Sunday, June 17, 2018

Baca to Mineral Counties

June 7, 2018

Temperatures were only 92 degrees when we passed through Trinidad (Las Animas).  Winds were high again today at 11-12 mph with gusts to 36 mph at the reservoir.  

In the morning, we drove around Carrizo Mountain in search of Nighthawks.  Lesser Nighthawks have been observed around the mountain in past years; however, none was today.  We did run into Rock Wrens, Bewick's Wrens, Common Nighthawks and Chihuahuan Ravens.

A Greater Roadrunner ran across highway 160 east of Kim (Baca).  Nothing uncommon was found at Trinidad State Park or Lathrop State Park (Las Animas).

We continued west for our search of Bendire's Thrashers and Mexican Whip-Poor-wills and found ourselves at Wolf Creek Pass (Mineral) just before sunset.  Two Black Swifts flew around the Treasure Falls Area!

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