2015-06-05 Klamath Falls Run | shadeTreeImaging

Marshlands - n/a After my refreshing, even inspirational stay at Fields Oregon <Read Saga Page>, I headed off to meet the road to Klamath Falls. The road from Malheur, though Fields and on to Denio Nevada is Oregon Route 205. South of Denio it is called Nevada Route 292. It intersects Nevada Route 140 where my route turned westward. This route goes through some nice scenery at Virgin Creek and later goes through the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge before it crosses back into Oregon and becomes Oregon Route 140. Much of the country along this route is wide-open sagebrush prairie and perfect habitat for Sage Thrashers and Sagebrush Sparrows. Westward the route goes through the farming town of Adel Oregon and climbs again along Deep Creek, where I was compelled to capture more scenic images. This section, called the Warner Highway gains altitude and gets a little ‘piney’ before dropping into Lakeview Oregon along US-395. From Lakeview Route 140 (now called Klamath Falls – Lakeview Highway) crosses more forested high country before it goes through Bly Oregon and later follows the Sprague River into Beatty Oregon. Later the route crosses more elevated woods and drops into the Yonna Valley and the town of Dairy Oregon. At last this route finds the Lost River and follows it a short distance into the Klamath Falls Valley, my destination for this leg of the journey.

Subjects I encountered on this trip were Brewer’s Sparrow, Green-Tailed Towhee, Sage Thrasher, Sagebrush Sparrow, Western Tanager and some scenery.

Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor — **Wilson's Phalarope**
*(Phalaropus tricolor)*

**Description:**
The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 17:32

**Location:**

Malheur NWR
Frenchglen, Oregon
United States
4134.06 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** D3X8081-WilsonsPhalarope

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Pin It — **Wilson's Phalarope**
*(Phalaropus tricolor)*

**Description:**
The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 17:32

**Location:**

Malheur NWR
Frenchglen, Oregon
United States
4134.06 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** D3X8081-WilsonsPhalarope

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Highway Scenery - n/a — **Highway Scenery**
*(n/a)*

**Description:**
Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:04 11:16

**Location:**

Highway 140
Oregon Border, Nevada
United States
6060.01 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D2X, 12 mm, f/4.5, 1/3000

**File Name:** D2X0663-Scenery-NorthernNevada

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Brewer's Sparrow - Spizella breweri — **Brewer's Sparrow**
*(Spizella breweri)*

**Description:**
Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:04 12:11

**Location:**

Highway 140
Oregon Border, Nevada
United States
6033.76 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** D3X8366-BrewersSparrow

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Kingbird - Empidonax wrightii — **Eastern Kingbird**
*(Tyrannus tyrannus)*

**Description:**
I met this bird along the Center Patrol Road of Malheur NWR in the area near Buena Vista Ponds.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 14:10

**Location:**

Center Patrol Road
Malheur NWR, Oregon
United States
4130.78 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600

**File Name:** D3X7704-EasternKingBird

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Marshlands - Scenery — **Marshlands**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
Much of birdlife at Malheur NWR is in the wetlands around the Blitzen River and can be seen from the "Center Patrol Road".
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 12:10

**Location:**

Center Patrol Road
Malheur NWR, Oregon
United States
4143.90 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D2X, 12 mm, f/4.5, 1/2500

**File Name:** D2X0633-Scenery-MalheurNWR

Â© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Long Hollow Summit - n/a — **Long Hollow Summit**
*(n/a)*

**Description:**
This vista greets the traveler leaving Malheur and Frenchglen Oregon as they begin the decent into Fields Oregon. When I crossed over this ridge had no idea of the cool people I was about to meet.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 19:14

**Location:**

Fields
Fields, Oregon
United States
5626.92 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D2X, 12 mm, f/4.5, 1/400

**File Name:** D2X0654-LongHollowSummit

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Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus — **Brewer's Blackbird**
*(Euphagus cyanocephalus)*

