Imperial
Valley with Lauri & Sylvia
Mar 07, 2005
Guide- Bob
Miller
Imperial Valley from Fig Lagoon to Niland!
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Eurasian Collared-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove are now well established in the Imperial
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Cattle Egrets and gulls have learned to follow farm equipment across
the fields as they turn up all kinds of insects and rodents. 
Insect control
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow nest in the canal banks
all over the valley.
Nesting islands
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Ramer Lake
These are the nesting islands viewable from Rock Hill Trail at
the Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR.
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Salton Sea
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Rock Hill
The ponds are loaded with waterfowl in the winter time. In the
spring Gull-billed & Caspian Tern and Black Skimmer all nest
here.
Lauri
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The farmer!
Lauri hamming it up with a pitch fork that Imperial Irrigation
District uses to clean the grates on the big drains.
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American White Pelicans at Fig Lagoon.
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American White Pelicans
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