No RV miles. Whew
Driving around Malheur
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| The Refuge we are visiting. |
What an amazing place at this time of the year. Thousands of visitors come here, especially over Memorial Day weekend. We stayed at the
Narrows RV park just a few miles from park HQ.
We spent 2 mornings with our friends Bob and Bettina, and also toured the south end Central Patrol Road down by Frenchglen where we saw a Trumpeter Swan family with chicks. This is where i get out the big super telephoto lens.
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| Trumpeter Swan Family |
A new bird was the Bobolink. Very rare in west, they do breed in this section of the Malheur. Late May and early June are the times to see the males in their plumage so we were here at the right time.
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| Bobolink |
Another treat was to witness a pair of mating Avocets. As we were watching other birds in same area, I noticed this one avocet with its head down for the longest time. If finally dawned on me that they were courting. Suddenly the courtship got real serious and he jumped on top of her, then they danced and parted. Here is a short series of this scene.
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| Hey Good Lookin! Wanna Dance? |
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| Yahoo! |
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| Oh, yes. That was just great! |
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| Is this a lifetime commitment? |
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| Let's try the Polka |
You can view these photos and many others in high resolution over at the
Birds of Malheur Refuge as a slide show over on my photo website and some
on flickr too.
We pressed our luck one evening when we drove out west on a dirt road looking for Burrowing owls. We had been told they were out on this road but we drove almost 20 miles in one direction before giving up and turning around. On way back we had to negotiate with a herd of horses and mules blocking the road. Sweethearts all.
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| Is there a toll here? no sugar. |
All in all, it was a real fun time. We are heading out and hope to be back someday.
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