Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
Mountain-Prairie Region
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Canada bluejoint grows in Lacreek's wet meadows
Canada Bluejoint 		Joe pye weed grows in Lacreek's wet meadows
Joe Pye Weed		 Foxtail barley grows in Lacreek's temporarily flooded wetlands
Foxtail Barley		 Blazingstar is a favorite nectar food source for butterflys
Blazingstar		 Wild rose can be found in small patches across the refuge
Wild Rose
Arrowhead is an important food source for trumpeter swans
Arrowhead		 Burreed seedheads provide an important foodsource for waterfowl
Burreed		 Spiderwort blooms continously from spring into early summer
Spiderwort		 Pool 10 in midsummer during a drawdown
Pool 10		 Aerial view from the sandhills looking into the Lake Creek Valley
Aerial View
Scenic Pool 8
Pool 8		 A sunrise with fog greets Refuge Headquarters
Refuge Headquarters		 A family group of trumpeter swans on Pool 7
Trumpeter Swans		 A group of American white pelicans forage near headquarters
American White Pelicans		 Mallards and Canada geese along Lake Creek
Mallards and Canada Geese
A marsh hawk soaring above the Refuge grasslands
Marsh Hawk		 Burrowing owls use abandoned prairie dog burrows to nest
Burrowing Owls		 A monarch feeding on a sunflower
Monarch		 Mink are common near refuge wetlands
Mink		 A short tailed weasel, or ermine, stops for a curious look
Weasel
A white tailed deer doe in her red summer coat
White Tailed Doe 		Twin white tailed deer fawns along Lake Creek
White Tailed Deer Fawns		 Using a Bobcat mounted tree shredder to keep the refuges wetlands open
Bobcat Mounted Tree Shredder		 Newly established trees are shredded to provide more open wetland conditions
Shredding Trees		 Refuge staff making a custom mix to be seeded on the refuge
Seed Mixing
Refuge Biologists conducting a vegetarian survey
Vegetation Survey		 An ATV mounted seed broadcaster used to seed native vegetation
ATV Mounted Seed Broadcaster		 Refuge staff use swim in traps to capture ducks for banding
Duck Banding		 A Bobcat mounted seed stripper used to harvest wetland seed
Bobcat Mounted Seed Stripper		 Nuttalls sunflower in bloom
Nuttalls Sunflower
Biological Monitoring
Biological monitoring 		Blue winged teal nest
Blue winged teal nest		 Burreed and wild rice
Burreed and wildrice		 Canada wild rye
Canada wild rye		 Drilling seed
Drilling seed
Marsh wren
Marsh wren		 Muskrat
Muskrat		 Pintail nest
pintail nest		 Pool 10
Pool 10		 Pool 8
Pool 8
Prescribed Burn
Prescribed Burn		 Ringnecked pheasant
Ringnecked pheasant		 Seed harvest
Seed harvest		 Sharp tailed grouse
Sharp tailed grouse		 Short eared owl
Short eared owl
Slough sedge meadow
Slough sedge meadow		 Smartweed and beggarstick
Smartweed and beggarstick		 Snowy egrets
Snowy egrets		 Swainson hawk
Swainson hawk		 Swans in flight
Swans in flight
Swans over pool 8
Swans over pool 8		 Thunderhead developing
Thunderhead developing		 American bittern
American Bittern		 Tree swallow
Tree swallow		 Trumpeter swans
Trumpeter swans
Vicon seeder
Vicon seeder		 Weasel
Weasel		 Wetland greenup
Wetland greenup		 White-tailed deer fawn
White-tailed deer fawn		 Windmill
Windmill
Yellow headed blackbird
Yellow headed blackbird
Last updated: October 14, 2009