Now just be patient and wait for the water level to start dropping, leaving
behind pools of water in low areas. Oh, be on the lookout for tiger
salamanders too. I saw them appear after such a rain in numbers that made
the roadway slick.
Gregg
From: Scott Nelson
> Interesting, it recently rained here after a long drought and the
resulting
> higher river flow seems to have chased our birds away. I've noticed shore
birds
> like islands and sand bars where they are hard to approach unseen. I had
had
> one Great Blue habituated enough to me to let me within 5 meters without
cover.
> The higher water has since swallowed up some of her favored haunts. It's
raining
> again now so maybe I will try looking again after it stops. Pools full of
> unafraid birds would be nice!
>
> >>> "Gregg" <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 06/26/00 03:35pm >>>
> Right after an unusually large rain or high water level was when I had the
> most success in Laramie, WY. The shore birds were everywhere in the pools
> that remained and not at all afraid.
>
> Gregg
>
> From: Scott Nelson
>
> > TOPE- Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition, periodically displays photos shot
> with
> > Oly kit on a particular theme. There is usually a limited shooting
period
> but
> > for TOPE1, Self-Portraits, the entry period is open so that we may all
see
> each
> > other's mugs:
> >
> > http://www.web-wizards.com/olympus/tope/
> >
> > I don't consider myself a "brder" but I do enjoy watching and shooting
the
> > birdlife we have along the Platte river greenway. I haul my tripod and a
> long
> > lens on my bike and stop to shoot. So far, I've got Great Blues,
Avocets,
> > Crested Cormorants, Snowy Egrets, and Black-Crowned Night Herons. All
> within a
> > few miles of downtown Denver.
> >
> > Enjoy your fall visit to Death Valley. Post more pictures!
> >
> >
> > <<Scott, thanks for liking the marbled godwits photo -- I loved that
shot,
> but
> > it seems like few others have liked it as much as I did. Thought it was
> maybe
> > because I just like birds a whole lot, and you had to be a bird-lover! I
> love
> > the colors and textures of those godwits. But what in heck is "TOPE1"?
> You
> > wrote: <Also I detect a TOPE1 pic in "Panamint Joni." Huh?>>
> >
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