We couldn’t open up the front door to warm up the coach this morning. We actually had to turn on a furnace. A low in the forties last night. Great driving weather today. Eighty and sunny. A couple birdy rest stops on Interstate 10, and a walk around the Van Horn KOA. Today’s list:Scaled quailGambel’s quailBlack vultureTurkey vultureSwainson’s hawkRed tailed hawkKilldeerEuarsian collared doveWhite winged doveMourning doveEastern phoebeCouch’s kingbirdWestern kingbirdScissor tailed flycatcherChihuahuan ravenBarn swallowCactus wrenNorthern mockingbirdCurve billed thrasherYellow rumped warblerSummer tanangerWestern tanagerCanyon towheeLark sparrowLark buntingSavannah sparrowWhite crowned sparrowBlue grosbeakWestern meadowlarkGreat tailed grackleBrown headed cowbirdBullock’s orioleScott’s orioleHouse finchLesser goldfinchHouse sparrow Not a bad bird day for a travel day. Quail, kingbirds, tanagers, orioles. Tomorrow, another travel day. Tomorrow night, somewhere in Arizona.
