What a great day we had today and tonight there was a gorgeous sunset at Country Campground. What a beautiful evening walk we had!
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
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Wish we had seen it!
Canadian Geese
Eared Grebe
American Coot
White-faced Ibis
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Forster's Tern
White Faced Ibis
Canadian Goose
Otter
We had lots of fun watching this otter play
The scenery was fantastic
Northern Shoveler
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Yellow-headed Blackbird
Eared Grebes
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Black-crowned Night Heron
American Coot
Outlet Works to the Dam
Yellow-headed Black Birds were all along this road
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