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There are also some quite faded warning signs. This one is about not smoking near the grain elevator.
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A bit further along, we saw more modern elevators, which make an interesting contrast.
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From Inglis we continued west to the Quill Lakes region in Saskatchewan, where there was fantastic birding. And some fairly gloomy skies.
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It drizzled. We birdwatched from the car, which kept us dry and the bugs out. (There were many bugs.)
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This photo was taken shortly before the main part of the storm arrived where we were. The abandoned house is to the west of the Quill Lakes, North of Wynard, SK.
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The birding at the Quill Lakes was fantastic - at least a dozen birds we'd never seen before, many we'd never identified, several we still aren't quite sure about. Lacking a painfully large telephoto lens, however, we don't have many good photos of the birds.
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But the skies could be quite fantastic.