Hagerman Weekend
My friend Cliff and I spent the Friday evening and Saturday birding in and around Hagerman, an area along the Snake River between Twin Falls and Mountain Home, Idaho. Our goal was to find some winter sparrows and enjoy the slightly warmer weather the region provides. We found a lot of waterfowl including Snow Geese, Cackling Geese, White-fronted Geese, Mute Swans, and Tundra Swans. We also found a lot of common sparrows, common hawks, a lot of road-kill Barn Owls and Screech Owls, and numerous Gulls, but nothing rare. The weather was fairly decent, and it was nice to be out. I took a couple of photographs along the way.
This awesome motorhome was in Glenn's Ferry. We were tempted to buy a ticket, but were afraid we'd win.
Motorhome, Glenn's Ferry, ID
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On our way home we stopped at Niagara Springs State Park. I've been there a few other times, but always in the middle of the day. It was great to be there in nice light. Niagara Springs is one of several places where water in the underground aquifer of the snake river plain reemerges. The following was taken from a couple of governmnet websites describing Niagars Springs: "Tumbling down the canyon side at 250 cubic feet per second, Niagara Springs is a sight you won’t soon forget. The churning water is the icy blue of glaciers. The springs are a National Natural Landmark and part of the world-famous Thousand Springs Complex along the Snake River. The site is one of a number of large spring sets where the Snake River Plain aquifer drains into the Snake River from the northern cliffs of its canyon. It is illustrative of the enormous volume of water transmitted through this aquifer."
Niagara Springs, near Buhl, ID 2006
This awesome motorhome was in Glenn's Ferry. We were tempted to buy a ticket, but were afraid we'd win.
Motorhome, Glenn's Ferry, ID
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On our way home we stopped at Niagara Springs State Park. I've been there a few other times, but always in the middle of the day. It was great to be there in nice light. Niagara Springs is one of several places where water in the underground aquifer of the snake river plain reemerges. The following was taken from a couple of governmnet websites describing Niagars Springs: "Tumbling down the canyon side at 250 cubic feet per second, Niagara Springs is a sight you won’t soon forget. The churning water is the icy blue of glaciers. The springs are a National Natural Landmark and part of the world-famous Thousand Springs Complex along the Snake River. The site is one of a number of large spring sets where the Snake River Plain aquifer drains into the Snake River from the northern cliffs of its canyon. It is illustrative of the enormous volume of water transmitted through this aquifer."
Niagara Springs, near Buhl, ID 2006
3 Comments:
I like the photo of the springs. I understand that with the irrigation in the upper valley, there is a lot less water at thousand springs now (maybe they are going to call it 500 springs???) than there used to be. Have you noticed a change over the years?
I haven't been to thousand or niagara springs often enough, or for a long enough time to notice any difference. I've seen some historic photographs though, and the flow is quite different today than what it was then. Part of the reason for that though, is that they run a lot of water through a powerplant at thousand springs.
You should have bought a ticket for me. I would have loved that motor home. I could have parked it in your driveway this sumer between trips.
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