Chase Lake NWR, Midwest United States (Center on Interactive Map)

Some potholes in North Dakota

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Trips

Moving the Car

7/10/2012: After driving through Arrowwood NWR, my plan was to hit Chase Lake before continuing west. I still had not seen an Upland Sandpiper, and now I was feeling like I could dip on all the North Dakota specialty birds.

I drove around on various dirt roads for awhile in an attempt to follow the poor map that I had. You can really get yourself into trouble by following the "gray" roads on the road atlas. After some time, I finally found an entrance to Chase Lake..., but the road was closed!

Now, I found myself driving aimlessly and generally to the west (again) in the North Dakota farm country. On the way, I nearly ran over an Upland Sandpiper! Then there were a bunch of Sharp-tailed Grouse on the road! I dipped on the Chestnut-collared Longspur and the Sprague's Pipit.

Birds 8, Scott 4

Previous Visit (Arrowwood NWR: 7/10/2012)
Next Visit (McKenzie Slough: 7/11/2012)

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