Tuesday, April 28, 2015
We left the little town of Port Orford at 9 am, temperature was 55 degrees and misting which quickly turned into drizzle as we headed south on the Coast Highway 101.
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| The drive around Humbug Mountain was dramatically green and beautiful. |
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| We stopped at the Humbug Mountain Wayside where we briefly saw an American Dipper beside Brush Creek, and a grove of Myrtle trees. |
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| Weather continued to deteriorate as we drove south. At Gold Beach South Jetty several Osprey flew overhead carrying large fish; a bunch of seals were resting on their backs in the bay. |
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| Mourning Dove |
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| We birded along the Lower Pistol River Road and were excited to see a Say's Phoebe and a Black Phoebe sitting on a fence--one left and the other came to almost exactly the same spot. The ruffled feathers show it was quite windy. |
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| Walking a short trail to see Arch Rock, a very excited Golden-Crowned Kinglet was showing his best to his lady love--I had never seen such a golden crown! I also saw two groups of Brown Pelicans floating along near the shore. (Sorry unable to get photos) |
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| A group of Black Oystercatchers entertained us at Lone Ranch Beach Wayside where they wandered around the rocky shore, as we did too. |
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| It was interesting to watch a group of Western Gulls in a pond. As each one came in for a landing it splashed around in the water taking a bath. |
Our total mileage for today was 98. We are settled for 2 nights at the south end of Crescent City, California where we can see the beach and surfers from our motel window.
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