Oregon Tour 2012 : October 21-27, 2012
Oct 21: John Day Fossil Beds NM (Painted Hills), OR
cIMG_6138.JPG (132k)
cIMG_6153.JPG (160k)
The clay has a popcorn texture (344k)
pIMG_6172.JPG (224k)
cIMG_6177.JPG (200k)
cIMG_6188.JPG (140k)
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cIMG_6207.JPG (144k)
cIMG_6222.JPG (180k)
pIMG_6240.JPG (188k)
cIMG_6245.JPG (220k)
pIMG_6251.JPG (120k)
Shoe tree on US 26 outside Mitchell (180k)
Picture Gorge in the evening (148k)
Oct 22: John Day Fossil Beds NM (Sheep Rock), OR
Picture Gorge in the morning (152k)
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Sheep Rock (172k)
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Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (216k)
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Song Sparrow (140k)
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pIMG_6358.JPG (216k)
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American Robin (116k)
Blue Basin Island in Time trail (256k)
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Rock Wren (124k)
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (160k)
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pIMG_6444.JPG (128k)
Loggerhead Shrike (84k)
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pIMG_6456.JPG (80k)
pIMG_6457.JPG (140k)
cIMG_6458.JPG (116k)
cIMG_6464.JPG (92k)
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A rainbow (128k)
A double rainbow! (144k)
Foree Area of the monument (200k)
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Townsend's Solitaire (228k)
Mountain Chickadee (164k)
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (168k)
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cIMG_6525.JPG (160k)
pIMG_6531.JPG (152k)
cIMG_6541.JPG (128k)
cIMG_6544.JPG (184k)
cIMG_6545.JPG (120k)
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cIMG_6556.JPG (116k)
cIMG_6561.JPG (112k)
pIMG_6568.JPG (92k)
Oct 23: Mt. Vernon/Dayville, OR
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pIMG_6595.JPG (164k)
pIMG_6598.JPG (216k)
pIMG_6600.JPG (184k)
pIMG_6606.JPG (100k)
pIMG_6610.JPG (48k)
cIMG_6612.JPG (164k)
cIMG_6618.JPG (200k)
cIMG_6628.JPG (116k)
cIMG_6629.JPG (180k)
pIMG_6633.JPG (104k)
Oct 25: Ridgefield NWR, WA
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pIMG_6648.JPG (184k)
cIMG_6651.JPG (244k)
pIMG_6655.JPG (168k)
Northern Pintail (144k)
Sandhill Cranes (88k)
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Golden-crowned Kinglet (156k)
Brown Creeper (268k)
pIMG_6699.JPG (232k)
pIMG_6703.JPG (220k)
Bewick's Wren (332k)
Black-capped Chickadee (120k)
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pIMG_6742.JPG (96k)
pIMG_6746.JPG (228k)
Tundra Swans (140k)
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Sandhill Crane (232k)
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pIMG_6788.JPG (164k)
Northern Harrier (44k)
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pIMG_6800.JPG (132k)
pIMG_6807.JPG (224k)
cIMG_6811.JPG (124k)
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Bald Eagle (140k)
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pIMG_6842.JPG (220k)
pIMG_6847.JPG (184k)
pIMG_6849.JPG (184k)
cIMG_6855.JPG (304k)
cIMG_6865.JPG (248k)
pIMG_6877.JPG (136k)
pIMG_6887.JPG (44k)
pIMG_6892.JPG (288k)
pIMG_6894.JPG (284k)
pIMG_6899.JPG (36k)
American Goldfinch (88k)
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pIMG_6923.JPG (68k)
pIMG_6926.JPG (252k)
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American Kestrel (168k)
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pIMG_6941.JPG (80k)
cIMG_6943.JPG (168k)
Juvenile Tundra Swans (160k)
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pIMG_6952.JPG (176k)
pIMG_6958.JPG (144k)
pIMG_6961.JPG (200k)
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Oct 26: McMinnville Aviation and Space Museum, OR
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cIMG_7011.JPG (184k)
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cIMG_7020.JPG (180k)
pIMG_7023.JPG (136k)
pIMG_7032.JPG (140k)
cIMG_7033.JPG (164k)
cIMG_7042.JPG (128k)
cIMG_7044.JPG (144k)
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pIMG_7055.JPG (116k)
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cIMG_7071.JPG (116k)
cIMG_7077.JPG (144k)
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Oct 27: Mt. Vernon, OR
Painted Hills (144k)
Sheep Rock (164k)
Picture Gorge (164k)
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Pronghorn (152k)
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pIMG_7133.JPG (124k)
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cIMG_7142.JPG (120k)
pIMG_7144.JPG (164k)
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pIMG_7154.JPG (184k)
cIMG_7155.JPG (168k)
pIMG_7159.JPG (152k)
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pIMG_7163.JPG (200k)
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pIMG_7167.JPG (88k)
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pIMG_7172.JPG (172k)
Black-billed Magpie (124k)
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Oct 27: The flight home
Black Rock City (100k)
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Mono Lake (124k)
Mt. Pinchot (272k)
Mt. Baxter (272k)
Mt. Williamson (160k)
Mt. Russell (252k)
Mt. Whitney (240k)
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The Mate-Demate Device at NASA Dryden, and a couple SRBs in the shadows. (180k)