Southern
California ABA Tour
Jan
12-17, 2005,
Outstanding weather!
Guide- Bob
Miller
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174
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Day 4 - Saturday
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LeConte's Thrasher sighter
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LeConte's Thrasher
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| We had great looks at a pair of LeConte's Thrashers
and got to watch them run across the dunes. Black-tailed
Gnatcatcher, Verdin and Loggerhead Shrike were a few of the other
residents we saw. Tracks tell stories in the sand and we had
been tracking the LeConte's Thrashers before we found them. Fresh
Coyote tracks told us we were not the only ones being watched that
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LeConte's Thrasher
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Brittlebush
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Blooming Brittlebush were a hint of the colors
that would explode in the deserts in a few weeks when all of the
new vegetation bloomed. We left only our tracks in the sand
while other things left in the sand told of less thoughtful
visitors long past..
Antiques!?
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Days 5 -
Sunday
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Cattle Call Park gave us nice looks at this Anna's Hummingbird.
Heading west we stopped off at Poe Road for a last look at the
Salton Sea.
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Anna's Hummingbird
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Salton Sea at Poe Road
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We made our way back to Borrego Springs to find some reported
Lawrence's Goldfinch, a specialty high on everyone's list that can
be a little hard to predict. A stop to view Costa's Hummingbird in
a friends yard was great because he happened to be home and showed
us exactly where to find the goldfinches! Thanks Paul!!
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Borrego Springs
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After a stop at the Anza Borrego Desert SP we climbed out of
the deserts on Montezuma Grade with it's breathtaking views.
The Salton Sea can be seen at the base of the farthest mountains. |
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| Our last bird of the trip was the only American
Robin we saw on the trip. That was just after we had great
looks at Pygmy & White-breasted Nuthatches, Oak Titmouse and
Mountain Chickadees at about 6,000 feet in the Laguna Mountains. |
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