Whenever Leslie and I visit a wildlife refuge both of us shoot photos out of both sides of the vehicle. Most of the time we see roughly the same birds, but that definitely wasn’t true while visiting Bear River. In fact Leslie was seeing birds on her side that I didn’t see either day, like this Night Heron,
this large flock of swallows,
this Snowy Egret,
and, more importantly, Grebes
with babies.
Leslie was seeing so many more birds than I was seeing that she even volunteered to change sides with me. I declined, but ended up trying to shoot photos out her window, but not always with the best of results.
As frustrating as it can be when you don’t see birds that others have just seen on a refuge, it’s definitely part of the experience. Every visit to a magical place like Bear River, is a new experience.