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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Another Bad Air Day

Quality of the air this morning
Dr. K accompanied us on our morning trek today, in part as a celebration of her very special day.  It was a fest for us all.

We did our normal hike down LDR-A arroyo, east on the cross trail, up the left branch and down the middle branch before heading up and out of the right branch.

We saw some beautiful desert birds, but all at great distances:  Swainson's Hawk, Pyrrhuloxia and a Black-throated Sparrow.  Got a few decent images of them.

After the outing we took a drive around several different neighborhoods a few miles from ours; it was a pleasant ride.

Looking to the north

This & next 2:  Swainson's Hawk



This & next 3:  Pyrrhuloxia




Flowering Prickly Pear

Willow and Frio

Prickly Pear buds

Black-throated Sparrow

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Those last 2 photos of the Pyrruloxia are so good!

Tolerable Temps

Prickly Pear cactus in the left branch arroyo 58F when Dr. K, Willow and I started our hike this morning; and while it warmed fairly rapidly...