These male Northern pintails cruised one of the flooded farm fields immediately adjacent to the car so it was an easy photograph.
Male Northern pintails...
This is a raptor I have found it extremely difficult to photograph. Here in the Skagit area the main photographic opportunities are when the birds are found on power lines, but even then they usually fly if there is any discernable slowing of a vehicle in their vicinity. I was very gratified to get this photograph... this is a beautiful bird!
Male American kestrel...
The refuge is the winter home of thousands of Sandhill cranes. Most fly off to adjacent farm fields to feed during the day but return to the refuge and spend the night in flooded farm fields for safety from coyotes and other predators.
Sandhill crane family group...
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