[Birdtalk] South Canyon

[Jim & Beanie]

We took a ride from Paradise to the summit of South Canyon Sunday. This is  mostly a dirt road and not recommended unless your vehicle has good ground clearance.  

The highlight of the trip was a number (30) of Mountain Bluebirds.

Other birds seen included:  Crow, Mourning Dove, House Finch, Barn Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Lark Sparrow, Meadow Lark, Turkey Vulture, Chickadee, Goldfinch, and Killdeer. 

I took a number of photos of the terrain and scenery.  It is interesting how diversified the habitat is in the area.   Sorry no bird pictures.   

If you would like to see them they are on this site:

http://JLofthouse.photosite.com/

Jim Lofthouse
 

http://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/nature/default.htm
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