The Chiricahua Mountains in extreme southeast Arizona have been called THE premier bird area in all of North America. Home to Coatimundi (a relative of the raccoon) and other species of wildlife that are found only in this mountain range, the Chiricahuas are a perfect example of a "Sky Island". Just their name rings down through the lore of the Old West, too; this is the ancestral home of the Chiricahua Apaches, whose names include such legends as Cochise and Geronimo. With its spectacular landscapes, abundant birds, and location off-the-beaten-track, it's the kind of place where I can repeatedly return to and never tire of its wonders. I've arranged the photos in the form of a travel journal of a trip taken in June 2008, but I've returned twice since then (September 2008 and May 2009) and have included photos from those trips also. A place I can highly recommend for lodging while visiting the Chiricahuas is Portal Peak Lodge; their website is here --- http://www.portalpeaklodge.com . If after seeing my photos you do decide to visit, tell 'em Steve Wolfe sent you... :o) The bird photos were taken with the Canon 40D DSLR and either the EF 100-400 f4.5/5.6L IS or 500mm f/4 IS lens, while the landscapes were captured with the Pentax K10D and a Pentax DA 16-45mm lens with a circular polarizer. A book packed with information on southeast Arizona, and its birds in particular, is Rick Taylor's "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona," published by the American Birding Association (http://www.abasales.com/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=493 ) It was my guide in the Chiricahuas, and a book I'd recommend for anyone visiting the area. http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cave-Creek-from-Mountain-Road1/352552212_gvvCR-Ti.jpg http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/gallery/5616913_iug9X/ 2009-09-01T13:08:03Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />On June 15, 2008 I took the dirt trans-mountain road that begins near Chiricahua Nat'l Monument on the west side and ends at the main "town" of Portal in the east. If you have the time, and ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352552212_gvvCR" title="On June 15, 2008 I took the dirt trans-mountain road that begins near Chiricahua Nat'l Monument on the west side and ends at the main "town" of Portal in the east. If you have the time, and ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cave-Creek-from-Mountain-Road1/352552212_gvvCR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="On June 15, 2008 I took the dirt trans-mountain road that begins near Chiricahua Nat'l Monument on the west side and ends at the main "town" of Portal in the east. If you have the time, and ..." title="On June 15, 2008 I took the dirt trans-mountain road that begins near Chiricahua Nat'l Monument on the west side and ends at the main "town" of Portal in the east. If you have the time, and ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cave-Creek-from-Mountain-Road1/352552212_gvvCR-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 11:07:56 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Simply one of the most spectacular scenes in the whole of the desert Southwest, this shows the entrance to Cave Creek Canyon looking west from Foothills Road, just before Portal. It was take ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352558823_sdw7D" title="Simply one of the most spectacular scenes in the whole of the desert Southwest, this shows the entrance to Cave Creek Canyon looking west from Foothills Road, just before Portal. It was take ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Portal-Adjusted1/352558823_sdw7D-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Simply one of the most spectacular scenes in the whole of the desert Southwest, this shows the entrance to Cave Creek Canyon looking west from Foothills Road, just before Portal. It was take ..." title="Simply one of the most spectacular scenes in the whole of the desert Southwest, this shows the entrance to Cave Creek Canyon looking west from Foothills Road, just before Portal. It was take ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Portal-Adjusted1/352558823_sdw7D-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 04:20:22 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The Chiricahuas can be divided into 3 ecologically-different bird "zones" --- desert, canyons, and mountain highlands. The area around Portal is a transition area where both canyon and deser ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#343045176_Qtyz7" title="The Chiricahuas can be divided into 3 ecologically-different bird "zones" --- desert, canyons, and mountain highlands. The area around Portal is a transition area where both canyon and deser ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Thrasher-at-Dave-Jaspers/343045176_Qtyz7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Chiricahuas can be divided into 3 ecologically-different bird "zones" --- desert, canyons, and mountain highlands. The area around Portal is a transition area where both canyon and deser ..." title="The Chiricahuas can be divided into 3 ecologically-different bird "zones" --- desert, canyons, and mountain highlands. The area around Portal is a transition area where both canyon and deser ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Thrasher-at-Dave-Jaspers/343045176_Qtyz7-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 20:55:22 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A Gambel's Quail family gambols under the feeders...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#348034973_62kJh" title="A Gambel's Quail family gambols under the feeders..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Gambels-Quail/348034973_62kJh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A Gambel's Quail family gambols under the feeders..." title="A Gambel's Quail family gambols under the feeders..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Gambels-Quail/348034973_62kJh-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 21:12:05 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A Northern Cardinal and Canyon Towhee square off...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#360656841_yHBi3" title="A Northern Cardinal and Canyon Towhee square off..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cardinal-vs-Towhee/360656841_yHBi3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A Northern Cardinal and Canyon Towhee square off..." title="A Northern Cardinal and Canyon Towhee square off..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cardinal-vs-Towhee/360656841_yHBi3-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 21:19:38 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />While Mrs. Red Cardinal watches the macho posturings of Mr. Cardinal :o)</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#363170455_cMUEu" title="While Mrs. Red Cardinal watches the macho posturings of Mr. Cardinal :o)"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mrs-Cardinal/363170455_cMUEu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="While Mrs. Red Cardinal watches the macho posturings of Mr. Cardinal :o)" title="While Mrs. Red Cardinal watches the macho posturings of Mr. Cardinal :o)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mrs-Cardinal/363170455_cMUEu-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 21:10:12 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />On the return trip to the Chiricahuas in May 2009, I went back to Dave's feeders and once again saw the usual suspects, including this Black-throated Sparrow.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#603682775_3CZe3" title="On the return trip to the Chiricahuas in May 2009, I went back to Dave's feeders and once again saw the usual suspects, including this Black-throated Sparrow."