An all around splendid day. I started out enjoying the singing of the Varied Thrush, then as I was trying to sort out sparrows coming to drink at the big tank, a flicker came to drink that the experts think might be an intergrade between a [Northern]
"Yellow-shafted" and "Red-shafted." What I know for sure is that it had strong yellow undersides when it flew. Doesn't show on the photos unfortunately. If I get another chance to photograph it I'll try for a flight shot, even if it's blurry.
Then I spotted 3
Aoudads crossing the road coming into the oasis. They were atop a hill about half a mile away but I got what photos I could. That's Nine Points Mesa in the background.
Before I had recovered from that, the oasis got nice and warm and full of butterflies. I'm not sure if I ever photographed a
Texan Crescent before.
But here is the highlight of the day, a new butterfly species for the oasis. My lepidopterist friend says it's a
Coyote Cloudywing.
A really fun day.
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