FOR THE BIRDS

Here’s a collection of birds collected for my “Life List” in the past couple of weeks along the Colorado River and Mojave Valley. Many are only seen here out west so I thought my Eastern friends would enjoy a peek at the peeps.

ALBERT'S TOHEE

BLACK PHOEBE

GAMBEL'S QUAIL MALE

GAMBEL'S QUAIL FEMALE

TREE SWALLOW

YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER

YELLOW RUMPED WARBLER with breakfast in his beak.

GREAT BLUE HERON

And in the wildflower department

Golden Crownbeard

Baha Fairy Duster

Wild Lupin

And the dawning of a new day in the desert.

Morning light

Home away from home.