Saturday July 20, 2019 I have been having a real internal battle about what does and doesn’t belong on this blog from my point of view. Do I really put rodeos and art shows here? If not here, where would I put them? I originally thought that I would limit this to just bird posts … More Quilt Show
Saturday July 13, 2019 On the road early in the morning I headed north. I’ve been working on a trip itinerary for Red Rock Lakes Wildlife Refuge up in Montana and though I had some reluctance I headed north. I knew that Red Rock would be awesome and I had never been there so that … More Camas National Wildlife Refuge – July 2019
My first sighting of a Western tanager was in Yellowstone near the Madison River. It was a chilly drizzly day and there was a pileup of dead trees and debris in the river and on that pileup was this bright bird. At first I thought I was looking at two birds one red and one … More Featured Bird: Western Tanager
Arimo to Curlew National Grasslands thru Arbon Valley Saturday, July 6, 2019 The maternal grandmother’s family reunion is held in Arimo every year. I like to take the backroads to get there. After a lovely time at the picnic gathering I headed south to detour over to the Curlew National Grasslands. Unfortunately a couple of … More Scouting Curlew National Grasslands
July 3, 2019 I’ve always loved the shape and color of classic cars. When I found out about this small car show I had to go. Maybe it’s time I learned how to take photographs of cars. One of the things I was trying to do with these photos is to not take pictures of … More Inkom Car Show 2019
Saturday June 29, 2019 I left early (5:00 a.m.) in the morning to visit the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I was seduced by baby avocet pictures on their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/BearRiverMBR/ There were so very many birds, it was awesome. I ended up making the circle twice and I’m very happy I did. It … More Bear River Refuge – June 2019
At Camas Northern shovelers: Anas clypeata I see a lot of Northern shovelers in the places I bird regularly. They seem to be omnipresent at Camas National Wildlife Refuge and at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I love this colorful bird and his huge shovel like bill. He was one of the first birds … More Featured Bird: Northern Shovelers
