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Red-spotted Purple 12 June 2006 Barnes County, ND (female)

Turkey Vulture (1st yr.-incomplete red face, whitish ends to feathers), Sheyenne River Scenic Byway, June 10, 2006

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, male, 7 June 2006

With red on face and back of head, this is a hybrid red-shafted/yellow-shafted Northern Flicker in southwestern ND.

Dung beetle - oh yeah, it's fresh!   /   Butterfly - variegated fritillary.

Dicksissel invasion of 2006- multitudes of singing males in alfalfa fields, on fences in Barnes County, June 1 along the Sheyenne River Scenic Byway south of Valley City, ND.

Below: Eastern Wood Pewee and a late nesting Canada Goose on a round bale of hay.

A female (a guess) snapping turtle on her way to lay her eggs along banks of Sheyenne River (May 31, 2006).

Sora, May 14, 2006

Wilson's Phalarope pair, May 14, 2006 / Palm Warbler May 16

Gray-cheeked Thrush   /                 Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Eurasian Collared-Dove-Note black line on neck, wings with no speckles.