Saturday, November 18, 2023

Road Trip Day 5 - Klamath

Leaving Ashland we had some great views of the clouds swirling over the mountains.

clouds on the mountains

clouds on the mountains

clouds on the mountains

Our destination was the Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges. When we arrived it was quite foggy. (Hard to capture in a photo.)

fog

We did the short Sheepy Ridge walk behind the visitor center and saw a few things.

grasshopper

Spotted Spreadwing

lichen on rocks

Song Sparrow

White-crowned sparrow

Starling

Next we did the auto tour. It was dry so there weren't many water birds. But there were lots of Red-tailed hawks - one on almost every power pole. This one was on a fence and let us get reasonably close.

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

We also stopped at the nearby Petroglyph Point. We didn't find the petroglyphs but it's also a favorite nesting area for cliff swallows and raptors.

Cliff Swallow nests

Rock Wren

That night we stopped at Willow Creek campground. I like the small forest service campgrounds, especially off season when they're mostly empty.

See also Shelley's post

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