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Our field trip leader was Mike Flynn, and this is a picture of him taking the group out. Only part of our group is in this image - the rest are back in the parking lot getting a tutorial from Steve Rissing on using a binocular.
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First stop was the tower, which overlooks the wetland area of the park. The only problem was that we've had a bit of drought and there wasn't much water left in the wetland. No water, no birds. Somewhat disappointing, but a good lesson on the ecology of wetlands.
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Some more people heading to the tower.
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Hmmmm - this is not your typical wetland for Glacier Ridge. I've posted other reports on Glacier Ridge that show a good diversity of birds. Click on this link to see some better scenarios for birding here.
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We mostly had a nice aerial show from a couple of red-tailed hawks. This was an adult/juvenile pair.
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Even though the number of bird species was on the low side for this park, we had some beautiful autumn flowers in the prairie to enjoy
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The shaded forest was also enjoyable to experience on this unusually warm day.
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I always enjoy seeing the fall foliage changing color.
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Not for this plant, though - leaves of three, let it be.
We had a good start to our birding excursions. Next trip will be Oct 28th to Hoover Reservoir.
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