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Black-throated-Sparrow-May-9/603682775_3CZe3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="On the return trip to the Chiricahuas in May 2009, I went back to Dave's feeders and once again saw the usual suspects, including this Black-throated Sparrow." title="On the return trip to the Chiricahuas in May 2009, I went back to Dave's feeders and once again saw the usual suspects, including this Black-throated Sparrow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Black-throated-Sparrow-May-9/603682775_3CZe3-Th.jpg 2009-05-09 15:43:33 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And Dave Jaspers's feeders are one of the only places where the rarely-seen Crissal Thrasher comes out of hiding. Sibley's calls it a "secretive" bird, "difficult to see in dense mesquite an ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#330898467_XUUQA" title="And Dave Jaspers's feeders are one of the only places where the rarely-seen Crissal Thrasher comes out of hiding. Sibley's calls it a "secretive" bird, "difficult to see in dense mesquite an ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Crissal-Thrasher/330898467_XUUQA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And Dave Jaspers's feeders are one of the only places where the rarely-seen Crissal Thrasher comes out of hiding. Sibley's calls it a "secretive" bird, "difficult to see in dense mesquite an ..." title="And Dave Jaspers's feeders are one of the only places where the rarely-seen Crissal Thrasher comes out of hiding. Sibley's calls it a "secretive" bird, "difficult to see in dense mesquite an ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Crissal-Thrasher/330898467_XUUQA-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 21:27:34 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Just a little further up the paved road from Dave Jasper's is the "town" of Portal (actually, the main "drag" is down the road beyond that stone wall) and the Portal Peak Lodge and Store, wh ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339023003_z6RfR" title="Just a little further up the paved road from Dave Jasper's is the "town" of Portal (actually, the main "drag" is down the road beyond that stone wall) and the Portal Peak Lodge and Store, wh ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape4/339023003_z6RfR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Just a little further up the paved road from Dave Jasper's is the "town" of Portal (actually, the main "drag" is down the road beyond that stone wall) and the Portal Peak Lodge and Store, wh ..." title="Just a little further up the paved road from Dave Jasper's is the "town" of Portal (actually, the main "drag" is down the road beyond that stone wall) and the Portal Peak Lodge and Store, wh ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape4/339023003_z6RfR-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 07:13:36 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />According to my camera Exif, this was taken at 5:12am...Early-morning light casts its glow on the rock outcroppings up the Cave Creek Canyon Road.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024350_WcQf8" title="According to my camera Exif, this was taken at 5:12am...Early-morning light casts its glow on the rock outcroppings up the Cave Creek Canyon Road."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape2/339024350_WcQf8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="According to my camera Exif, this was taken at 5:12am...Early-morning light casts its glow on the rock outcroppings up the Cave Creek Canyon Road." title="According to my camera Exif, this was taken at 5:12am...Early-morning light casts its glow on the rock outcroppings up the Cave Creek Canyon Road." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape2/339024350_WcQf8-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:12:59 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This is the view from a short trail off Cave Creek Canyon Road. You're able to get above the forest canopy and see the confluence of South Fork and Cave Creek Canyons. Truly an awesome sight ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339023054_Txw4n" title="This is the view from a short trail off Cave Creek Canyon Road. You're able to get above the forest canopy and see the confluence of South Fork and Cave Creek Canyons. Truly an awesome sight ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape3/339023054_Txw4n-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is the view from a short trail off Cave Creek Canyon Road. You're able to get above the forest canopy and see the confluence of South Fork and Cave Creek Canyons. Truly an awesome sight ..." title="This is the view from a short trail off Cave Creek Canyon Road. You're able to get above the forest canopy and see the confluence of South Fork and Cave Creek Canyons. Truly an awesome sight ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape3/339023054_Txw4n-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 06:47:47 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And now, on to the birds...This is the entrance to probably THE must-do hike for birders and bird photographers in all the Chiricahuas, the walk up South Fork Cave Creek. Here can be found t ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#324378470_MTcHD" title="And now, on to the birds...This is the entrance to probably THE must-do hike for birders and bird photographers in all the Chiricahuas, the walk up South Fork Cave Creek. Here can be found t ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/South-Fork-Cave-Creek-Road/324378470_MTcHD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And now, on to the birds...This is the entrance to probably THE must-do hike for birders and bird photographers in all the Chiricahuas, the walk up South Fork Cave Creek. Here can be found t ..." title="And now, on to the birds...This is the entrance to probably THE must-do hike for birders and bird photographers in all the Chiricahuas, the walk up South Fork Cave Creek. Here can be found t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/South-Fork-Cave-Creek-Road/324378470_MTcHD-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 06:40:09 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />I'd parked my truck near the signs and was about ready to walk up the road when I met a young guy coming down the road with an earpiece stuck in his ear, listening to an iPod. His name was J ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#322506852_qkjs6" title="I'd parked my truck near the signs and was about ready to walk up the road when I met a young guy coming down the road with an earpiece stuck in his ear, listening to an iPod. His name was J ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon1/322506852_qkjs6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I'd parked my truck near the signs and was about ready to walk up the road when I met a young guy coming down the road with an earpiece stuck in his ear, listening to an iPod. His name was J ..." title="I'd parked my truck near the signs and was about ready to walk up the road when I met a young guy coming down the road with an earpiece stuck in his ear, listening to an iPod. His name was J ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon1/322506852_qkjs6-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 02:24:08 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />He would perch at eye-level and at fairly unobscured spots, so I got good looks at him from all angles. And he didn't seem to be bothered by a guy with a Big Lens stalking him...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#322506880_fKtu6" title="He would perch at eye-level and at fairly unobscured spots, so I got good looks at him from all angles. And he didn't seem to be bothered by a guy with a Big Lens stalking him..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon2/322506880_fKtu6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="He would perch at eye-level and at fairly unobscured spots, so I got good looks at him from all angles. And he didn't seem to be bothered by a guy with a Big Lens stalking him..." title="He would perch at eye-level and at fairly unobscured spots, so I got good looks at him from all angles. And he didn't seem to be bothered by a guy with a Big Lens stalking him..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon2/322506880_fKtu6-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 02:37:57 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />He scanned the scene by cocking his head and moving it in a horizontal direction...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#322506933_hgpDS" title="He scanned the scene by cocking his head and moving it in a horizontal direction..