Jump to content


Photo
- - - - -

Madera Canyon, Arizona - January 2020


  • Please log in to reply
7 replies to this topic

#1 ski3pin

ski3pin

    Belay On

  • Site Team
  • 15,316 posts
  • LocationSierra Nevada Range

Posted 17 February 2020 - 04:03 AM

Part six of our big winter adventure is completed. The story and photos can be found on our blog here -

 

Madera Canyon, Arizona - January 2020

 

 

Only a final chapter remains to be completed. It will have a surprise in it for you, but I get ahead of myself. Please enjoy!  :)


  • 0

2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln  http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/


#2 billharr

billharr

    Senior Member

  • Members
  • 2,824 posts
  • LocationStockton CA

Posted 17 February 2020 - 05:48 AM

Another one saying the AZ Desert Museum is a must see. I learned a lot there. 


Edited by billharr, 17 February 2020 - 05:48 AM.

  • 0

#3 PaulT

PaulT

    Need gumbo

  • Members
  • 2,611 posts
  • LocationHillsboro, Oregon

Posted 17 February 2020 - 06:51 AM

Could the unidentified red head be a Cassin’s finch?

 

Paul


  • 0
I thought getting old would take longer.

#4 Wandering Sagebrush

Wandering Sagebrush

    Free Range Human

  • Site Team
  • 10,575 posts
  • LocationNortheast Oregon

Posted 17 February 2020 - 07:43 AM

Could the unidentified red head be a Cassin’s finch?

 

Paul

Paul, I originally thought that, but too much streaking on the breast, and it’s a more northern range.   So, just a not so bright house finch  is my second guess.  The other birds are pine siskind.


  • 0

I am haunted by waters


#5 ski3pin

ski3pin

    Belay On

  • Site Team
  • 15,316 posts
  • LocationSierra Nevada Range

Posted 17 February 2020 - 04:32 PM

House finch was my id also. The group of birders at the gift shop were arguing whether it was a Flame - colored or Hepatic Tanager. That just didn't fly.  :)

 

 

Could the unidentified red head be a Cassin’s finch?

 

Paul

 

 

Paul, I originally thought that, but too much streaking on the breast, and it’s a more northern range.   So, just a not so bright house finch  is my second guess.  The other birds are pine siskind.

 


  • 0

2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln  http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/


#6 Lighthawk

Lighthawk

    Weekend warrior

  • Members
  • 3,319 posts
  • LocationNevada City, CA

Posted 17 February 2020 - 04:33 PM

Cool collection of bird shots, Ski.

Love the coatamundi.  Fun fact:  They can articulate their nose sixty degrees up/down, side to side.  We saw them in Costa Rica last year.


  • 0

2021 RAM 3500 Crew 4x4, 6.4 hemi/8 speed trans with 4.10 gears, Timber Grove bags, Falken Wildpeak 35" tires.

OEV Aluma 6.75 flatbed, Bundutec Odyssey camper on order for 2024

For this year we're still using our 2008 FWC Hawk with victron DC-DC charger, 130w solar, MPPT controler

with 2000w inverter and external 120v output and 12v solar input with 100w portable solar.   http://lighthawkphoto.com


#7 ski3pin

ski3pin

    Belay On

  • Site Team
  • 15,316 posts
  • LocationSierra Nevada Range

Posted 17 February 2020 - 04:44 PM

Cool collection of bird shots, Ski.

Love the coatamundi.  Fun fact:  They can articulate their nose sixty degrees up/down, side to side.  We saw them in Costa Rica last year.

Thanks Lighthawk! This was our first coati and haven't yet studied much about them. We look forward to coming upon them in a bit more "wild" setting. But this may be the habitat they exploit, similar to all the raccoons around here.


  • 0

2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln  http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/


#8 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

Casa Escarlata Robles Too

    C'est la vie

  • Site Team
  • 9,285 posts
  • Locationmonterey bay area

Posted 17 February 2020 - 07:45 PM

Great bird photos.

Thanks .

Frank


  • 0

2002 Tundra AC TRD 4WD Limited 2009 ATC Bobcat loaded http://sharychic.blogspot.com/





0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users