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Birding

Of the three birds we were after, the juniper titmouse was the best one to not get. We’re not going to get the Mexican chickadee or the yellow eyed junco anywhere else, but we got them while we were in Arizona. The juniper titmouse? We didn’t get him, but he has a range of four western states. Juniper oak forest, juniper pinion forest, that’s his habitat. We’re in juniper oak right now. And Utah, Utah has tons of juniper titmice. I looked it up. We might have to go spend the night at a place called Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah to find them next chance we get. Now who would want to go to a place called Kodachrome Basin State Park? It’s either that or Coral Pink Sand Dunes. Well, we’ll do whatever it takes.
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Silver city

Fifty miles. Not much of a driving day, but here we are in Silver City, all settled and ready for work tomorrow. We got a really good campsite at the RV Park. Great view, pulls right up to a cement patio, the bird feeders are out, the canyon towhees have come to visit already. It’s all good.
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Chiricahuas

A good birding day. The Chiricahua mountains. Worked our way up through Portal, South Fork of Cave Creek, Rustler Park, and Paradise. High desert to high mountains. Had three target birds, got two of them, the mexican chickadee and the yellow eyed junco. Identified fifty birds altogether, including a couple more new ones we didn’t expect, the olive warbler, and blue throated hummingbird. Great fun. We’ll plan a trip back here some time for another try at the juniper titmouse. Tomorrow… Silver City.