Took a trip around Oregon. We were going to go to California but had to cancel that trip. As it turned out I was not in good shape and would have been limited. Les also wasn't well. We decided to take a short trip around Oregon. We spent some great time at the coast for 3 days.
We went down to Grants Pass and saw the grand kids. Planned a day to go into Medford to "visit"
"In N Out". That was great. We took the back road back to GP. All the years we lived in GP I wanted to take the old Kirkland rd to try and get a photo of Table Rock. We were driving along and too many wires to get a good shot. I noticed a couple people with a scope. Of course I made Les stop. It had to be birders. I didn't know it at the time but it was Kirkland Ponds. I had to go between barb wire to get through. Les decided to stay in the car and watch from a distance. It was a warm day.
I had the
privilege of meeting Edith and Jim. They were two old time birders with tons of knowledge. I enjoyed talking with them, they taught me so much. They were looking for a "Little Stint" that had been reported there. I had never seen one and didn't realize what a find it was till they educated me. (l found out later some from Portland came down to see it) The bird was located and it was so exciting to see their joy. Neither had a camera so I took some photos. My camera did ok but the bird was just too far away. I got a couple photos I could share with them.
As we were leaving Edith (82 yrs) started to stumble. She scared me. She seemed very weak. Jim is up in age too. Once Les saw there was a problem he helped get her through the fence and over to Jim's truck. She went down to her knees and Les got her into the truck. I wanted to call an ambulance but she wouldn't have it. We got her to drink water and she just wanted to go home. Later I emailed her some photos. (Others had better photos than mine but she wanted some from when they saw the bird) She replied with thanks and explained she had been busy on a garage sale in the morning and Jim had called her with news of the stint and wanted to know if she wanted to go. She hadn't eaten lunch and not much to drink. I think she was in the first stages of heat stroke. It's good she got in the truck when she did. She said she had never done that before. She usually has her bag with water and food but left in a hurry. She said not a mistake she'd make again.
Here are the bad photos I got.
I did get a shot of Table Rock Later
