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    Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
    Welcome to Ankeny Wildlife Refuge.
    Pullouts like these are all around the refuge.
    Canada geese (Branta canadensis).
    Easy access trails in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
    A small boardwalk in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
    An observation blind in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
    Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
    An observation blind in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
    Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia).
    Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
    Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
    Canada geese (Branta canadensis).
    Canada geese (Branta canadensis).
    The main information center at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.
    Canada geese (Branta canadensis).
    Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus).
    Sunset at the interpretive viewpoint in Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge.

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