MORE KLAMATH RIVER PIC'S

Here are a few more pic's from yesterday's trip (06-25-07).

It has been a while since I last posted: I apologize to those faithful visitors to my humble blog: for not providing the level of quality and posting frequency you have come to expect. A few comments of admonishment are in order and invited.

Last week Nancy went out on a birding foray through Keno, out to Worden, and then back home to Klamath Falls, about a forty mile loop. The highlights of the trip were a little Mule Deer Fawn, near Keno, and about six-hundred acres of White Faced Ibis out East of Worden.

Today, I went on a day trip to the Klamath River, about thirty miles down stream from Klamath Falls. From Keno, and on down river, the Klamath River runs through an enormous canyon for approximately sixty miles, on its way to the Pacific Ocean. The road that runs this section of the river is very primitive and requires a high ground clearance and four wheel drive vehicle. Today we covered about thirteen miles of it from Topsy Reservoir on down stream. Those thirteen miles took us three hours to traverse. We plan to go back again later this summer and do more of it.

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TWO SANDIE FAMILIES AT MILLER ISLAND!

Nancy and I spotted six adult and four chicks today at Miller Island.

We confirmed that there are two families with chicks. It appears that one of the sets of chicks is about two weeks older than the other.

What about the Aura around the youngest chicks? It's the sun shining through the Down that will be their feathers. The other chicks' feathers seem to be in their early development, therefore a little older.

We will continue to monitor their development for the remainder of the summer.

We feel so blessed to be here to witness all this wonderful nature.

We went on to LKNWR and saw many other creatures: White Pelicans, Eared Grebes, Ruddy Ducks (they were in full colorful mating plumage), a close up Coyote, and three Mule Deer Bucks, just to name a few.

See my May 18th posting for the Sandies and their chicks three weeks ago.

SANDIES AT MILLER ISLAND!

Nancy and I spotted four adult and two chicks today at Miller Island around 5:00PM.

The first sighting and first loner was right at the entrance off Hwy. 97, on the S. side of the road, in a new sprouting field.

The second sighting was half way down the N/S leg of the road (around the LH turn) on the W. side: this was a pair with two chicks. I’m sure they are the same pair, with chicks, that we reported a couple of weeks ago. The chicks have doubled in size since then!

The third sighting was directly opposite the second, on the E side of the road and was the other single.