In Central Oregon Fall seems to have gotten skipped over and we’ve moved directly to winter or at least the cold part. That said we took off for Summer Lake this morning hoping to catch some migrating waterfowl.
The weather was overcast with temperatures just above freezing as we drove south Fremont highway (US 31) past Fort Rock on to the high desert.
Took a brief side trip a few miles up USFS 2901, which would eventually take you to the rim of the cliffs that border the west side of Summer Lake. Snowy roads persuaded us to turn around before they got worse higher up.
The reserve at summer lake was packed with pre-wildfowl season RV’s, no people just their trailers.
The clouds broke up and we enjoyed some birding, highlighted by a trio of swans landing and paddling around just a few hundred feet away.
