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Snowy Plovers - 2 adults and 2 young
Big Stone NWR - Lac Que Parle County - 08July2006
The birds were located west of the dike that runs parallel to Hwy 75 on
the east side of the NWR. Take the one way road on top of the dike
(heading north) and hike out on the point west of the maintenance
shed passing between the fenced off old quarry and a row of trees.
Photos were taken via a scope with a hand
held camera. The autofocus, unfortunately, was focusing on rocks
and not on the birds. Photos are cropped (the good focus stuff is
not included) but not otherwise altered |
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| Adult with one chick (the
adult is hiding behind a leaf) |
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| Adult on sentinel with one cryptic
chick
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Adult with two young
It was a rare occurrence to have both chicks visible at the same time -
there were too many rocks to hide behind and the chicks were in constant
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Western Kingbird
Olmsted County 28Jun2004
SW corner of Rochester Airport (just north of Hwy 30)
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Brant
Found by Phil Chu at/near the Paynesville sewage ponds in Stearns
County on 21Mar2004 |
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Smew
Found by Chuck Krulas on Lake Shady at Oronoco in Olmsted County on
11Mar2004 |
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Tufted Titmouse
(Byron / Rochester area
in SE Minnesota) |
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Sage
Grouse
(SW North Dakota) |
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Chestnut-collared
Longspur
(Kidder County, North Dakota) |
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Northern
Cardinal
(Back yard) |
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Great Gray Owl
(Twin Cities suburbs)
link to another
Great Gray Owl
(North Shore, Lake Superior)
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Northern Hawk Owl
(Duluth, Jan 2002)
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White-winged Crossbills at the
feeder
(and yes, they were eating seeds from the feeder)
(Byron, Mar 24, 2002
by Diane Anderson)
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Ross's Goose
(Silver
Lake, Feb 29, 2004)
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Long-tailed
Duck
(East Landfill Reservoir,
April 6, 2004) |
 (at
very long range)
(sharpened
to aid ID - notice the black bib)
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Short-eared Owl (Olmsted County
near Salem Corners)
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