View of Steens Mountain, Oregon
The road to Steens Mountain in Oregon may appear Spare , but there is an abundance of beautiful sights, sounds, and scents in the high desert.
Photography Challenge: Spare
Month: May 2016
Optimism
Carnation, Dianthus sp. (1/2 inch in size)
Some put everything they have into making the world a better place.
May Showers, High Desert Flowers
Purple sage and paintbrush
Death Camas
A desert can be desolate
Arid and barren
Spring showers
Splash colors
Of brilliant hues
Amidst the sand
Painting with a delicate brush
From a palette of rainbows
Balsamroot
White allium
Who Times Two
Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
Wordless Wednesday: Purple Mountain Majesties
Steens Mountain, Oregon
Look Closer
Looks like an old homestead, right?
Look a little bit closer.
Go on…zoom in.
If we learn to focus in on things we sometimes find the unexpected.
In this case, it’s a double-crested cormorant and great blue heron rookery. These birds look and act so differently yet they manage to get along.
This rookery is located at the Sod House Ranch at Malheur NWR. It was built by cattle-baron Peter French in the late 1800’s. The ranch was the headquarters of the French-Glenn Livestock Company that at one time covered 140,000 acres.
Mt Hood peek
Mt Hood, Oregon
If I have to travel to the west side of the state, at least I get to peek at this peak.
Here is a link to a site with all kinds of interesting info about Mt Hood AKA Wy’East.
Spring Night Songs
Pacific treefrog, Pseudacris regilla, serenade from our small backyard pond.
First with a couple backup singers, then the solo artist, and finally, the chorus joins in.
Hope you enjoy this short recording of their song.