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Harper Dry Lake Marsh

Harper Dry Lake Marsh, located at the edge of one of the largest dry lakebeds in the Mojave Desert, is an important resting site for thousands of migrating birds. This Watchable Wildlife viewing area is also an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The marsh at Harper Dry Lake is not the size it was a century ago. Nonetheless, this small desert oasis consistently attracts resident wetland birds, migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, and many birds of prey. Read more: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/harper.html
Harper Lake Entrance
Harper Lake Entrance
Panorama
Panorama
The Wind Doth Blow!
The Wind Doth Blow!
Lonely Tree
Lonely Tree
Standing guard
Standing guard
River Rocks
River Rocks
American Avocet?
American Avocet?
They come to drink!
They come to drink!
Texture from water runoff
Texture from water runoff
Old wood
Old wood
The old & the new
The old & the new
Harper Lake_20090621_0102.jpg
Harper Lake_20090621_0102.jpg
Returning to the earth
Returning to the earth
Animal remains
Animal remains
Rusting away
Rusting away