Hiking the Refuge

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From this morning's 8-mile hike in western Montana.
I started out later than normal, so missed the good morning light.

Cinnamon Teal

 

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From this morning's hike:
Drake Gadwall:


Shovelers shoveling:

 

[Boarmaster]

Glad you got out. Great pics

 

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Redheads

 

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Cans on land from yesterday's refuge hike.

 

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The Men are all gussied up and looking for action!

Great shots, keep em coming.

 

[TacoHunter]

Wow great pics.

 

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The Men are all gussied up and looking for action!

Great shots, keep em coming.

Yes, tis the season

 

[Weldor]

Nice.

 

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Blue wing teal are uncommon in interior Alaska, I never shot one up there in 30 years.
Yesterday I saw my first bluewings down here at the Montana Refuge.
At 200 yards, but still fun to watch.

 

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Cinnamon Teal pair about 200 yards out.

 

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Lots of activity this morning.

 

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An osprey from yesterday's refuge hike.
Now up to 10 miles which takes me less than 3.5 hours if I am not stopping to take photos.

I've been seeing herds of 20-40 whitetail does, while in the winter I might see 2 if I was lucky.
The whitetails must come here to drop their fawns, as the cover is pretty heavy.
I have yet to see a bear.

 

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Hiking in the drizzle yesterday, found some Montana Wood Ducks

 

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With irrigation canal input of more water into the refuge, many more swans this week.

 

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Took me 4 hours to hike 9.5 miles this morning.
Lots of distractions