Along the Deschutes River

On July 1 I took my wife to Biggs, OR to meet her sister and then headed south. It was a great day and there were lots of rafters on the river. I caught this one at Twin Bridges on the Oregon Trunk Railroad.
I stayed overnight at my parents place near Redmond and on Sunday morning went down to the Deschutes River near Crooked River Ranch to do some birding. Above is looking down from the rim into the well watered canyon. Below is a Mariposa Lily on the dry rim.
Back at my parent's place I caught this Northern Flicker at their feeder.