Salton
Sea International Bird Festival
Feb
18-21, 2005
Guide- Bob
Miller
Photographs from the 8th annual Salton Sea International
Bird Festival.
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thumbnail pictures for full-sized shots.
Day 3 - Sunday:
Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area Tour (continued)
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Wildflowers
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The flowers and greenery made it hard to picture this place as a
desert that gets hot!
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This male Anna's Hummingbird was enjoying the flowers as
well. Fringe-toed Lizards were starting to come out and
enjoy the sun. This little one had a run in with someone and
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Anna's Hummingbird
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Algodones Dunes Wilderness
Area
This gives you a good visual image of how much the dunes really
move!! In the pic below, Picacho Peak can be seen on the horizon to the left and
the Cargo Muchachos Mountains in the middle.
Picacho Peak is over 30 miles away at this point!
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These lizards are one of the main foods that the Red-tailed Hawks
are carrying back to young in their nests this time of year.
This dead Palo Verde, the one in the foreground and the ones beyond
all had their start at about the same ground level.
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Algodones Dunes Wilderness
Area
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Algodones Dunes Wilderness
Area
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The vehicle is waiting for us to the left of the
radio tower visible near the railroad tracks in this pic. That is
over one and a half miles away.
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Algodones Dunes Wilderness
Area
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Water patterns
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Rain the night before had run flash floods into the pockets and
there were some areas that we had to skirt around because they
were flooded.
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Coming out of the desert
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Rabbits in the head lights!
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Daniel at our ride home
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The bus was a welcome sight after about four miles of walking
through the desert. Funny part was that it did not appear to get
any closer as we walked toward it!
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Day 4 -
Monday: Salton Sea Tour
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We caught the sunrise at Unit One of the Sonny Bono Salton Sea
NWR where the white geese put on a fantastic show. These
three trees along Garst Road are one of the most photographed
spots on the Salton Sea.
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Red Hill and the Salton Sea
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Peregrine Falcon
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This Peregrine Falcon likes to perch in those trees
and most people do not realize it till they get home and look at
their pictures! |
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