Santa Rita Lodge ~ Birds

Gila Woodpecker

Scott's Oriole & Acorn Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal

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Hepatic Tanager

Ladderback Woodpecker

Pyrrhuloxia

Pyrrhuloxia

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Whitewater Preserve, CA

Brewer's Sparrow ~ Life Bird #445

Monarch Butterfly ~ several seen but first image captured

Chukar along Whitewater Canyon Road ~ Life Bird #444

One of about 16 Chukar's along the roadway.

Scott's Oriole continues at our AirBnB

Morongo Valley, CA

Lot's of Costa's Hummingbirds coming into the feeder's

Costa's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Say's Phoebe

And another bird comes into the feeders ~ Scott's Oriole

Scott's Oriole

Western Scrub Jay's

Cabo ~ Birding in the morning

Kathy and Diane are up early each morning to take a 4-5 mile walk into the hills around Cabo.  They leave at 6:30 AM and return about 8 AM before the heat of the day.  I decided rather than walk with them I wanted go birding and see what birds I could find.  The bad part about walking this early was that the sun was unfavorable to taking many pictures as it was in front of me rather than behind me.







It was exciting to see lots of Cactus Wrens including this one on a tulip tree just inside the gates of Village Paloma.  I saw about 16 species of birds including some new life birds ~ Scott's Oriole and Pryyhuloxia.

Scott's Oriole

Pyrrhuloxia