Camas National Wildlife Refuge is outside of Hamer, ID. the refuge is over 10,000 acres and about half of that is water. During the peak migration this area will house almost 60,000 birds at once.
I made a visit out to the refuge yesterday the 27th of March and it was already quite a spectacle but from what I understand nothing like it will be. This was a great trip for several reasons one I was able to enjoy more wildlife than just birds this trip, and two I saw several “lifers” (birds that this is my first time seeing).
During the last few months I have seen quite a few deer and a couple of moose but compared to spending the last summer in Yellowstone this seems like nothing. It was nice to go out and get a few shots of a few mammals although it was still not much.
Porcupine 1, 03-26-2011, Camas National Wildlife Refuge, Canon T2i.
Guess which way the wind I blowing!
Porcupine 2, 03-26-2011, Camas National Wildlife Refuge, Canon T2i.
I was surprised that staring off we had only seen one porcupine, last time I came up in no time at all I had seen about 7. It took a little bit of time and driving to the far end of the refuge before I came across two within a couple hundred feet of each other and both on the road. Looking at them they look like they would be fun to pickup and walk around with. If you look closer you will notice that is not the case, if you pay attention to its backside and tail you will notice the quills. the quills become a lot more noticeable if the porcupine gets agitated, and I was not about to make this porcupine mad.
The other mammal that I saw was completely by luck I was following a Northern Harrier in flight when through my lens I noticed a deer. The picture was not worth putting on so I didn’t.
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