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On my way home after a long day, I was driving by this dry salt flat without glancing at it much cause usually nothing is out there aside from a random coyote.

Um, are you lost, long-billed curlew?

A long-billed curlew stands on the dry and cracked mud, surrounded by bare dead brush and white alkali. It's oval body, supported by two thin long legs, is covered in speckled brown feathers, while the lighter head is turned to the left, revealed the long thin bill that is slightly curved downward near the end. A small dark eye glistens in the sunlight.

A wide stretch of dry flat alkali lake bed, with a shoreline of small dunes built up around the low lying brush. Areas of white alkali surround patches of cracked and broken dried mud. Juniper covered mountains rise up in the background into a clear blue sky with puffy white clouds behind them. In the center of the image is a small oval dark spot standing on the bare ground.
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    Caught some morning shots of a couple Turkey Vultures in the early sunlight.

    A large dark brown bird perches on a bare branch amid the new green leaves of the tree. Sunlight filters through the leaves, shining light and casting shadows on the bald red head with a white tipped beak, and the grey talons that grip the branch. It's dark black eye glints in the morning sun.

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    I absolutely love the sunlit colors of the white-faced ibis! Just look at them!

    A dark red-brown bird moves through the shallow water along a muddy shore of a canal in search of something to eat. It's head is lowered, the white outlined pink face looking down over a long curved beak that is partially open. Long pink legs support the large oval body, one foot raised as it moved forward. The feathers on the wings and tail are lit by the sun, revealing the iridescent green, dark blue, purple, gold, and pink coloring.
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    I saw a Clark's Grebe with a baby on her back!!

    A white bird with a long neck, a black cap that ends before it reaches the bright red eye, and fluffed up grey wings swims in front of a wall of green reeds across a slightly rippled lake. Between the fluffed feathers, a small fuzzy white head with a black eye and beak is lifted up, watching the world go by.
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    While I was out today, this Long-Billed Curlew led me on a short walk along the top of a levee (?) along the south edge of North Nutgrass. I took several photos of my silent walking companion.

    A large brown and tan speckled bird strolls across the image from right to left on the dry grey mud road, the forward grey leg lifted showing the thin bare foot. It's long wings taper to a point on the tail. A lighter head and neck holds a gleaming black eye and a long thin downward curved black bill.

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    Finally saw a snowy plover this year! So smol!!

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    Some of the 32 species I saw today as I was driving around this morning. It was a beautiful day after the rain storm yesterday and it seemed the birds were out enjoying the cool spring morning under the bright sun.

    A snowy egret peers down into a shallow pond, its bright white body lifted above the rippled water. The long neck is tucked back against it's shoulders, brilliant yellow eye gazing down long a long thin black beak. The rippled water causes the bright reflection to distort just slightly.
    An American avocet hunts along the edge of a shallow lake. The black and white striped body of the bird is angled downward, its rust red head and neck focused on the muddy bottom of the lake, long curved black beak ready to snatch whatever it sees. The water is clear and shallow enough that the tracks of its hunt are visible, including where it circled around in a spiral as it went after some prey.
    A large dark turkey vulture perches on the end of a grey power line support. It's wings are spread to soak in the morning sun, revealing the light grey/white underside. It's bald red head and white tipped beak are visible as it preens it's chest. A clear blue sky fills the background.

    An eared grebe floats on the surface of a reservoir. The small diving bird has a reddish color to its body feathers, with the tail being a fluffy pink and white. Dark wings lay across its back, while a dark head is turned towards the camera, allowing the sunlight to illuminate the bright gold feathers that lay on the sides of its head. A bright red eye looks out over a sharp narrow beak.
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    It's such a beautiful weekend, popped out once again to Stillwater NWR to see what birds have made it this far on their spring migration.

    These and more pictures are up on my Metapixl: https://metapixl.com/p/NevadaWolf/675115878484773816

    A large Bald Eagle perches on a thick branch covered in rough bark, gripping tightly with massive yellow talons. The bird's tell-tale black body and white head and tail are easily visible amid the winter bare branches. It's powerful yellow beak is open in a wide yawn.
    An absolutely gorgeous non-breeding Ruddy Duck swims across a rippled blue lake, it's brown and tan feathers broken only by the large white patch on its cheek and black cap that blends into the black bill. The tall brown tail is held upward. The duck is glistening due to the water droplets clinging to its feathers.
    A Say's Phoebe perches on a bent reed, it's beak full of small twigs and other nesting material. The small bird with a brown back and light yellow chest stands on thin black legs as it's head is tipped slightly to look up at the human that is in the way. One glistening black eye seems to say "Please leave." I did.

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