Salton Sea Winter 2014 Photo Gallery by Frank Landerville at pbase.com

Salton Sea Winter 2014

The Salton Sea is a fascinating desert basin about 120 miles east of San Diego that was originally a fresh-water lake. Today it is saltier than the ocean and, by some measures, polluted from local agricultural runoff. As a closed desert system with no outlets, about of fifth of its volume evaporates each year. Fish die-offs occur regularly, largely attributed to the oxygen-depleting combination of warm water and salt.

A diversity of birds love this area. Heavy migrations of waterfowl, marsh and shorebirds occur from late fall through early spring.

Snow geese	Sandhill Cranes	Sandhill Cranes	Sandhill Cranes	Great Egret
Killdeer	Burrowing Owl	Burrowing Owl	Cattle Egret	Cattle Egret
American White Pelicans	Red-shouldered Hawk	Greater Yellowlegs	Great Blue Heron	Snow Geese
Snow Geese	Snow Geese	Snow Geese	Northern Shovelers	Sandhill Cranes
Red Hll Marina	Southeastern Shore of Salton Sea

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Dan Greenberg		28-Dec-2014 04:38
Superb gallery, Frank! ~BV~

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