Slough Walk

 In between rainstorms, we took a little walk around the Famosa Slough (pronounced "slew" in this context...the English town Slough is pronounced "Slow," rhymes with "cow," while the verb "slough" is pronounced "sluff"). Ah, the English language!

 These are great egrets (not just good, they're great, LOL).

 A little blue heron, extendo neck edition.

 More egrets.

 Little blue heron, squatty edition.

 Squatty edition heron turned into extendo neck heron.

Very nice to get out of the house. We're still allowed to walk around in nature, thank god! (For those reading in the next century, LOL, we're on COVID-19 lockdown...)

Salton Sea: The Birds

 The whole reason for our trip to the Salton Sea--other than the fact that we like road trips--was to see birds, specifically, sandhill cranes. Alas, I forgot to bring my camera, so these rather crappy cellphone photos are all I have. But it was wonderful!

An egret.

 The cranes! Two of them, right by the road.

 TONS of geese.

 The same cranes!