Contributed by Ellie Hill & Margaret Graham with photos by Adele Stapleton and plant identification by Jesse Ritcey
Cooler weather prevailed as our Naturalist Club group ventured forth on Sunday, June 3 to explore the grasslands of Lac Du Bois, hoping for a day of glorious scenery, vibrant wildflowers, and cooperative birds. As always, the area did not disappoint and as we stopped at roadside ponds and lakes we saw a variety of birds, including common loon, red-necked grebe, lesser scaup, ruddy duck, northern shoveler, American wigeon, gadwall, bufflehead, Barrow’s goldeneye, ring-necked duck, mallard, American coot, spotted sandpiper, willow flycatcher, common raven, tree swallow, marsh wren, Swainson’s thrush, American robin, common yellowthroat, chipping sparrow, western meadowlark, red-winged blackbird, yellow-headed blackbird, and Brewer’s blackbird.
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