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<blockquote data-quote="Hamhed" data-source="post: 3666508" data-attributes="member: 70825"><p>Day 6</p><p>We returned to the park the following day with intent to explore the desert further and with faint hopes of finding a LeConte’s Thrasher, ghost bird of the desert. On Park Boulevard at 7 am, we stopped briefly in the middle of a bevy of two dozen Gambel’s Quail. Nearby, at Quail Springs, we birded the desert floor from the parking area down to the dry stream bed with a smallish list of species, certainly no Thrasher. </p><p>From there, we continued on a short distance to Hidden Valley, hiking and birding for nearly two hours among the jumble of rocks. A fair amount of sparrows, mostly Black-throated, were in the short grasses. One Brewer’s Sparrows, several White-crowned and a few Juncos added some variety.</p><p>By the time we reached Ryan Mountain, a silly urge to take on another steep, rocky mountain came over us and off we went. This was half the length of the Panorama Loop but the same elevation change. if you do the math, the sum equals steep. Few birds heard or seen on this head down, huffer and puffer of a hike. The views were very nice and I frequently would stop to study them at great length. At least, on the way up… The two birds identified were Wrens, Rock and Cactus. </p><p>A drive to visit the Cholla Cactus Garden brought us near the end of the day but, leaving the park, we stopped for another short stroll on the very level Boy Scout trail. Fading light and chill stopped us from traveling too far. A Sagebrush Sparrow, the avian twin for a Bell’s Sparrow, was seen on trail’s edge.</p><p></p><p>Bird lists here:</p><p><a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205623" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205623</a></p><p><a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205663" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205663</a></p><p><a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205996" target="_blank">http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205996</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hamhed, post: 3666508, member: 70825"] Day 6 We returned to the park the following day with intent to explore the desert further and with faint hopes of finding a LeConte’s Thrasher, ghost bird of the desert. On Park Boulevard at 7 am, we stopped briefly in the middle of a bevy of two dozen Gambel’s Quail. Nearby, at Quail Springs, we birded the desert floor from the parking area down to the dry stream bed with a smallish list of species, certainly no Thrasher. From there, we continued on a short distance to Hidden Valley, hiking and birding for nearly two hours among the jumble of rocks. A fair amount of sparrows, mostly Black-throated, were in the short grasses. One Brewer’s Sparrows, several White-crowned and a few Juncos added some variety. By the time we reached Ryan Mountain, a silly urge to take on another steep, rocky mountain came over us and off we went. This was half the length of the Panorama Loop but the same elevation change. if you do the math, the sum equals steep. Few birds heard or seen on this head down, huffer and puffer of a hike. The views were very nice and I frequently would stop to study them at great length. At least, on the way up… The two birds identified were Wrens, Rock and Cactus. A drive to visit the Cholla Cactus Garden brought us near the end of the day but, leaving the park, we stopped for another short stroll on the very level Boy Scout trail. Fading light and chill stopped us from traveling too far. A Sagebrush Sparrow, the avian twin for a Bell’s Sparrow, was seen on trail’s edge. Bird lists here: [url]http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205623[/url] [url]http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205663[/url] [url]http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41205996[/url] [/QUOTE]
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