Lovely October day!

Aoudad above the oasis

Hard to believe it's October already! It's going to be a long five months until Lucifers return... unless some very cool winter birds show up.

The big hill concrete is open to visitors now. I went up it today. So unbelievably different than before the concrete. Before it was like grip the steering wheel, focus on the best path, hold your breath, and now it's like a smooth, relaxing drive up. Here's a photo I took from nearly half a mile away. It gives a more objective sense of the steepness.

Now the road is not too rough, but just rough enough to keep the ambiance that of a wilderness adventure. 

I'm so looking forward to visitors next spring. It's going to be so fun! The highlight of today was a female Mexican Amberwing. Only photographed a female once before. The photos today were a bit better, I think.

Still lots of California Spreadwings too. Getting tired of photographing them.