Just outside the town of Winkleman, Arizona (north of Tucson, south of Globe), the highway travels along the Gila River, an interesting riparian corridor with at least a couple primitive campgrounds/birding hot spots including Christmas Recreation Area and The Shores Recreation Area. Currently, due to regional drought conditions, the river is mostly dry:
Great spots for Vermilion Flycatcher:
In Erie Co., PA news, Presque Isle State Park remained closed yesterday due to extensive storm damage, but was slated to reopen today for the U.S. Labor Day holiday.
Loved the cows! Birds? for the….
The VFC is gorgeous.
Glad you got to this remote location! Good GPS skills!
Really sad about the drought conditions on the Gila!
(the paper reports we have had ‘normal’ rainfall for the monsoon!
But not in the watershed of the Gila, obviously!
The vegetation/grass in the area seemed fairly green, so they must be getting rain on and off. But that’s not translating to river flow, for sure. (Probably the upriver reservoir is low.) Two years ago at that spot, it was muddy and flooded out and the river was flowing strongly.