Saturday, January 3, 2009

Today's Afternoon Drive

The Merced National Wildlife Refuge is only about 15 miles from us...

An observation point
Mr. Yokley!
Mr. Hawk!
Miss Egret!
Sad eyed avocet...
Another hawk...a young hawk?

Great Blue Heron
Take off...

Ground Squirrel
Path to the last observation point...



It was a wonderful afternoon...nothing better than seeing and experiencing wildlife in the wild!

3 comments:

cherie said...

great shots as always Gayle !!!!

Ilene said...

I found you again. You are a wonderful photographer. Such beautiful wildlife. It really made me want to visit.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Ilene! Photography is a passion of mine and hardly go anywhere without my camera.

The wildlife is pretty plentiful at the reserve...a short 5 mile loop around ponds and lakes. You drive one way very slow. With all of our stops, though, it took Cliff and I a good 1 1/2 hours to complete it.