Tuesday, May 31, 2022

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge

After we left the Scandanavian Village, we headed over to another wildlife refuge to see what kinds of birds and animals that we could see. We were certainly glad we did. This refuge is just beautiful. The scenery is gorgeous and we saw so many birds and other wildlife.

According to Wikipedia, the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge "was renamed to be the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge in 1967 in honor of John Clark Salyer II, who was chief during 1934 to 1961 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Wildlife Refuges"


According to the Fish & Wildlife website, "J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935. The Refuge lies in the lake bed of glacial Lake Souris, once home to the Arikara, Assiniboine, Cheyenne, Hidatsa, Lakota, and Mandan Tribes of American Indians. Retreating glaciers created the rolling hills and temporary wetlands of today's landscape. Most of the Refuge is composed of river valley wetland habitat bordered by a narrow strip of upland vegetation. The southern portion of the Refuge includes wooded river bottomlands, floodplain meadows, and native prairie sandhills. The sandhills are remnants of wind-and-wave borne deposits on the ancient lakeshore. The land cover types found here - mixed grass prairie, river valley, marshes, sandhills, and woodlands - come together to support an abundant variety of wildlife."


Mallard



Blue-winged Teals


Eastern Kingbird



Northern Shoveler

Common Ground Dove






Wis
Wish we had seen it!




Canadian Geese






Eared Grebe


American Coot

White-faced Ibis

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Forster's Tern



                                        White-Faced Ibis
   White Faced Ibis

Canadian Goose

Otter


We had lots of fun watching this otter play


The scenery was fantastic




Northern Shoveler

Y
Yellow-headed Blackbird

Eared Grebes




Black-crowned Night Heron


American Coot






Outlet Works to the Dam


Yellow-headed Black Birds were all along this road









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