Wildlife at Benton Lake

Today when Clint got up we decided to take a nice drive out to Benton Lake Wildlife Refuge.  It's fairly close to town and a good place to take a peek as some critters.  It was really nice and enjoyable, except that the skeeters have really come out!  Luckily they weren't too aggressive towards us, there were just a lot of them!  Here are some pictures from our drive.

A muskrat

We think this is called a yellow headed black-bird.  (A clever name!)

A hen and drake shoveler

The little man

A gadwall

As you can see it was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed our drive.  We also stopped an took a little hike spotting several white-tails out in the prairie. 

Besides that the weekend was fairly low key.  We went to the Farmer's market and spent some time at Grandpa and Grandma's house.  Then today Dane and I got all of our shopping done while Clint was sleeping, we spent a while at the park chasing gophers, butterflies and birds, and just had a great time. 

Kimber (we think that is going to be the baby's name) is happily hanging out...  and we are okay with it.  Our Doctor gets back tonight so any time now she can make her appearance and we would be thrilled.  But, she will come when she is ready, so until then...  we wait!  :)