Story is at the end today. (See below)
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| One of the flooded roads that goes nowhere. |
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| Controlled burning while the wind is down. |
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| Our lunch/picnic spot today looking at Devils Lake. |
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| The RR workers even stopped for us before they tooted their Train horn. |
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| Our "Campground" behind the Holiday Inn Express. |
This afternoon, Ruth and I celebrated on the way out to an Island near Devils Lake. There was a Wilson's Phalarope swimming in the water, as they do, in order to catch insects off the water and any edible food as well. Here it is. A diminutive bird, but elusive, as it moves about quickly on the water so fast it is difficult to get a focused picture much less a video. (We managed to get some of both.)
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| Wilson's Phalarope which spins in the water. |
A second bird was the American Avocet which we had seen a few times. It never ceases to catch your breath with its delicate looks. It is quick in the water and today we saw one chasing a duck away fom where it was feeding three times. The duck finally got the message.
We also were able to capture quite closely both the Red Winged Blackbird and the Yellow Headed Blackbird. The Red Wing puffed its epaulets nicely .
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American avocet with an upturned beak
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Red Winged Blackbird with its epaulets puffed.
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Yellow Headed Blackbird
We lunched on Graham Island in the middle of Devils Lake, stopped on many pot holes in two counties and put on 164 miles in doing so . One effort was a "dead end" when we could not find the entrance to a NWR (Alice LAke). Later we found out that the entrance was under water and no longer existed. We drove some 70 miles looking for it. Found a few birds while looking.
The remainder of the day allowed Jim to get a haircut. He really got scalped! (This is Indian country right?) Then a dinner at a very fine Steakhouse. Tomorrow we will head west to bird again with better direction .We will return to Sully's Hill to catch the Buffalo in the evening.
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