Made a quick visit to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge. It is listed as an Arizona refuge, but it’s along the Colorado River and the border with California. I stay on the California side, below Blythe.
Saw some sandhill cranes, but most of them were out of range of the refuge tour route. The visitor center said they start to leave in March when the winds pick up. There were lots of Canada geese and other assorted waterfowl. They know they are safe on the refuge, but can be hunted when leave that sanctuary.
The American kestral above has to be one of the calmest I’ve seen. They usually are gone by the time I point my camera in their direction.
A huge ball of yellow-headed blackbirds were in a cleared corn field.
