The world as I see it
The American Avocet was another new bird for me. We found these birds along the road in a shallow pond area along the road to the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge. With their long legs, long bill and beautiful coloring, they are quite elegant. We enjoyed watching them for some time as they glided across …
After watching the dancing grebes, we headed to northern California to the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge. But before we left, we had a picnic lunch and it was there that I saw my first Black Crowned Night Heron. These birds can be found just about anywhere, but this was the first I'd seen one. …
On Friday, I spent the day with members of our photography meet-up group down in the Klamath basin taking photos of birds. For me, this was my first time seeing many of these birds. Our first stop was in Klamath Falls where we hoped to get photos of the dancing grebes. I'm not sure if …
After visiting Kolob, we drove to Gunlock State Park, just a little ways out of St. George. We had been told that there was a beautiful waterfalls there. We weren't quite sure how to get to the falls - there were a couple possible ways. One was walking along the reservoir but we didn't know …
On our last day in St. George we went to Kolob Canyon - a part of Zion National Park but it has a separate entrance. It isn't as busy as Zion but it is incredibly beautiful. We drove to the top of the canyon where this is an overlook and a 1/2 mile hike to …
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