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Welcome Back Waterfowl at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. Fish and Wildlife Service a. I watched their antics for a while, as they dodged in and out of holes around the visitor center, until my attention was seized back by the arrival of a calling pair of Sandhill Cranes.

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