Seventeen-Years Ago Today. World Life List #119. Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado.
A pair of American Wigeons (Mareca americana) observed near a pond along the Auto Loop in the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is among the highest wildlife refuges in the continental United States situated at an elevation between 8,100 to 8,700 feet and sitting in an interglacial plain between two mountain ranges. It encompasses diverse habitats, including sagebrush steppe uplands, grassland meadows, willow riparian zones, and wetlands. This 23,464-acre refuge was established in 1967, primarily to provide suitable nesting and rearing habitats for migratory.

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