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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hamhed" data-source="post: 3345506" data-attributes="member: 70825">Just a few miles outside Kingston, we stopped for a drive up North Percha Road which wound its graveled way up into the Black Range Mountains to 6500 feet, an elevation we hadn’t seen in a few days.  No specific target birds, though we always approach new areas with birder’s optimism.   Northern Flickers, the western red-shafted variety, were in calling from the hillsides and Scrub Jays were abundant.  Juncos were everywhere, darting off the road into the junipers and grasses.  We saw more Gambel’s Quail and a soaring Red-tailed Hawk before we turned around at what appeared to be an old homesite, a stone chimney all that remained. A pair of small ponds surprised us with several ducks; Gadwalls, Mallards and a Ring-necked.Ten more minutes of driving brought us to the Black Range Lodge where we were to spend the next three nights.  Meeting our hosts, Catherine and Gary, and settling in to our second floor rooms left us just enough time for a short evening walk on Main Street.The sign at the head of the road made us feel most welcome.Dripping Springs:<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26434609" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26434609</a>N. Percha Road:<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26438807" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26438807</a></blockquote>