Great Plains Hoodies

Great Blue Heron In Flight Over the Spillway by Debra Martz I go to the Great Salt Plains State Park in northern Oklahoma quite often for bird watching. The spillway is usually my first stop as more than likely birds will be either in the water fishing for food or in flight as they head downstream to the river. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collection: "Feathered Friends 2" 20210622-DSC_3997

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Beginning Of A New Day ©Debra Martz The colors are glowing and the early birds are starting to arrive. On the water's left edge there is one lone Great Blue Hero and a small flock of Least Sandpipers are just beginning to land on the water. Great Salt Plains State Park in Oklahoma. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collections: Oklahoma 20221013-DSC_7495.NEF

Early Morning Pelicans by Debra Martz The pelicans and a few other birds were staring to wakeup and move about...except that middle one didn't seem quite ready for the day. Captured at the Great Salt Plains State Park in Northern Oklahoma during fall migration. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved 20221005-DSC_4974-Edit.tif

This group of Ruddy Ducks couldn't have turned and departed any faster. They were close to the bank when I stopped but took off before I could get out of the truck. So a lake scene it became instead of a Duck image! Great Salt Plains Lake is located in northern Oklahoma and I visit often for my hobby of bird watching. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved 20210121-DSC_3154.NEF

American White Pelican Fishing Alone by Debra Martz I had been watching the Pelicans at the spillway for over 45 minutes with some fishing together and others alone like this one. The morning light plays an important part of the colors of the water. Only 18 minutes earlier the water was all solid gold during the golden hour; now only parts of the ripples are still reflecting that gold. Captured at the Great Salt Plains in northern Oklahoma during fall migration. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Galleries/Collections: "Feathered Friends 2" 20210929-DSC_6309.NEF

American White Pelican Early Morning Blues by Debra Martz I had been watching the Pelicans at the spillway for over 45 minutes with some fishing together and others alone like this one. The morning light plays an important part of the colors of the water. Only 18 minutes earlier the water was all solid gold during the golden hour; now only parts of the ripples are still reflecting that gold. Captured at the Great Salt Plains in northern Oklahoma during fall migration. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Galleries/Collections: "Feathered Friends 2" 20210929-DSC_6303.NEF

Orange Glowing Sunrise ©Debra Martz The colors are glowing and the early birds are starting to arrive. On the lake there is a gathering of Sandpipers and a line Pelicans can be seen flying over the top of the dam. Great Salt Plains State Park in Oklahoma. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved

Waiting on the Full Sunrise ©Debra Martz The colors are glowing and the early birds are starting to arrive. On the lake there is one lone Great Blue Hero and a small flock of Least Sandpipers just beginning to land on the water. Great Salt Plains State Park in Oklahoma. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved

Vintage Design of Serengeti National Park.

Oklahoma Salt Plains ©Debra Martz Located in northern Oklahoma near the towns of Cherokee and Jet, and within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, you will find over 11,000 acres of salt flats. A new location is marked off each year for the public to dig for Selenite crystals between April 1 and October 15.

Devils Tower is a national monument in Wyoming where rock climbing and the great outdoors can be enjoyed! A laccolithic sculpture in public lands and the national park of the northern plains Indians or indigenous people.

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Pelican Takeoff Kicking Up Mud by Debra Martz Due to an ongoing drought the lake was getting lower all the time. Places closer to the shore were becoming way to shallow for the large birds to successfully fish. So shallow that this one kicked up mud instead of the usual splash of water they make at takeoff. Captured 20 minutes after sunrise on October 12th at the Great Salt Plains State Park in Northern Oklahoma. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collection: Feathered Friends 3 20221012-DSC_5866.NEF

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It was a rather slow day of bird watching and those we saw were at a distance so I turned to some landscape photography. This is taken from the bird blind located along the Eagle Roost Trail within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northern Oklahoma. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved 20210311-DSC_4452.NEF

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An old house in the middle of Nebraska. Was driving for 2 days trying to find a shot like this.

This is an historical map of how the dust bowl affected the southern landscape. Pretty rough considering most of the affected areas couldn't plant any crops for a long time and most of these areas were farms!

Nescatunga Chimney Fireplace With Decorated Mantle by Debra Martz Nescatunga is a small, unincorporated town in Oklahoma that is adjacent to the Great Salt Plains State Park. I drive the narrow road between the two when out bird watching and that was when I noticed an older home had been torn down. I thought it was very cool that they left the fireplace and chimney with a decorated mantle! I will be watching to see if they rebuild a new home on the foundation. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collection: 20220113-DSC_0476-Edit.tif

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Show the world you can "Go West" with our The American Buffalo. Designed for any occasion, just throw it on and you're good to go.

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What can I say? There are times that you arrive when the bird departs. I made it to the bottom of the spillway where the Great Salt Plains Lake flows into the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in N. Oklahoma; a place that many birds like to fish. And though this Snowy Egret flew away, I was happy seeing it and others that had returned from their winter migration to the south. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collection: "Feathered Friends2" 20210429-DSC_3623

Profile of a Snowy Egret with sparkling bokeh coming from the light on the water. Captured at Great Salt Plains State Park in norhtern Oklahoma on the lower level of the spillway. ©Debra Martz, All Rights Reserved In My Gallery/Collection: "Feathered Friends2" 20210429-DSC_3615

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The license plates of Oklahoma, show off your love of this beautiful state with this design!

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