Yellow Garden Spider

Originally posted on another platform by Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

In a pollinator garden, often there are creatures that will take advantage of pollinators. This Yellow Garden Spider made its zipper like web right in the middle of our pollinator garden at Headquarters. Photo: USFWS.

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Wilson's Snipe

Yes, they really exist! Here are two of them feeding in the shallows of Little Salt Marsh: Snipe (Wilson's, to be exact).

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Egrets are still here in mid-September

From Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Stafford, KS:

Egrets still around (NE 170th). Cooler weather in October usually pushes most of them south.


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Ring-billed Gull

A Ring-billed Gull had great success finding crayfish along the Wildlife Drive this afternoon.


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Mama Raccoon

Mama Raccoon was watching over her 4 young yesterday north of Migrants Mile.


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The Uncommon Long-billed Curlews | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Uncommon sight: we only see Long-billed Curlews at Quivira a few times a year (at best), so the sight of a flock 18 of them resting on the flats along NE 170th Street this morning was indeed a wonderful treat!

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Pretty Pintails! | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Pretty Pintails! These and Mallards definitely are making up the majority of our duck population these last couple of weeks, but no complaints from us.