Jack Daynes

2015-06-05 Klamath Falls
2015-06-05 Klamath Falls

I pulled into Klamath Falls Oregon in the late afternoon on June 4th. After securing lodging and a meal I wandered down to Veteran’s Park next to Lake Ewauna and…

2015-06-05 Klamath Falls Run
2015-06-05 Klamath Falls Run

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, through Fields and on…

2015-06-03 Malheur NWR
2015-06-03 Malheur NWR

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is located roughly 30 miles south of the town of Burns Oregon. I arrived in the afternoon after my mud-slinging drive down the BLM Access Road,…

2015-06-02 Malheur Run
2015-06-02 Malheur Run

My stay in Payette now past, I headed into eastern Oregon with my eye on the prize of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The two-lane highway (US-20) parallels the…

2015-06-01 Snake River Birds of Prey
2015-06-01 Snake River Birds of Prey

I’d been to the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area 14 years ago, but it was in the autumn and the area was silent of birds,…

2015-05-31 Bird Island Reserve
2015-05-31 Bird Island Reserve

Payette Idaho’s Birding Island is a 650 acre reserve that is part the just north of New Plymouth, which is not very far from Payette Idaho, which is across the…

2015-05-27 Bitterroot Valley, Days 4 and 5
2015-05-27 Bitterroot Valley, Days 4 and 5

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge near Stevensville Montana, in the Bitterroot Valley sits along the Bitterroot River about 25 miles from where it empties into the Clark Fork River in…

2015-05-25 3rd Day In The Bitterroot Valley
2015-05-25 3rd Day In The Bitterroot Valley

I spent the first two days with my friend in the Bitterroot Valley getting caught up with processing images from the drive in from Wyoming. I spent time visiting old…

2015-05-22 Teton and Yellowstone Parks
2015-05-22 Teton and Yellowstone Parks

My final departure from Jackson Wyoming on this day took me back through the same drive that Rick and I took on May 18th. Even before I crossed into Yellowstone…

2015-05-19 Moose-Wilson Road Re-Visited
2015-05-19 Moose-Wilson Road Re-Visited

That I did not find the Black-Backed Woodpecker does not, in my mind, constitute a failure. Those birds that I found made this outing a success … glass half full.…