Photo ABCs

Chestnut-collared Longspur, Bobolink

A Chestnut-collared Longspur, photographed not far from Minot, North Dakota, in June of this year:

A Bobolink, photographed in prairie habitat near Minot. Two life-birds for me!

White-breasted Nuthatch, Brewer's Blackbird

A White-headed Nuthatch perches next to its nest cavity in Oak Park, in Minot, North Dakota. Photographed in June of this year.

A Brewer's Blackbird, photographed next to our hotel in Minot:

 

Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, Sedge Wren

An Eastern Phoebe, photographed at the Salyer National Wildlife Reserve, North Dakota, in June of this  year:

An Eastern Kingbird, photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge the following day:

A Sedge Wren, photographed a few minutes later. The Sedge Wren looks and acts a lot like a Marsh Wren. It has a less prominent supercilium and some other differences, and occupies habitat farther away from the water than a Marsh Wren. Another life-bird on this trip for me!

 

Killdeer

A Killdeer parent is protective of its fledgling.

Photographed in June of this year at Powers Lake, North Dakota.

Veery

Of all of the birds I photographed in one week in North Dakota, this Veery, I think, was my favorite.

First, it was a life-bird for me, and second, it's so cheerful looking!

Photographed in Lake Metigoshe State Park in June of this year.

White-tailed Deer

A White-tailed Deer, photographed somewhere between Lake Metigoshe and Minot, North Dakota, in June of this year.

Wild Prairie Rose

The state flower of North Dakota. Photographed at Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, in June of this year.

Yellow Warbler

A very hungry fledgling Yellow Warbler wonders when its meal delivery service will arrive.

Photographed in Oak Park, in Minot, North Dakota, in June of this year.

Red-winged Blackbird

Male and female Red-winged Blackbirds, photographed near Minot, North Dakota in June of this year:

Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwits are known for chasing intruders away from nests, even when the nest is far away.

This godwit appeared from hundreds of yards away to chase the group I was with over what it considered its prairie territory, even though we had no idea where its nest was.