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Birders flock to Bottoms, QNWR
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A calm oasis outside of Great Bend awaits travelers of the feathered variety at Squaw Lake which is a sand pit that was dug in the 1940s. The sand was used to build the long runway at the Great Bend Airport used for the B-29 bombers stationed there during World War II.
Birders from all four corners of the country – including Connecticut, California, Michigan and New Mexico – flocked to Barton County this past weekend to enjoy all of the bird watching available during the spring migration at Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. "I’ve been wanting to come here for years," said Nancy Welch of Hershey, Penn. "I see a lot of birds here I don’t see at home."