It is that time of the year!
The little pacific tree frogs are showing themselves.
They are about the size of the top of my thumb. Mind you my hands are small, but so are these just hatched frogs!!
Some are green, others are brown depending on where I find them.
They change to blend into their environment.
Some are so quick that a photograph can be entertaining to get!! They can jump quit far for such little things!
I think these little ones are as loud as the adults!!
This hawk is after something. I very much like taking photographs of wildlife in action.
This is a prime example of my love of birds. This hawk is very determined, you can see it!!
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The Cascade Mountains are named because of the cascades within them.
It is a treat to get to see a cascade that is full of water. These small waterfalls can be very fun!!
Very slippery, so be careful while I show you around!!
Now it is rather easy to take many photographs, you can see why cant you?
Oh, you might want to keep a eye on your dog too, dogs do get hurt on these!
So, lets get on with the photographs!
Photographs like these do not come around a whole lot.
This is a set of photographs of the Mule Deer and Faith, Hope and Charity commonly known as The Sisters Mountains.
Everyone who follows me knows how I feel about nature and wildlife and to get these photographs I am rather tickled.
At the right place, and the right time.
These Mule Deer know the canyon is right there. If they do run they have to run either right or left. The trick is to keep the Mule Deer calm, as you take the photographs. At least calm long enough to get the shots off you want.
Some of the older Mule Deer were more interested in eating then what I was doing. I stayed far enough away from them that they just kept doing what they were doing. The younger mule deer did not know what to do?
The younger ones look to the older ones for what to do.
In one of the shots you can see two young mule deer, one of these young is hiding behind the older mule deer.
The Sisters Mountains are a set of three mountains. Middle, South and North Sister. The Middle Sister Mountain hides behind the North Sister, she is bashful HAHA! In all the photographs but one you can see the Middle Sister hiding, peeking her head out far enough to see what is going on.
The Sisters Mountains our part of our Cascade Mountain range. They are volcanoes, rumor has it they are active. Climbing the Sisters Mountain you maybe be able to say you have climbed over 10,000 feet, not sure how many reach the top??
The Sisters Mountains have 15 known glaciers among them. The whole state of Oregon has 35, so this is a good portion of our glaciers here. It can get real cold up in the Sisters!!
The North Sisters is the oldest sister. She will not tell her age as many ladies have been taught not to do. Scientist feel she is not quite 170,000 years old. Now the South Sister is believed to be older than the Wisconsin glaciation, so what I have read she is around 25,000 years old. I also read in a 1987 report saying that she was active as recent as 2000 years ago, though as I have heard the rumor around here has it that activity is going on now within the Sisters.
Anyhoo I do not want to bore you with all the logistics, but our Cascade Mountains are interesting, they are pretty, and it is very cool to see them from the town of Sisters Oregon!! Though our views are ok too haha! Guy is saying we have better views for we can see them all!