**Description:**
Alongside the road from Burns Oregon to Malheur NWR.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 9:28

**Location:**

Narrows
Burns, Oregon
United States
4124.22 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000

**File Name:** D3X7179-BrewersBlackBird

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White-Faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi — **White-Faced Ibis**
*(Plegadis chihi)*

**Description:**
Near the Headquarters of Malheur NWR south of Burns in eastern Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 11:18

**Location:**

Malheur NWR
Burns, Oregon
United States
4120.94 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** D3X7298-WhiteFacedIbis

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Malheur 'Lake' - n/a — **Malheur 'Lake'**
*(n/a)*

**Description:**
Lake Malheur varies from zero to 10 feet deep (maximum) depending on the snowpak on Steens Mountain. The high shore line is just beyond the buildings. On this day the shore is far away.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 10:57

**Location:**

Malheur NWR
Burns, Oregon
United States
4143.90 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D2X, 12 mm, f/4.5, 1/1500

**File Name:** D2X0629-Scenery-MalheurLake

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Canada Goose - Branta canadensis — **Canada Goose**
*(Branta canadensis)*

**Description:**
Benson Pond in Malheur NWR about 10 miles north of Frenchglen Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 15:36

**Location:**

Benson Pond
Malheur NWR, Oregon
United States
4163.59 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** D3X7810-CanadaGeese

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Franklin's Gull - Larus pipixcan — **Franklin's Gull**
*(Leucophaeus pipixcan)*

**Description:**
Benson Pond in Malheur NWR about 10 miles north of Frenchglen Oregon.
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**Date Taken:** 2015:06:03 15:51

**Location:**

Benson Pond
Malheur NWR, Oregon
United States
4183.28 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** D3X7840-FranklinsGull

© 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Breeding activity; she'll lay her eggs and leave the male to raise the babies. The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.

Highway Scenery

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Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Highway Scenery

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Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Highway Scenery

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Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Highway Scenery

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Along Highway 140 west of Adel Oregon.

Highway Scenery

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Along Highway 140 west of Adel Oregon.

Highway Scenery

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It was the blue and yellow flowers in the field that made me stop, but the birds made me linger, where the pines meet grasslands Along Highway 140 east of Lakeview Oregon.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

The wetlands north of Frenchglen and "The P Ranch" in Malheur NWR in eastern Oregon.

Brewer's Sparrow

Spizella breweri

Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Brewer's Sparrow

Spizella breweri

Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Brewer's Sparrow

Spizella breweri

Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Brewer's Sparrow

Spizella breweri

Good Sagebrush Sparrow, Sage Thrasher and Brewer's Sparrow habitat. Along Highway 140 that travels between Denio Nevada, through northern Nevada to Adel Oregon.

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

I met this bird along the Center Patrol Road of Malheur NWR in the area near Buena Vista Ponds.

Marshlands

Scenery

Much of birdlife at Malheur NWR is in the wetlands around the Blitzen River and can be seen from the "Center Patrol Road".

Marshlands

Scenery

Much of birdlife at Malheur NWR is in the wetlands around the Blitzen River and can be seen from the "Center Patrol Road".

Long Hollow Summit

n/a

This vista greets the traveler leaving Malheur and Frenchglen Oregon as they begin the decent into Fields Oregon. When I crossed over this ridge had no idea of the cool people I was about to meet.

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Alongside the road from Burns Oregon to Malheur NWR.

White-Faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Near the Headquarters of Malheur NWR south of Burns in eastern Oregon.

Malheur 'Lake'

n/a

Lake Malheur varies from zero to 10 feet deep (maximum) depending on the snowpak on Steens Mountain. The high shore line is just beyond the buildings. On this day the shore is far away.

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Benson Pond in Malheur NWR about 10 miles north of Frenchglen Oregon.

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Benson Pond in Malheur NWR about 10 miles north of Frenchglen Oregon.