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon3/322506933_hgpDS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="He scanned the scene by cocking his head and moving it in a horizontal direction..." title="He scanned the scene by cocking his head and moving it in a horizontal direction..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon3/322506933_hgpDS-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 02:22:56 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The intricate design of the feathers under the tail can be seen here, along with his brilliant frontal coloring...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#324378515_A8g28" title="The intricate design of the feathers under the tail can be seen here, along with his brilliant frontal coloring..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon1/324378515_A8g28-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The intricate design of the feathers under the tail can be seen here, along with his brilliant frontal coloring..." title="The intricate design of the feathers under the tail can be seen here, along with his brilliant frontal coloring..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon1/324378515_A8g28-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 02:36:47 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Then when I tried to get into position for a head-on shot in full sunlight, I slipped-down an embankment, and caused him to fly off... :o( But I had an encounter the memories and photos of w ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#322506955_njmhY" title="Then when I tried to get into position for a head-on shot in full sunlight, I slipped-down an embankment, and caused him to fly off... :o( But I had an encounter the memories and photos of w ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon4/322506955_njmhY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Then when I tried to get into position for a head-on shot in full sunlight, I slipped-down an embankment, and caused him to fly off... :o( But I had an encounter the memories and photos of w ..." title="Then when I tried to get into position for a head-on shot in full sunlight, I slipped-down an embankment, and caused him to fly off... :o( But I had an encounter the memories and photos of w ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Elegant-Trogon4/322506955_njmhY-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 02:36:58 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Mexican Jays are pretty ubiquitous in the canyons of the Chiricahuas. Here's one at that same picnic area found at the end of the South Fork Cave Creek Road where is saw the Elegant Trogon.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#349992451_KQAFH" title="Mexican Jays are pretty ubiquitous in the canyons of the Chiricahuas. Here's one at that same picnic area found at the end of the South Fork Cave Creek Road where is saw the Elegant Trogon."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Jay/349992451_KQAFH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Mexican Jays are pretty ubiquitous in the canyons of the Chiricahuas. Here's one at that same picnic area found at the end of the South Fork Cave Creek Road where is saw the Elegant Trogon." title="Mexican Jays are pretty ubiquitous in the canyons of the Chiricahuas. Here's one at that same picnic area found at the end of the South Fork Cave Creek Road where is saw the Elegant Trogon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Jay/349992451_KQAFH-Th.jpg 2008-06-15 02:02:08 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's an early-morning scene on the bridge that crosses Cave Creek. The growth is very lush here, with magnificent Arizona sycamore trees. And the birds are abundant here, also...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#342454437_nmoTF" title="Here's an early-morning scene on the bridge that crosses Cave Creek. The growth is very lush here, with magnificent Arizona sycamore trees. And the birds are abundant here, also..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/4/342454437_nmoTF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's an early-morning scene on the bridge that crosses Cave Creek. The growth is very lush here, with magnificent Arizona sycamore trees. And the birds are abundant here, also..." title="Here's an early-morning scene on the bridge that crosses Cave Creek. The growth is very lush here, with magnificent Arizona sycamore trees. And the birds are abundant here, also..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/4/342454437_nmoTF-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This Blue-Throated Hummingbird was on the right side of the bridge on a perch right above the creek. It's one of the largest hummingbirds, and certainly one of the most beautiful...This shot ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#330898442_wpxcq" title="This Blue-Throated Hummingbird was on the right side of the bridge on a perch right above the creek. It's one of the largest hummingbirds, and certainly one of the most beautiful...This shot ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Blue-Throated-Hummingbird1/330898442_wpxcq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This Blue-Throated Hummingbird was on the right side of the bridge on a perch right above the creek. It's one of the largest hummingbirds, and certainly one of the most beautiful...This shot ..." title="This Blue-Throated Hummingbird was on the right side of the bridge on a perch right above the creek. It's one of the largest hummingbirds, and certainly one of the most beautiful...This shot ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Blue-Throated-Hummingbird1/330898442_wpxcq-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 18:34:30 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's the Blue-Throated from another angle showing the coloring on its back and tail feathers...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#347515953_3ArV7" title="Here's the Blue-Throated from another angle showing the coloring on its back and tail feathers..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Blue-Throated-Hummingbird1/347515953_3ArV7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's the Blue-Throated from another angle showing the coloring on its back and tail feathers..." title="Here's the Blue-Throated from another angle showing the coloring on its back and tail feathers..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Blue-Throated-Hummingbird1/347515953_3ArV7-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 18:28:26 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />It's such a beautiful bird that I couldn't help but include another photo of it...Shot again at ISO 1600 in early morning before the sunlight had yet to hit the canyon floor...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#347846740_32ck2" title="It's such a beautiful bird that I couldn't help but include another photo of it...Shot again at ISO 1600 in early morning before the sunlight had yet to hit the canyon floor..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Blue-Throated-Hummingbird/347846740_32ck2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="It's such a beautiful bird that I couldn't help but include another photo of it...Shot again at ISO 1600 in early morning before the sunlight had yet to hit the canyon floor..." title="It's such a beautiful bird that I couldn't help but include another photo of it...Shot again at ISO 1600 in early morning before the sunlight had yet to hit the canyon floor..