Birds of Prey

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area!!!!  After all this planning, we finally got to see it.  And we stayed there about nine hours.  So sad.  We hit the campground maybe 11:00pm and were outta there by 8:00am or so.  It was cold, we chose not to set up our tent so that we could just sleep faster, and it turned out that there was no camp host and no water turned on.  So we left.  But we did exit in a way that let us see more of the area, and we're glad we did.  With birds of prey, it really pays to look up.

A mama and her baby were just hanging out.  Or perhaps it's a papa?  At any rate, we got this glimpse of these two lovelies just hanging out in their nest.  G spotted more nests along our trail, but we didn't spot any more of these guys.   We had also spotted some large birds out over the river, but didn't get any pictures.  Overall, I liked the area, but it just didn't suit us to camp there this time around.