Ash Canyon - January 23, 2024

 Various factors conspired to keep me inside for nearly a week, but I finally escaped for a short visit to Ash Canyon.  At home, skies were clear after an overnight rain, with a temperature of 46F.  On the way to Ash Canyon, I could see that conditions were much different.  When I arrived, it was obvious that rain had stopped only minutes before, and clouds had settled down around the mountains so they couldn't even be seen.  And the temp was a chilly 40F.  I was the only human there, of course, but there were plenty of birds flying around like they had just been released from a cage.

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (M)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (M)

House Finch (M)

House Finch (M)

Lesser Goldfinch (M)

Lesser Goldfinch (M)

Lesser Goldfinch (F)

Lesser Goldfinch (F)

Bushtit

White-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Bridled Titmouse

Bridled Titmouse

Curve-billed Thrasher

Pine Siskin

Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Cactus Wren

Cactus Wren

Broad-billed Hummingbird (M)

Broad-billed Hummingbird (M)

Pyrrhuloxia (F)

Pyrrhuloxia (F)

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler


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