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Blue-Throated-Hummingbird/347846740_32ck2-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 18:27:49 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And on the other side of the bridge was this male Arizona Woodpecker. After reading Rick Taylor's "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona" --- a must-read for ANY trip in the Chiricahuas, ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#342456251_85FU8" title="And on the other side of the bridge was this male Arizona Woodpecker. After reading Rick Taylor's "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona" --- a must-read for ANY trip in the Chiricahuas, ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cave-Creek-Arizona-Woodpecker/342456251_85FU8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And on the other side of the bridge was this male Arizona Woodpecker. After reading Rick Taylor's "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona" --- a must-read for ANY trip in the Chiricahuas, ..." title="And on the other side of the bridge was this male Arizona Woodpecker. After reading Rick Taylor's "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona" --- a must-read for ANY trip in the Chiricahuas, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cave-Creek-Arizona-Woodpecker/342456251_85FU8-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 05:49:40 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The Painted Redstart is a fairly-common bird in Arizona, but as it's very active, constantly moving about and flicking and fanning its wings, it's hard to catch it standing still. Here's a R ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#347350357_AKLBo" title="The Painted Redstart is a fairly-common bird in Arizona, but as it's very active, constantly moving about and flicking and fanning its wings, it's hard to catch it standing still. Here's a R ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Painted-Redstart/347350357_AKLBo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Painted Redstart is a fairly-common bird in Arizona, but as it's very active, constantly moving about and flicking and fanning its wings, it's hard to catch it standing still. Here's a R ..." title="The Painted Redstart is a fairly-common bird in Arizona, but as it's very active, constantly moving about and flicking and fanning its wings, it's hard to catch it standing still. Here's a R ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Painted-Redstart/347350357_AKLBo-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 05:59:12 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />When I returned to the Chiricahuas and the south fork of Cave Creek in May 2009 I had much better luck with the Painted Redstarts. This one was taken near the cabins just across the bridge m ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#557642843_APQAz" title="When I returned to the Chiricahuas and the south fork of Cave Creek in May 2009 I had much better luck with the Painted Redstarts. This one was taken near the cabins just across the bridge m ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Painted-Redstart-May-9-09/557642843_APQAz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="When I returned to the Chiricahuas and the south fork of Cave Creek in May 2009 I had much better luck with the Painted Redstarts. This one was taken near the cabins just across the bridge m ..." title="When I returned to the Chiricahuas and the south fork of Cave Creek in May 2009 I had much better luck with the Painted Redstarts. This one was taken near the cabins just across the bridge m ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Painted-Redstart-May-9-09/557642843_APQAz-Th.jpg 2009-05-08 17:33:59 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />I saw this Pewee diving about for insects along the road in the late-afternoon. After much debate and posting this photo at BirdForum.net, the concensus is that it's a Western Wood-Pewee, no ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#330898775_UuDbw" title="I saw this Pewee diving about for insects along the road in the late-afternoon. After much debate and posting this photo at BirdForum.net, the concensus is that it's a Western Wood-Pewee, no ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Greater-Pewee2/330898775_UuDbw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I saw this Pewee diving about for insects along the road in the late-afternoon. After much debate and posting this photo at BirdForum.net, the concensus is that it's a Western Wood-Pewee, no ..." title="I saw this Pewee diving about for insects along the road in the late-afternoon. After much debate and posting this photo at BirdForum.net, the concensus is that it's a Western Wood-Pewee, no ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Greater-Pewee2/330898775_UuDbw-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 04:56:57 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And just before he disappeared for the evening, I caught him with what looks to be a young Pewee...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#342478032_j9PGn" title="And just before he disappeared for the evening, I caught him with what looks to be a young Pewee..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Pewee-with-young-un/342478032_j9PGn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And just before he disappeared for the evening, I caught him with what looks to be a young Pewee..." title="And just before he disappeared for the evening, I caught him with what looks to be a young Pewee..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Pewee-with-young-un/342478032_j9PGn-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 05:01:26 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />There's a dirt road that branches off the main dirt road past the Southwestern Research Station and arrives in just over 2 miles at Herb Martyr Campground (named after a worker killed during ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024273_aN9ov" title="There's a dirt road that branches off the main dirt road past the Southwestern Research Station and arrives in just over 2 miles at Herb Martyr Campground (named after a worker killed during ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape6/339024273_aN9ov-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="There's a dirt road that branches off the main dirt road past the Southwestern Research Station and arrives in just over 2 miles at Herb Martyr Campground (named after a worker killed during ..." title="There's a dirt road that branches off the main dirt road past the Southwestern Research Station and arrives in just over 2 miles at Herb Martyr Campground (named after a worker killed during ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape6/339024273_aN9ov-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 04:25:44 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Just below Herb Martyr Dam there's still enough water in the creek to make a nice flow, attracting birds who come to cool-off...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#326435345_eNpZC" title="Just below Herb Martyr Dam there's still enough water in the creek to make a nice flow, attracting birds who come to cool-off..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Stream-at-Herb-Martyr-Dam/326435345_eNpZC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Just below Herb Martyr Dam there's still enough water in the creek to make a nice flow, attracting birds who come to cool-off..." title="Just below Herb Martyr Dam there's still enough water in the creek to make a nice flow, attracting birds who come to cool-off..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Stream-at-Herb-Martyr-Dam/326435345_eNpZC-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:23:48 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />such as this bathing Robin.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#362009969_sy22n" title="such as this bathing Robin."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Bathing-Robin-at-Herb-Martyr/362009969_sy22n-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="such as this bathing Robin." title="such as this bathing Robin." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Bathing-Robin-at-Herb-Martyr/362009969_sy22n-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:06:34 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This and the following photo are of a Bridled Titmouse just prior to taking a dunk in the water. I took these while sitting above on the dam.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#342883431_z829P" title="This and the following photo are of a Bridled Titmouse just prior to taking a dunk in the water. I took these while sitting above on the dam."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Bridled-Titmouse1/342883431_z829P-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This and the following photo are of a Bridled Titmouse just prior to taking a dunk in the water. I took these while sitting above on the dam." title="This and the following photo are of a Bridled Titmouse just prior to taking a dunk in the water. I took these while sitting above on the dam." