Exotic birds in the spring

For the past 10 days I've been at the Chiricahua  mountains in SE Arizona.  My main objective has been the Elegant Trogan, which is a tropical bird which breeds in this area each summer.

As soon as I arrived, the spring winds began and so birding has been intermittent ( I figure if the birds don't hide in the bad wind, then they should).

One non windy day I went up the trail looking for the trogan, and you guessed it...Power pooped big time.  I retrieved it with a poop bag and tied the bag to Power's leash.  After walking back down to the car, I realized the bag was gone!  So, back up the trail we went and sure enough the bag was nearly all the way back.

I never saw the trogon, because they were 1 1/2 miles up the trail, and I couldn't walk that far.  Shucks!

Yesterday, I saw 2 Montezuma quail.  I have so rarely seen these uncommon quail and I felt fortunate to see them and even more fortunate to photograph them.

Montezuma quail

Aren't they fabulous?

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