The tanks are in the grounded bedded by 1100 tons of the specified pea gravel. Time for some stress relief...............Tonight the cameras were out searching for something that moved on two, four or any number of legs. Best thing to do is hike before the sun goes down. Posed on a rock was this cute little guy (the message got out that I was looking for a model). Approaching was a little tenuous. I may be buying another pair of pants. But soon he realized that I was looking for a model not dinner. Close up our conversation turned to his posing. He took my advise to tilt his head slightly to grab those catch lights. I'll send a copy to him to hang on the den wall. I do love that catch light!!!
Numenius americanus. Yes that would be a Long-billed Curlew. Yikes! Curlew!?? Who came up with that name? The boy named SUE? Look at that beak. Holy freak beak Batman! These guys don't do a lot of necking. I worked hard to get close to photograph them. No Go. Maybe the beak doubles as a radar to find humans getting too close. First time seeing this bird. I was really surprised to see it in an arid valley wandering around desert life. By the looks of the bird they may have been cast out of the Bird Club!
I threw this photo in for a similar reason. I shot this on the gibbon river in Yellowstone last week. I can honestly say I have never seen a pair of geese standing on a large rock. So there is truth to the story about two birds and one stone........
The cliffs and rock formations near Dinosaur-land are spectacular. This particular one is several hundred feet high. Note the size in comparison to the trees at the bottom. It did not have the red and/or yellow colors that is seen a lot in southern Utah. It was truly a black and white picture for me. 
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