Ash Canyon - February 29 & March 1, 2024

 It was a beautiful morning as I approached the snow-capped Miller and Carr Peaks, the tallest mountains in the Huachuca Range.  The setting moon was still high in the sky.  Bird-wise, it was a particularly slow day because hawks kept flying through the canyon, frightening the smaller birds away.  However, it all paid off when a Cooper's Hawk landed on a branch only twenty-five feet from me, giving me the best photos ever of that species.



Mexican Jay

Mexican Jay

Lesser Goldfinch (M)

Lesser Goldfinch (M)

Lesser Goldfinch (F)

Lesser Goldfinch (F)

Bewick's Wren

Bewick's Wren

Cooper's Hawk (J)

Cooper's Hawk (J)

Cooper's Hawk (J)

Rock Squirrel

Pine Siskin

House Finch (M)

Spotted Towhee (F)

Spotted Towhee (F)

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Acorn Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Curve-billed Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

 

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