Day 179: Reifel

We've been to the George C. Reifel bird sanctuary a handful of times, and it's yet another of those places that we find ourselves thinking we should visit more often every time we go. After all our recent action-packed days it was a good place to spend a couple of hours unwinding, ambling along the dykes and watching the bird life. We were hoping to see the sandhill cranes, but they eluded everyone today. Instead we had to make do with a load of cute lesser yellowlegs picking their way through the shallow water. We were able to get surprisingly close to them, and I was pleased to get this shot of one.

"Eww! I think I stepped in something!"