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Bridled-Titmouse1/342883431_z829P-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 02:57:59 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#366055699_rgEXo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Bridled-Titmouse/366055699_rgEXo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Bridled-Titmouse/366055699_rgEXo-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 02:57:58 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And at Herb Martyr was my first encounter with a Yellow-Eyed Junco. I'd never heard of them before, and as they're quite-striking birds I thought I'd found something special, but they're "co ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#326412457_EVkVo" title="And at Herb Martyr was my first encounter with a Yellow-Eyed Junco. I'd never heard of them before, and as they're quite-striking birds I thought I'd found something special, but they're "co ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco1/326412457_EVkVo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And at Herb Martyr was my first encounter with a Yellow-Eyed Junco. I'd never heard of them before, and as they're quite-striking birds I thought I'd found something special, but they're "co ..." title="And at Herb Martyr was my first encounter with a Yellow-Eyed Junco. I'd never heard of them before, and as they're quite-striking birds I thought I'd found something special, but they're "co ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco1/326412457_EVkVo-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 03:19:37 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#362434352_j2NFK" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco2/362434352_j2NFK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco2/362434352_j2NFK-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 03:31:15 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Every angle seemed to present a photogenic setting for the Yellow-Eyed...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#346361378_CLMMU" title="Every angle seemed to present a photogenic setting for the Yellow-Eyed..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/DE-Junco-at-Herb-Martyr/346361378_CLMMU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Every angle seemed to present a photogenic setting for the Yellow-Eyed..." title="Every angle seemed to present a photogenic setting for the Yellow-Eyed..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/DE-Junco-at-Herb-Martyr/346361378_CLMMU-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:43:45 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />It then foraged around the dry parts of the creekbed and came up with a nice red ant..</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#326412364_kCUe6" title="It then foraged around the dry parts of the creekbed and came up with a nice red ant.."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco3/326412364_kCUe6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="It then foraged around the dry parts of the creekbed and came up with a nice red ant.." title="It then foraged around the dry parts of the creekbed and came up with a nice red ant.." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco3/326412364_kCUe6-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:44:52 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />After a bite to eat, time for shaking-out its feathers...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#326412514_nKsXP" title="After a bite to eat, time for shaking-out its feathers..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco4/326412514_nKsXP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="After a bite to eat, time for shaking-out its feathers..." title="After a bite to eat, time for shaking-out its feathers..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco4/326412514_nKsXP-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:46:04 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />and doing a bit of preening...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#326412561_oeUJW" title="and doing a bit of preening..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco5/326412561_oeUJW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="and doing a bit of preening..." title="and doing a bit of preening..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-Eyed-Junco5/326412561_oeUJW-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 04:46:06 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And then, to cap its day, a bit of a song, which is sweeter and more musical than a Dark-Eyed's.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#326412576_cQ2CT" title="And then, to cap its day, a bit of a song, which is sweeter and more musical than a Dark-Eyed's."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-eyed-Junco6/326412576_cQ2CT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And then, to cap its day, a bit of a song, which is sweeter and more musical than a Dark-Eyed's." title="And then, to cap its day, a bit of a song, which is sweeter and more musical than a Dark-Eyed's." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Yellow-eyed-Junco6/326412576_cQ2CT-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 05:03:24 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's the evening scene looking back towards the cliffs of Cave Creek Canyon on the road from Herb Martyr. Yes, that's my truck...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#338303033_gzjcv" title="Here's the evening scene looking back towards the cliffs of Cave Creek Canyon on the road from Herb Martyr. Yes, that's my truck..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape5/338303033_gzjcv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's the evening scene looking back towards the cliffs of Cave Creek Canyon on the road from Herb Martyr. Yes, that's my truck..." title="Here's the evening scene looking back towards the cliffs of Cave Creek Canyon on the road from Herb Martyr. Yes, that's my truck..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape5/338303033_gzjcv-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 16:42:04 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />There's a trail from Herb Martyr campground that goes to Ash Spring and the Cima Creek Cienega, an area watered by small springs creating a habitat similar to that found in the high Chiricah ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#348295720_hMWiP" title="There's a trail from Herb Martyr campground that goes to Ash Spring and the Cima Creek Cienega, an area watered by small springs creating a habitat similar to that found in the high Chiricah ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Nuthatch/348295720_hMWiP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="There's a trail from Herb Martyr campground that goes to Ash Spring and the Cima Creek Cienega, an area watered by small springs creating a habitat similar to that found in the high Chiricah ..." title="There's a trail from Herb Martyr campground that goes to Ash Spring and the Cima Creek Cienega, an area watered by small springs creating a habitat similar to that found in the high Chiricah ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Nuthatch/348295720_hMWiP-Th.jpg 2008-06-16 19:54:02 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Sunset brings a warm honey glow to Portal and the surrounding landscape. Here's the "busy" intersection of Portal and, once again, Portal Peak Lodge, where I stayed when I wasn't camping.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024246_pyYkM" title="Sunset brings a warm honey glow to Portal and the surrounding landscape. Here's the "busy" intersection of Portal and, once again, Portal Peak Lodge, where I stayed when I wasn't camping."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape14/339024246_pyYkM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Sunset brings a warm honey glow to Portal and the surrounding landscape. Here's the "busy" intersection of Portal and, once again, Portal Peak Lodge, where I stayed when I wasn't camping." title="Sunset brings a warm honey glow to Portal and the surrounding landscape. Here's the "busy" intersection of Portal and, once again, Portal Peak Lodge, where I stayed when I wasn't camping." