Bird and Blossom Bonanza

Ocotillo flowers

Becca and I did a long hike into the outback west of Tortugas Mountain this morning, and we found abundant birds and flowers out and about in the northern Chihuahuan Desert.  Don't know why I'm having so much trouble identifying the hummingbird pictured below, but I can't find a representative picture of it in my reference books nor on the internet.  The most infuriating thing is that I'm certain I've ID'd this hummer in the past.

Ocotillo flowers

A Chipping Sparrow, perhaps?

Enjoying Ocotillo buds

Could be a Chipping Sparrow

Bicolor Fanmustard

Scott's Oriole

Curve-billed Thrasher on Yucca flower stalk

Curve-billed Thrasher has an incredibly beautiful song

Scott's Oriole rear biew

White-winged Dove

Same Dove

Avian dart (possibly Broad-tailed Hummingbird)

How to relax in an arroyo

Having trouble IDing this hummer

Same hummer

Down the arroyo

Mesquite leafing out

How to find shade

Closeup of a Claret Cup

Ocotillo leafing out

Pale Evening Primrose

Pale Evening Primrose

Pale Evening Primrose

Yucca flowers