March 22, 2009: South Coast Botanical Garden and Palm Springs

Today, after landing, I made a brief stop at the South Coast Botanical Garden. Not much bird action but some nice flora shots. Then it was heading east to Palm Springs. Ran into some pretty crazy wind storms when I arrived in Palm Springs! (photos below) (news item)

Various flora photos from South Coast Botanical Garden:

Gadwall (SCBG)

On my way east to Palm Springs (and into the storms)

Palm Springs windfarm

Wind storm just west of Palm Springs (above and below)

Palm Springs palm tree damage in town

March 22, 2009: Flights (Buffalo to Detroit to Los Angeles)

Today I was flying Northwest from Buffalo to Los Angeles (via Detroit). The flight path was quite a bit further north from what it usually is to Southern California, and I got some nice shots...

Elk Mountain, Wyoming
near Torrington, Wyoming

Medicine Bow Mountains

Saratoga, Wyoming

Wyoming Route 789

Baggs, Wyoming

Dinosaur National Monument

Uinta Mountains

Price, Utah

Salina, Utah

Richfield, Utah

Ivins, Utah

Broadwell Lake, California

Yucca Valley, California

Riverside (CA) Airport


TODAY'S FLIGHT PATHS (FLIGHT AWARE)