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| 1st 5: after much agonizing I'm going with Cooper's Hawk | 
Having just turned right off our street I saw a hawk fly up into a neighbor's tree; I was able to get some fairly decent photos of the raptor.  Pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk.  Finished our drive out to the trailhead and did our regular route.  We heard somebody on a dirt bike while we were out there, but we saw no one in our section of northern Chihuahuan Desert.  The weather was bearable:  hot and humid, but with a somewhat consistent breeze.
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| Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard | 
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| Looking up the arroyo we just came down | 
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| Willow hearing something | 
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| Down the middle branch arroyo | 
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| Looking north at Tortugas Mountain from the right branch | 
 
 
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Gorgeous photos of the majestic Cooper's Hawk.
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