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape14/339024246_pyYkM-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 17:42:37 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Once back on the trans-mountain dirt road from Herb Martyr campground, the way winds up the Chiricahuas, and spectacular views abound. It's truly one of the great unpaved road trips in the e ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350820049_UsB4U" title="Once back on the trans-mountain dirt road from Herb Martyr campground, the way winds up the Chiricahuas, and spectacular views abound. It's truly one of the great unpaved road trips in the e ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Trans-Mountain-Chiricahua-Road/350820049_UsB4U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Once back on the trans-mountain dirt road from Herb Martyr campground, the way winds up the Chiricahuas, and spectacular views abound. It's truly one of the great unpaved road trips in the e ..." title="Once back on the trans-mountain dirt road from Herb Martyr campground, the way winds up the Chiricahuas, and spectacular views abound. It's truly one of the great unpaved road trips in the e ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Trans-Mountain-Chiricahua-Road/350820049_UsB4U-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 09:23:40 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />One of the great pleasures of travelling is meeting people with similar interests who can possibly become "e-mail buddies" or, given time, true friends. Earlier in this chronicle I mentioned ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350794435_4PbMj" title="One of the great pleasures of travelling is meeting people with similar interests who can possibly become "e-mail buddies" or, given time, true friends. Earlier in this chronicle I mentioned ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Jonathan-Carpenter-Birder/350794435_4PbMj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="One of the great pleasures of travelling is meeting people with similar interests who can possibly become "e-mail buddies" or, given time, true friends. Earlier in this chronicle I mentioned ..." title="One of the great pleasures of travelling is meeting people with similar interests who can possibly become "e-mail buddies" or, given time, true friends. Earlier in this chronicle I mentioned ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Jonathan-Carpenter-Birder/350794435_4PbMj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The trans-mountain road tops out at Onion Saddle then heads down the western side of the Chiricahuas, ending up at Chiricahua National Monument. Two miles below the road summit is Pinery Can ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350794957_iFMTk" title="The trans-mountain road tops out at Onion Saddle then heads down the western side of the Chiricahuas, ending up at Chiricahua National Monument. Two miles below the road summit is Pinery Can ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Pinery-Canyon-Camp-Hummer2/350794957_iFMTk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The trans-mountain road tops out at Onion Saddle then heads down the western side of the Chiricahuas, ending up at Chiricahua National Monument. Two miles below the road summit is Pinery Can ..." title="The trans-mountain road tops out at Onion Saddle then heads down the western side of the Chiricahuas, ending up at Chiricahua National Monument. Two miles below the road summit is Pinery Can ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Pinery-Canyon-Camp-Hummer2/350794957_iFMTk-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 21:37:58 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The unpaved trans-mountain road heading west over the Chiricahuas finally tops out at Onion Saddle, elevation 7,600 feet, where it intersects with the road to Rustler Park. Views of the east ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352626143_XwNXz" title="The unpaved trans-mountain road heading west over the Chiricahuas finally tops out at Onion Saddle, elevation 7,600 feet, where it intersects with the road to Rustler Park. Views of the east ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Rustler-Park/352626143_XwNXz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The unpaved trans-mountain road heading west over the Chiricahuas finally tops out at Onion Saddle, elevation 7,600 feet, where it intersects with the road to Rustler Park. Views of the east ..." title="The unpaved trans-mountain road heading west over the Chiricahuas finally tops out at Onion Saddle, elevation 7,600 feet, where it intersects with the road to Rustler Park. Views of the east ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Rustler-Park/352626143_XwNXz-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 06:11:43 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Once again the ubiquitous and friendly Yellow-Eyed Junco accompanies my hikes.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339317348_6w2P2" title="Once again the ubiquitous and friendly Yellow-Eyed Junco accompanies my hikes."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Rustler-Park-Yellow-eyed-Junco/339317348_6w2P2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Once again the ubiquitous and friendly Yellow-Eyed Junco accompanies my hikes." title="Once again the ubiquitous and friendly Yellow-Eyed Junco accompanies my hikes." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Rustler-Park-Yellow-eyed-Junco/339317348_6w2P2-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 20:07:26 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />There's an old logging road that leads from the ranger station at Rustler Park to the meadow at Long Park and connects with High Chiricahua hiking trails. While walking on the rutted, rocky ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#361228337_YWKM9" title="There's an old logging road that leads from the ranger station at Rustler Park to the meadow at Long Park and connects with High Chiricahua hiking trails. While walking on the rutted, rocky ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cactus-on-Road-to-Long-Park/361228337_YWKM9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="There's an old logging road that leads from the ranger station at Rustler Park to the meadow at Long Park and connects with High Chiricahua hiking trails. While walking on the rutted, rocky ..." title="There's an old logging road that leads from the ranger station at Rustler Park to the meadow at Long Park and connects with High Chiricahua hiking trails. While walking on the rutted, rocky ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Cactus-on-Road-to-Long-Park/361228337_YWKM9-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 03:27:36 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />There are two high-mountain trails that can be accessed from the campground at Rustler Park; one is the Chiricahua Crest Trail which ends in 5.25 miles at Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024741_u8sVQ" title="There are two high-mountain trails that can be accessed from the campground at Rustler Park; one is the Chiricahua Crest Trail which ends in 5.25 miles at Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape12/339024741_u8sVQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="There are two high-mountain trails that can be accessed from the campground at Rustler Park; one is the Chiricahua Crest Trail which ends in 5.25 miles at Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the ..." title="There are two high-mountain trails that can be accessed from the campground at Rustler Park; one is the Chiricahua Crest Trail which ends in 5.25 miles at Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape12/339024741_u8sVQ-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 15:23:18 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's the major trail intersection up at the saddle...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#361791992_6K7KL" title="Here's the major trail intersection up at the saddle..