Travelling between Minnesota and western Montana means spending quite a bit of time in the Dakotas and eastern Montana. There's really no avoiding it. The truth is that there's much beauty to be found there, and I don't mind. I particularly like the "tree graveyards", those somewhat rare wetlands and small lakes that have stands of dead trees in them, seemingly preserved forever.
American Coot
American Kestrel
Belted Kingfisher
Burrowing Owl
Caspian Tern
Cedar Waxwing
Cooper's Hawk (juvenile)
Double-crested Cormorant
Lesser Scaup
Merlin
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Northern Pintail
Nothern Shoveler
Prairie Falcon
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant
Turkey Vulture
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
White-faced Ibis
Wood Duck
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