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Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex

An adult bald eagle soars majestically above the Missouri River breaks, its white head and tail sparkling in the bright December sun.  It peers downward, on a quest for prey.  Suddenly, it folds its wings and stoops, dropping toward the river at 100 miles per hour.  Checking his descent, the eagle skims above the Missouri's ice-blue waters and deftly thrusts a talon under the surface.  He pulls up and wings toward a tall cottonwood tree packing his breakfast, a silvery shad. The eagle flares his wings and lands upon a gnarled limb.  A scream of defiance warns potential intruders that this woodland is the realm of a bird of strength and courage, and a symbol of our nation.

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Lake Andes NWR Complex
38672 291st Street
Lake Andes, SD 57356
Telephone: 605-487-7603
Fax: 605-487-7604