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Southern Oregon Pictures
Klamath Basin Birds-Klamath Falls

Pictures of Southern Oregon Birds ©1189 A Grebe Looking for a Mate	Pictures of Southern Oregon Birds ©1188 Grebes Dancing -Putnam's Pt	Closeup of Grebe's Dancing
Pictures of Southern Oregon Birds at the Klamath Basin ©1014 Tundra Swans on the Ice of Lower Klamath Lake		Pictures of Mt Shasta ©1013 Train - Ewauna Lake
CANVAS PAINTING Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1015 Pelican Dancing Painting
	Pictures of Southern Oregon  The Klamath Basin ©0999 Upper Klamath Lake Triptych   (Mt Shasta & Mt McLoughlin)
Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1006 Mares Eggs   Upper Klamath Lake	Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1010 Sprague River   Klamath Falls Lakeview Highway	Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1005 Upper Klamath Lake Morning
Klamath Basin Lower Klamath Lake ©1002 Hawk & Four Eagles	Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1000  Tule Lake Sunset	Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1001   Hagelstein Park Mt McLoughlin

Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1009 Falcon the Hunter    Lower Klamath Lake	Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1007 First Train to     Klamath Falls - 1909	Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1008    Day Old Muscovy Duck	Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1016    Bonanza Potato Cellar
		----->      Click  on the map  of Oregon's  Klamath Basin.  This is the    region we  photographed.
Pictures of Southern Oregon ©1012  Logs on Ewauna Lake	Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1003 Mt Shasta & the Flying Snow Geese		Klamath Basin Map

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CANVAS-PAINTING Klamath Basin Birds ©1017 Falcon Portrait	Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1004 Snowy Egret  Upper Klamath Lake	Birds of the Klamath Basin ©1011  Black Bird of Olene    Stevenson's Park

This gallery is of features of the Klamath Basin area.
          The Klamath Basin Natural Wildlife Refuge, situated on the Oregon California border, includes  Upper Klamath Lake, Lower Klamath Lake, Tule Lake, Clear Lake, Klamath Marsh, and Bear Valley.  This area was once huge...185,000 acres...and supported 6 million feathered guests in fall.  In 1905, the water from these shallow lakes and fresh water marshes was diverted to agricultural use, stripping 3/4 of the bounty from wildlife.  It became the task of the US Fish & Wildlife Service to coordinate the available water supply...to ensure survival of wildlife (the Snowy Egret, the tiny muscovy, the clever falcon)  and humanlife.
          Early in 2001 the water of Upper Klamath Lake was sent to salmon spawning areas rather than pumped into irrigation pipes.  Not only farmers were effected.  The water that normally flowed to Tule Lake from Upper Klamath was so reduced they could no longer pump water to Lower Klamath Lake and it dried up completely.  After 6-7 years of changes in policy and weather, the bird population is beginning to stabilize;  the American White Pelican has a home.  This area hosts the largest concentration of bald eagles in the continental United States!
          In the late 1800's. Klamath Falls (and it's subs Olene and Bonanza) was too remote for its agricultural and forest products to reach markets.  Then, in 1909,  the Southern Pacific Railroad arrived at Klamath Falls heralding a boomtown atmosphere that lasted till the Great Depression. A giant mural adorns the sidewalks of down town Klamath Falls, honoring the coming of this new era.
          When in South Central Oregon, watch for  a passel of logs floating in Lake Ewauna, a gaggle of Snow Geese taking flight, and Cascades Mountain tops
(Mt Shasta, Mt McLoughlin) painting the distant sky.
Your vigilance will be worth it!

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