharp-tailed grouse—take over. The refuge also hosts white-tailed and mule deer, herons, yellowlegs, sandpipers, badgers, coyotes, red foxes, raccoons, and a variety of songbirds. Bald eagles hunt and fish here, but their night roosts and nests are at the adjacent Karl Mundt refuge, closed to the public because the eagles’ sensitivity to distur

See more.

Lake Andes NWR, Lake Andes, South Dakota: Sandhill cranes are a stunning sight as they rise from the prairie of Lake Andes Refuge. The lake for which the refuge is named is a typical prairie lake, dependent upon snowmelt and rainfall run-off. About every 20 years or so, it is dry. The wildlife vary according to the season and the precipitation cycle. In wet years, there is an abundance of white pelicans, tundra swans, and waterfowl of every description. In dry years, the upland birds—the ring-necked pheasants, wild turkeys, prairie chickens, and sharp-tailed grouse—take over. The refuge also hosts white-tailed and mule deer, herons, yellowlegs, sandpipers, badgers, coyotes, red foxes, raccoons, and a variety of songbirds. Bald eagles hunt and fish here, but their night roosts and nests are at the adjacent Karl Mundt refuge, closed to the public because the eagles’ sensitivity to disturbance during nesting. However a road through that refuge offers ample opportunities for observing the eagles and other species found there.

Hide.
Categories
Author: Zahm, Gary/USFWS

License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Public domain)
640 x 512 44.91 KB
960 x 768 98.60 KB
Downloads
Embed Photo
(Copy & Paste in your website)
Link To Us
(Copy & Paste in your website)
Animals > Birds Pictures
Added On
15th September 2015
Viewed
7 viewed
Subscribe & Enjoy good quality of pictures everyday free in your mail