Jacob's Tails . . . (Back-to-the-Land)"
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It never ceases to amaze me how quickly you meet people and get to know them when you are out on the desert.
Anyway, we met and shared a new card game [Saskatchewan Rummy] with a couple from BC and then got an email and went off to find another couple [Tom & Nancy] we met in Indio, California. They were parked just a couple of roads away. Tom & Nancy are old-time Escapees and were off getting teeth work done in Algodones, Mexico and will probably be down around Ajo and Why after they are finished.
We heard from a couple [Judy & Terry] who are birders and Escapees and we had met a few years ago at Gunsite [the BLM near Why and the Organ Pipe Cactus National Park] to say they were going out there and would we like to join them.
Sure, why not? So on Monday we packed up and drove over here to Gunsite.
Yes, they are real birders and they know their stuff! I think trying to identify birds [without a good birder around] is just as tough as trying to identify different rocks when you have no idea why someone would pick up one particular rock and not another.
Mind boggling!
After three days we saw and identified more birds than we had even seen the past nine years.
Judy and Terry’s List
House Finch Sparrows Northern Cardinals Gila Woodpeckers Phainopela Verdins Oriole(new) (Hummers) Costas, Annas, Rufus Flicker-gilded Mockingbird Canyon Towhee Red Tail Hawk Black Throated Sparrow Gambels QuailChipmunks/Squirrels Rabbits
Our Photos (just some of them)
Northern Cardinals
Male
Female
Verdins
Gambels Quail
Hummingbird-Costa
Feeder- after the Hummingbird left
Phainopela [we call it the P bird cuz we can never remember its name]
Chipmunk/Squirrel
Rabbit
We both sat for hours just watching them all.
1 comment:
Good photos! It's fun to watch them.
Jaimie
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