"A Sand County Almanac"

"THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT WILD THINGS AND SOME WHO CANNOT."
"FOR US IN THE MINORITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE GEESE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TELEVISION.".....Aldo Leopold




"LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER".....Albert Einstein


“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves”.....John Muir


Monday, August 2, 2021

FORCED LAYOVER IN IDAHO part four....


Ospreys on a nest. Same nest, about 10 days apart...


On the Camas National Wildlife Refuge a wary coyote peers from the sage...


Elk crossing an opening at Camas...


We came across this fawn on the Red Rock Creek Wildlife Refuge...




A red-tailed hawk taking flight...


A well used nest sight along the Snake River...


The smoke from fires to the west obscured the views in Montana and Idaho...


This is Sawtell Peak as seen from the valley.  In a previous post we shared photos from the top on a clear day...




Idaho is dotted with buildings from earlier days...


The remnants of early Mormon homesteads...


The Latter Day Saints had a profound and lasting influence on Idaho...










A modern home is obscured by wildfire smoke...



A sign, just before this one, informed visitors that this was the head-waters of the Missouri River...




A short distance down the road is Hell Roaring Creek, with it's own claim to fame...




A lazuli bunting at the Tex Creek Refuge...




Two mule deer near the road to Red Rock Creek Wildlife Refuge...




Northern harriers hunt the marsh at Camas...




Common nighthawks are plentiful at Camas...



They roost in large numbers near the headquarters building...






Two great horned owls wait for darkness to begin their hunt...


A mix of pelicans, cormorants, gulls and ducks use the wildlife refuges...




Porcupines are surprisingly numerous at Camas National Wildlife Refuge...




This is a red-napped sapsucker...


Swainson's hawks seem to perch on wires and posts everywhere in Idaho...




Trumpeter swans nest on the refuges...




This mountain bluebird was at the Tex Creek wildlife refuge...



Finding two golden eagles at Tex Creek was thrilling...














The landscape there is impressive...


A hunting blind on Antelope Creek Road...








There was a lot of beaver activity...









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