We walked down through the snowy ‘dog leg’ a number of times..
walking down as far as the bridge…at one point Ernie attempted to walk the trail but there was just still too much snow..this area was alive with birds, mainly Robins, Junco, saw some Varied Thrush and
lots of those Gold-crowned Kinglets going over the trees. Chestnut-backed Chickadees were down here too…
and in the ‘critter’ department – this is where the Douglas Squirrels were hanging out…
back up in the campground proper….were more of those Columbian Ground Squirrels…
along with the inevitable Chipmunks..
Chipping Sparrows had to be the predominant species – little flocks of them would be seen moving through the low bushes and over the ground…
here is another one…
but not to be outdone were the Warblers….here a Yellow-rump – of which there were lots…
and Wilson’s Warblers – can’t tell you how much time I spent chasing these little guys through the bushes until I was finally rewarded with this shot!
and then, oh joy! Townsend’s Warblers – this is a species I really needed some decent shots of – and now I have them!
here is another one…
members of the woodpecker family were around but elusive….there were Northern Flicker, a pair of Sapsucker flew in front of us as we had driven into the campground – never to be seen again, and a pair of Pileated were obviously nesting somewhere – but this was as good as we got…still it was pretty successful bird wise – next we head to a park we hadn’t stayed at for a number of years – that being Kentucky/Allyene – next posting…
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