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Trail/361791992_6K7KL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's the major trail intersection up at the saddle..." title="Here's the major trail intersection up at the saddle..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Trail/361791992_6K7KL-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 15:29:19 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The dead trees provide abundant habitat for birds such as the Hairy Woodpecker; here's a juvenile, distinguished from the adult by the red on its crown.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352604614_uYP8o" title="The dead trees provide abundant habitat for birds such as the Hairy Woodpecker; here's a juvenile, distinguished from the adult by the red on its crown."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Trail-Juvie/352604614_uYP8o-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The dead trees provide abundant habitat for birds such as the Hairy Woodpecker; here's a juvenile, distinguished from the adult by the red on its crown." title="The dead trees provide abundant habitat for birds such as the Hairy Woodpecker; here's a juvenile, distinguished from the adult by the red on its crown." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Trail-Juvie/352604614_uYP8o-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 22:27:57 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And nearby was this Western Bluebird posing prettily on one of the dead trees --</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352737524_74t3y" title="And nearby was this Western Bluebird posing prettily on one of the dead trees --"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Western/352737524_74t3y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And nearby was this Western Bluebird posing prettily on one of the dead trees --" title="And nearby was this Western Bluebird posing prettily on one of the dead trees --" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Western/352737524_74t3y-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 04:46:58 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's the view from the Chiricahua Crest Trail looking north. Evidence of the big Rattlesnake Fire of 1994 is everywhere. It was the largest fire in the Chiricahuas in 77 years, and accordi ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352626054_Nw4Bx" title="Here's the view from the Chiricahua Crest Trail looking north. Evidence of the big Rattlesnake Fire of 1994 is everywhere. It was the largest fire in the Chiricahuas in 77 years, and accordi ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Trail1/352626054_Nw4Bx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's the view from the Chiricahua Crest Trail looking north. Evidence of the big Rattlesnake Fire of 1994 is everywhere. It was the largest fire in the Chiricahuas in 77 years, and accordi ..." title="Here's the view from the Chiricahua Crest Trail looking north. Evidence of the big Rattlesnake Fire of 1994 is everywhere. It was the largest fire in the Chiricahuas in 77 years, and accordi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Crest-Trail1/352626054_Nw4Bx-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 15:40:41 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />While heading back down the trail I caught these White-Breasted Nuthatches having an early dinner.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#341171954_PYwXn" title="While heading back down the trail I caught these White-Breasted Nuthatches having an early dinner."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Nuthatches2/341171954_PYwXn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="While heading back down the trail I caught these White-Breasted Nuthatches having an early dinner." title="While heading back down the trail I caught these White-Breasted Nuthatches having an early dinner." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Nuthatches2/341171954_PYwXn-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 04:55:29 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />When I re-visited the Chiricahuas in May 2009 I once again hiked along the Chiricahua Crest Trail and just above Rustler Park saw this Red-faced Warbler, a bird on my Must See list. I photog ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#551467081_GghLc" title="When I re-visited the Chiricahuas in May 2009 I once again hiked along the Chiricahua Crest Trail and just above Rustler Park saw this Red-faced Warbler, a bird on my Must See list. I photog ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Red-faced-Warbler-May-6-09/551467081_GghLc-Th-1.jpg" width="116" height="150" alt="When I re-visited the Chiricahuas in May 2009 I once again hiked along the Chiricahua Crest Trail and just above Rustler Park saw this Red-faced Warbler, a bird on my Must See list. I photog ..." title="When I re-visited the Chiricahuas in May 2009 I once again hiked along the Chiricahua Crest Trail and just above Rustler Park saw this Red-faced Warbler, a bird on my Must See list. I photog ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:13:50Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Red-faced-Warbler-May-6-09/551467081_GghLc-Th-1.jpg 2009-05-06 14:19:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Another look at the Red-faced Warbler.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#551467019_rrzqF" title="Another look at the Red-faced Warbler."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Red-faced-Warbler-May-6-09-1/551467019_rrzqF-Th-1.jpg" width="116" height="150" alt="Another look at the Red-faced Warbler." title="Another look at the Red-faced Warbler." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Red-faced-Warbler-May-6-09-1/551467019_rrzqF-Th-1.jpg 2009-05-06 14:17:26 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Evening light on the Chiricahuas looking southeast from just above Rustler Park.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024765_j4tjq" title="Evening light on the Chiricahuas looking southeast from just above Rustler Park."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape13/339024765_j4tjq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Evening light on the Chiricahuas looking southeast from just above Rustler Park." title="Evening light on the Chiricahuas looking southeast from just above Rustler Park." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape13/339024765_j4tjq-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 17:21:17 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A new day dawns over the campsite at Rustler Park. A spur trail not far from here leads to the Chiricahua Crest Trail of the day before, while in the other direction is the path to Barfoot L ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352625916_PqFet" title="A new day dawns over the campsite at Rustler Park. A spur trail not far from here leads to the Chiricahua Crest Trail of the day before, while in the other direction is the path to Barfoot L ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Rustler-Park-Campground/352625916_PqFet-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A new day dawns over the campsite at Rustler Park. A spur trail not far from here leads to the Chiricahua Crest Trail of the day before, while in the other direction is the path to Barfoot L ..." title="A new day dawns over the campsite at Rustler Park. A spur trail not far from here leads to the Chiricahua Crest Trail of the day before, while in the other direction is the path to Barfoot L ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Rustler-Park-Campground/352625916_PqFet-Th.jpg 2008-06-19 04:30:56 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The trail to Barfoot Lookout winds just below the east side of the ridge, providing near-treetop views of the trees and, if you're lucky, the birds at eye-level. As you can imagine, the view ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024614_yaQDc" title="The trail to Barfoot Lookout winds just below the east side of the ridge, providing near-treetop views of the trees and, if you're lucky, the birds at eye-level. As you can imagine, the view ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape8/339024614_yaQDc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The trail to Barfoot Lookout winds just below the east side of the ridge, providing near-treetop views of the trees and, if you're lucky, the birds at eye-level. As you can imagine, the view ..." title="The trail to Barfoot Lookout winds just below the east side of the ridge, providing near-treetop views of the trees and, if you're lucky, the birds at eye-level. As you can imagine, the view ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape8/339024614_yaQDc-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 08:36:47 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This White-Breasted Nuthatch is busy finding seeds on a tree along the trail.