Feathers

I found these feathers up at the Whitewater Canyon Preserve when the road was open Sunday and I was able to stop in the ranger station.  I was talking to one of the rangers there about their outreach programs.  I was dismayed to find that only 3 of my 30 students have EVER been to the Living Desert Reserve here in Palm Desert.  I'm sure NONE of them have been to Whitewater.  Wouldn't that be a wonderful trip for them?  It's so different up there!  It has sycamore trees, picnic tables, RESTROOMS, a ranger station, and 3 ponds full of trout!  I wish we could go, but a bus is $700.00!!!  And, we haven't fundraised this year at all.  I am going to encourage the kids to have their parents take them, but that's pretty doubtful.  And, the Living Desert?  It's over $20.00 EACH to get into the park...that won't be a happening thing....sigh...

Anyway...I digress... Here are the feathers that I saw while talking to the ranger!