Yesterday, Barbara and I visited the nearby Sunriver Nature Center. They have a nature area with hiking trails and hundreds of song birds, a mating pair of trumpeter swans, and a few large pens with different birds that were found injured and have been rehabilitated, but are unable to survive in the wild so they live here. Currently, they have a hawk, a falcon, some owls, ducks and quail in these pens. In addition, they have a visitor’s center and an observatory.
After enjoying the nature area, we visited the observatory where the two young men allowed us to look through their two infrared telescopes at the sun. We were able to see sun spots and solar flares. After talking with the two nice gentlemen about astronomy for awhile we headed home. In the nature area, I took several photos of the grounds, several song birds and the swans. If you’re ever in the Bend-Sunriver area be sure to check out the Sunriver Nature Center.
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