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Category: Benton Lake NWR
May 9 – White-faced Ibis
May 9 – Eared grebe pair in pond 3
May 8 – Duck and Antelope at Benton Lake
May 8 – Male and Female scaups with a Eared grebe
May 7 – Sandhill Crane flying over marsh
April 27 – Swainson’s Hawk on usual tree at Benton Lake
April 27 – Blue-winged teal pair
April 24 – Male Sharp-tailed grouse dancing
April 14 – Tree sparrows have arrived
April 4 – Coyote passes by and stands for a portrait
April 4 – Short-eared owl flying by
April 4 – Short-eared owl flying towards me
April 4 – Short-eared owl in the blue hour
March 26 – White tails jumping
March 26 – Common Goldeneye at Benton Lake
Nov 19 – Tundra Swans at Benton Lake NWR
Nov 19 – Female Northern Harrier at Benton Lake NWR
Nov 7 – Still 75 Tundra Swans at Benton Lake NWR
Nov 6 – Swan conversation
Nov 6 – Swan and ducks
Oct 30 – Snow Geese show up at Benton Lake
Oct 30 – American Tree Sparrow
Oct 30 – Pintails lifting off
Aug 30 – Damsel fly at Benton Lake in the evening
Aug 30 – Young white-crowned sparrow at Benton Lake evening
July 9 – Male Northern Harrier
July 9 – Female Northern Harrier
June 19 – Short-eared owl chases female northern harrier
June 19 – Eared grebe with 3 babies
April 14 – Meadowlark shaking off the night
March 30 – Male Sharp-tailed grouse at the Lek
March 20 – Tundra Swans on a cloudy afternoon
March 19 – Wigeon pair on island
March 19 – Rough-legged hawk
March 19 – Northern Pintails at Benton Lake
Dec 31 – Heart-shaped Pine Cone Landers Fork
Dec 31 – Pine Cone Landers Fork
Dec 31 – Ice Grid on Landers fork
Dec 31 – Ice in animal footprint
Dec 12 – Detail of frost on tall grass
Dec 12 – Sharp-tailed grouse in the morning
Nov 8 Sharp-tailed grouse at Benton Lake
Oct 31 American Tree Sparrow
Oct 31 First Roughie of the season
Oct 31 Raven gets a Halloween treat
September 27 Great Horned Owl flying past
September 27 Great Horned Owl at Benton Lake
September 27 Sunrise at Benton Lake
Aug 24 Young Red-breasted nuthatch
Aug 24 Northern Harrier diving
Aug 7 Curlews at Benton Lake
Aug 2 Savannah sparrow bristles at Hawk
Aug 2 Young Wilson’s Phalarope
July 27 Ring-billed Gull with crawfish
July 26 Pelican flying
July 25 Heron in the reeds
July 19 Young barn swallow tests his wings
July 19 Contest December Reflections
July 19 Franklin Gulls chillin
July 19 Forsters Tern attacks
July 19 Coot mom and babies
July 5 Forster’s Diving
June 29 – Young Upland sandpiper
June 20 Eared Grebe with baby
June 15 – Female Gadwall
June 15 – Killdeer broken wing
May 18 – Meadowlarks
May 12 – Eared Grebe
May 3 – Female Shoveler
May 3 – Upland Sandpiper balancing on fence
April 22 – 1 Buffleheads landing
April 22 – Buffleheads in formation
April 23 – Northern Lights
April 14 – Horned Lark
April 9 – Magpie at Benton Lake
April 9 – California Gull at Benton Lake
April 1 – Goldeneyes at Benton Lake
Dec 8 – Moonrise : 1 day past full moon
Dec 8 – Road from Benton Lake Wildlife Preserve
Dec 7 – Loggerheaded shrike
Sept 10 – White Faced Ibis
August 14 – Avocet and Heron
August 14 – Black necked stilt chirping
August 14 – 2 Black-necked stilts
August 14 – Ferruginous at Benton Lake Liftoff
August 14 – Black necked stilt dragging toes
August 11 – Morning Avocet
August 11 – Willet flying
July 30 – Flying Lesser Yellowlegs
July 29 – Greater Yellowlegs
July 29 – Black crowned night heron
July 29 – Long-billed curlew
July 29 – Wimbrel
July 11 – White-face Ibis – Benton Lake
June 25 – Common Yellowthroat
June 23 – Black Neck Stilt
June 23 – Common Yellow-Throat
April 1 – Sharp-Tailed Grouse