New Years Day Adventures
Jack at the Peninsula in Northern California.
On New Years Day 2022, I went on a short adventure. Roughly a 100-mile loop from basecamp to nearby wildlife refuges - Lower Klamath NWR and the Tule Lake NWR. I went with the intention of checking on the winter conditions at the refuges and counting the number of wildlife spotted.
Today I counted:
Bald Eagles, 15
Rough Legged and/or Red Tail Hawks, 42
Peregrine Falcon, 3
Coyote, 6
Waterfowl: Canadian Geese, Heron
This is a low count for this time of year when compared to the same times in recent years. Sadly, the drought has left the refuges dry with the only major water area located near the far southern end of the Tule Lake NWR near the east entrance of the Lava Beds National Monument.
I also had the opportunity to visit the petroglyphs located south of Newell, California. The petroglyphs are ancient rock carvings along the edge of a former lake bed. The area is managed by the Lava Beds National Monument.
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