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Day 246: Benton Lake NWR, part 1

Being alone for the long weekend, I was in no hurry to go home, so it was off to the Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, just north of Great Falls!  I had been told there weren’t any birds to see, but they were wrong.  I think this is a female Blue-winged Teal.

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Upps!  Spoke too soon about how many birds there were!

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A White-faced Ibis.  Or three.

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A closer view of two.

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A Red-tailed Hawk.

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A Marbled Godwit.

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A Less Yellowlegs and a Marbled Godwit.

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A cattail.

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