#423 and #424 in Desert Hot Springs
There’s nothing like getting to new habitat for finding life birds. A couple of weekends ago (2008-05-17) Beth and I drove out to Desert Hot Springs in the Coachella Valley to visit a friend who runs a small hotel there.
Jill mentioned that she had Cactus Wrens nesting up by her house, but before we could even get there, these birds flew into a palm by the pool:
We went up to her house anyway, where we got to see more wrens, and several nests with babies:
We watched the sunset over the valley and windmills and then drove back. After a brief stop at the hotel, we went to dinner at a local italian place and what should cross the road along the way but a covey of Gambel’s Quails, #424. I didn’t get any pictures of these birds, but the next day we found another Gambel’s Quail in the next valley over that I did get this picture of:
We got some more birds in that valley too, but those will have to wait for the next post..
