Sunday, April 23, 2017

Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge

Today a sibling and I visited the refuge across from the Minneapolis airport for a marshbird training.  Like last year a male turkey was positively vibrating in self-approval at the window almost the entire time.

After our training we went for a walk and saw all these violets blooming.  This picture doesn't do it justice because it was literally a carpet of  purple, light purple, and white blooms. We walked all the way down to the river bottoms in search of the Dutchman's Breeches we saw last year. No luck there but ironically we heard a sora rail and a Virginia rail calling!.
 
We hike back up the hill and what does my sibling spot?  Dutchman's breeches!

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