Picture Rock Pass
Seasons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
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Location
Picture Rock Pass is located between Silver and Summer Lakes. This is the high ground that separates these two basins. Viewing is done from Hwy 31. Access to Winter Rim (high area above Summer Lake) is near the top of Picture Rock Pass at 43.046840, -120.796880. Winter Rim is good for forest species and sports an annual Blue-gray Gnatcatcher population in the Mountain Mahogany patches.
Habitat and Birds
Wetlands and dry sagebrush. Birds seen in this area include White-faced Ibis, Northern Harrier, Wilson’s Phalarope, Forster’s Tern, Long-eared Owl, Western Scrub Jay, Pinyon Jay, Mountain Chickadee, Gray Flycatcher, Townsend’s Solitaire, Brewer’s Sparrow, Cassin’s Finch, and many more.
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