Visited the McCormack Unit of the Umatilla Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. The refuge is on both sides of the Columbia River, in Washington and Oregon, but the McCormack Unit is in Oregon. The refuge was created in 1969 in response to the loss of habitat from the building of the John Day dam. No one can deny the Columbia River is heavily damned.
Love the “southwest” colors in the desert brush above.
Deer in a wheat field.
The corn is on the vine waiting for the migrating birds. Not many here yet. Just saw a few v-formations of geese. Hope they are quick learners or can read. If they land in one area, they face hunters; if they land in another area they are home free.
Noticed when you look at the area on google the crops being farmed are in circles. They are watered with a machine that rotates in a circle. Without water, the land is desert.
Seeing a lot of black-billed magpies in Eastern Oregon.
