Travelogue – Boise, Idaho
I am running late with my post today. We have been traveling and then got busy right away with class homework when I got home. I forgot my post! I hope you don’t mind but I will show you a few photos of our recent trip to Boise, Idaho to visit friends. Hopefully, you will be inspired by some of the landscapes and bird photos.
We took a hike on the road up to Bogus Basin (we were going to view the ski hill but the road was closed) and you can see that the area is high desert. Very different than the landscape I am used to in northwest Montana.
These rock formations were interesting. You can almost see a sleeping beast if you look closely.
The close up textures were fun too.
Even some lupine blooming which is ahead of the blooms at home. “My” lupine aren’t blooming yet.
We also walked along the Green Belt in Boise. It’s a wonderful path along the Boise River that was much greener than our previous walk. Plus there are various places to stop and have a drink or some food.
Then we went to The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey. This is Janine getting her wingspan measured.
The center makes homes for birds that are injured and can’t return to the wild. I hope I get the right names for the right birds, please excuse me if I make any errors. This is a Harpy Eagle. He looks like a Dr. Seuss character to me.
The center has a great educational program to teach you about the habits of different birds of prey. They also have a program to breed condors which are endangered. They have so far brought the population in the wild of the California condor from 22 to more than 3,000. You couldn’t see the condors up close as they don’t want the birds to be habituated to humans. This red tailed hawk is Phoenix. The person holding him is a volunteer. This seems like a great volunteer job!
This is a Lanner falcon.
This was my favorite. A barn owl whose name I have forgotten. The program was great because the owl flew over your head in a closed room from perch to perch.
We had a great visit to Boise, Idaho (thanks Howie and Janine) and I hope you enjoyed a few of my photos.