In earlier posts I have talked about the wildlife refuge in the Sulfur Springs valley and have posted one or two of my more successful photographic attempts from that location. I drove out to the refuge on the recent MLK holiday and got very lucky with the birds and the light. I unfortunately forgot the 70-300 VR lens and the tripod - Acute CRS is the only excuse I can come up with. The refuge was very busy - lots of snowbirds and I mean the two legged RV traveling type - but never mind them. The birds and the light were stars of the show.
When I was a little girl I would occasionally see the birds trailing across the sky in the late fall and I have a clear memory of standing on the edge of a hill that looked out to the south on a cold blustery day wondering where they were going and wanting very badly to be with them rather than in the present that was my life at that time. I had no idea that they were only headed twenty miles down the road. If I had I might have made a different wish.
