GREEN-WINGED TEAL TURTLE DOVES (ZENAIDA MACROURA) Salt Creek Falls plunges 286

Salt Creek Falls plunges 286 feet over basalt rock into Salt Creek as an overnight snowfall continued throughout the early morning creating a majestic winter wonderland landscape in the Willamette National Forest- Oregon

if looking from behind the frozen falls

as the early morning sunlight begins touching the roof tops of the peaks on this August morning

While in the creek

bridge and sun in frame and began photographing

GREEN-WINGED TEAL TURTLE DOVES (ZENAIDA MACROURA) Salt Creek Falls plunges 286A lone male green winged teal takes a few moments to rest on the south fork kishwaukee river from migrating north in Northern Illinois. (391 58)