Towheeblog

Very little traffic in the Lower Klamath NWR or along the farm roads of Butte Valley.   Where were all the birders on such a spectacular day?This crane was along Dead Indian Memorial Road in the Cascades but there were plenty of cranes in the south end of the NWR auto tour route.Cliff Swallows above, still building nests.  Cinnamon Teal male, below:Eared Grebe, Indian Tom Lake..Forster Terns, gracefulness on wings…below a little hint of Mt. Shasta behind a bird mystics could deify.Gadwall above, Greater Yellowlegs above…and later we found a single Lesser Yellowlegs.Harrier in field east of Keno.Pheasant, now you see me, now you…Stilt and passing blackbirdSun on my shoulders…Tricolored Blackbird, inside Oregon south of Township Road:IbisVesper Sparrow at Howard PrairieFemale Wilson’s Phalarope