Feryn Ranch Conservatory offers a haven for waterfowl.
Update: I recently visited Feryn Ranch again. I added a couple late summer pictures for perspective.
Summer.
The Feryn Ranch Conservation Area northeast of Spokane offers a glimpse of what the prairie was like before the area was settled by homesteaders in the 1800’s.
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Nestled between plowed fields and encroaching housing developments, Feryn Ranch C.A. is a 164 acre preserve that offers a home to over 60 species of birds. It also serves as a safe stopover on migratory routes for over 100 species. Anyone interested in birdwatching, or just a pleasant hike with a panoramic backdrop, should take a morning or afternoon to explore this wetland sanctuary. Dogs are permitted as long as they are kept on a leash. Avalon, my newfy mix, accompanied me recently on a morning jaunt through the area. It was raining on and off, which contributed to our solitary yet memorable experience.
Winter reeds.
Haven.
Companion.
Trick of the light.
Background.
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While walking in fields ,
where nature yields
close harmony with what is best,
with ipads, cells ,and such all at rest ,
it warms me like a feathered nest ,
just being alive there , —feeling blessed—-
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You can throw in GPS too. I wonder how many visitors use sat-map technology to find this out-of-the-way sanctuary. I wonder how many recognize the irony that the birds they have come to watch have made a journey, often thousands of miles, to the same location with zero technology, only their senses and “inferior” intelligence to guide them.
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Few, I’d say, know or care about what the wingers have seen or experienced, or how they got to the very same spot where their ancesters visited .A wild Birding magazine I get tells many tales of the travails involved in getting to viewing sites, detailing sighting statistics , feather and beak shapes, colors, size,etc, and I’ve never once seen comments about the marvel of how the viewees managed it .
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Too sciency, yuck. 🙂 The chauvinism of humans is astounding.
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And the comments as well.
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