Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Day Four of our
Whirlwind Western Wandering

It was 34 degrees this morning at 6 AM MDT when we woke up. Spotted snow in the mountains east of Brigham City. Might have been there yesterday but might have fallen overnight.  With the low cloud cover and rain we had around dinner time it's hard to say if there was any snow on the high peaks or not.

Was "up" to 40 degrees when we got to Bear River to go birding at 7 AM. And a great morning we had, too! Lots and lots of birds. We tallied 40 species of mostly western waterfowl. The Western and Clark's Grebes, Cinnamon Teal, Black Stilts, Avocets, and White Pelicans were among the highlights of the morning. I took many pictures and hope some of them came out. I'll post some as soon as I take a look at them and do whatever editing needs to me done.

The drive to Ontario, OR went smoothly and we settled into a motel by 5 AM. Tomorrow we have about 370 miles to Portland and gain an hour as we cross into the Pacific Time Zone.

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