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| Western Grebe. Des Lacs NWR, ND. |
This is officially it. The last blog from North Dakota. I am weeping with joy. I will miss living on the Lostwood Refuge though, some of the people here, the intense mellowness and having nature right outside. Thank you, various deer, squirrels, rabbits, robins, Chipping Sparrows, Eastern Kingbirds, Cedar Waxwings, Yellow Warblers, Least Flycatchers, etc etc. for being good listeners. As is usually the case when I am living someplace bizarre, I involuntarily end up talking to the wildlife a lot after a while. This disturbing habit is something I developed at Midway Atoll (documented here, to be exact), and I suppose it suits me.
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| Broad-winged Hawk being assailed by a Purple Martin. Lake Metigoshe, ND. |
As I mentioned probably too many times before, I'm leaving tomorrow for points West...Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and then onto Las Vegas. A week full of bourbon, bastards and birds, hehe. The blogging is going to be slim for a bit, but you can at least rest assure that I am having more fun than you.
Fare thee well, gentle souls of the internets. I will be back soon!
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| Piping Plover nest...I think this one hatched, but the chicks did not make it. Lostwood NWR, ND. |
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| Willet. Des Lacs NWR, ND. |
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| Franklin's Gull. I'm pretty stoked on this picture. Des Lacs NWR, ND. |
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| Baird's Sparrow, one of my new favorite birds. Never thought I'd be able to get a picture like this though. Redmond Lakes, ND. |
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| Brown-eyed Susans? Turtle Mountains, ND. |
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| Tennessee Warbler. Lostwood NWR, ND. |
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| American Avocet. White Lake, ND. |
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| Swainson's Hawk. Sex with talons. Near Camas NWR, ID. |
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| Vesper Sparrow. Redmond Lakes, ND. |
