Have been in Heyburn State Park in Idaho for close to a week. Had a hard time finding an rv spot. They are doing a lot of construction work here and visitor’s are kind of on their own. After about an hour, I did find a nice spot. It has been warm, but being surrounded by trees cools things off. Have not had to use my air conditioner.
One thing the park has going for it is the 73-mile Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes paved trail that passes through it. Above you see the path crossing Chalcolet Lake. There are three osprey nesting near this crossing. The one in the top picture is right over the path. It was not happy with my walking under it’s nest.
An osprey doing some redecorating with a long branch.
Cedar waxwing with a berry it subsequently swallows whole.
Western tanager with fledgling.
Pretty dragonfly and a beaver in a marsh area.
Parent, on right, the same osprey as in the top picture, with a soon-to-be fledgling on the left.
Below, campsite at Heyburn.
We have a 20 ft safari Airstream. Absolutely love your journal and the pictures of the birds. Would you give me permission to paint some of the bird photos in watercolor?
I have a blog I would like to post the paintings on in the future after completed. You can see the blog by Googling Scene on Whidbey.
Thank you
Lois