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350795268_Edz4f" title="This White-Breasted Nuthatch is busy finding seeds on a tree along the trail."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Pygmy-Nuthatch/350795268_Edz4f-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This White-Breasted Nuthatch is busy finding seeds on a tree along the trail." title="This White-Breasted Nuthatch is busy finding seeds on a tree along the trail." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Pygmy-Nuthatch/350795268_Edz4f-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 21:52:57 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />My Smugmug site compresses panoramic photos a bit too much for my liking, but if you click "O" on "Sizes" below you'll see a much-larger image. This is the 180-degree view from atop Barfoot ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339124006_Y2fUc" title="My Smugmug site compresses panoramic photos a bit too much for my liking, but if you click "O" on "Sizes" below you'll see a much-larger image. This is the 180-degree view from atop Barfoot ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Lookout-Pano1/339124006_Y2fUc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="My Smugmug site compresses panoramic photos a bit too much for my liking, but if you click "O" on "Sizes" below you'll see a much-larger image. This is the 180-degree view from atop Barfoot ..." title="My Smugmug site compresses panoramic photos a bit too much for my liking, but if you click "O" on "Sizes" below you'll see a much-larger image. This is the 180-degree view from atop Barfoot ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Lookout-Pano1/339124006_Y2fUc-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A 2-photo pano of the same scene.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339115162_yrt9T" title="A 2-photo pano of the same scene."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Lookout-View/339115162_yrt9T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A 2-photo pano of the same scene." title="A 2-photo pano of the same scene." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Lookout-View/339115162_yrt9T-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Looking south from the Lookout, you can see the spine of the Chiricahuas and Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the highest point in the mountains. The top of the peak is still heavily-forested, ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024674_eJrXB" title="Looking south from the Lookout, you can see the spine of the Chiricahuas and Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the highest point in the mountains. The top of the peak is still heavily-forested, ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape10/339024674_eJrXB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Looking south from the Lookout, you can see the spine of the Chiricahuas and Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the highest point in the mountains. The top of the peak is still heavily-forested, ..." title="Looking south from the Lookout, you can see the spine of the Chiricahuas and Chiricahua Peak, at 9,795 feet the highest point in the mountains. The top of the peak is still heavily-forested, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape10/339024674_eJrXB-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 09:14:55 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Barfoot Lookout is atop Buena Vista Peak at 8,823 feet. So as you can imagine it's a great place for a fire lookout, which is seen here while looking north.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350794365_N7p7i" title="Barfoot Lookout is atop Buena Vista Peak at 8,823 feet. So as you can imagine it's a great place for a fire lookout, which is seen here while looking north."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape11/350794365_N7p7i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Barfoot Lookout is atop Buena Vista Peak at 8,823 feet. So as you can imagine it's a great place for a fire lookout, which is seen here while looking north." title="Barfoot Lookout is atop Buena Vista Peak at 8,823 feet. So as you can imagine it's a great place for a fire lookout, which is seen here while looking north." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape11/350794365_N7p7i-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 09:20:41 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's a closer view looking north, with the National Monument's Cochise Head on the right and Ida Peak to the left of center. This photo was actually taken a few days later than the rest wh ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350820120_nJ4oi" title="Here's a closer view looking north, with the National Monument's Cochise Head on the right and Ida Peak to the left of center. This photo was actually taken a few days later than the rest wh ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Lookout-Storm/350820120_nJ4oi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's a closer view looking north, with the National Monument's Cochise Head on the right and Ida Peak to the left of center. This photo was actually taken a few days later than the rest wh ..." title="Here's a closer view looking north, with the National Monument's Cochise Head on the right and Ida Peak to the left of center. This photo was actually taken a few days later than the rest wh ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Lookout-Storm/350820120_nJ4oi-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 12:06:22 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Directly below you at the lookout lies the bowl of Barfoot Park and the grassy opening of the meadow, my next destination where there's a campground beckoning... :o)</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350794072_hVACB" title="Directly below you at the lookout lies the bowl of Barfoot Park and the grassy opening of the meadow, my next destination where there's a campground beckoning... :o)"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape9/350794072_hVACB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Directly below you at the lookout lies the bowl of Barfoot Park and the grassy opening of the meadow, my next destination where there's a campground beckoning... :o)" title="Directly below you at the lookout lies the bowl of Barfoot Park and the grassy opening of the meadow, my next destination where there's a campground beckoning... :o)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape9/350794072_hVACB-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 09:00:06 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Barfoot Park in the early morning. It's a truly magical place, lying at the foot of Barfoot Lookout. There's dispersed campsites here, and the foundations of an old Boy Scout camp, plus an o ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339024562_gLTxe" title="Barfoot Park in the early morning. It's a truly magical place, lying at the foot of Barfoot Lookout. There's dispersed campsites here, and the foundations of an old Boy Scout camp, plus an o ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape7/339024562_gLTxe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Barfoot Park in the early morning. It's a truly magical place, lying at the foot of Barfoot Lookout. There's dispersed campsites here, and the foundations of an old Boy Scout camp, plus an o ..." title="Barfoot Park in the early morning. It's a truly magical place, lying at the foot of Barfoot Lookout. There's dispersed campsites here, and the foundations of an old Boy Scout camp, plus an o ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Chiricahua-Landscape7/339024562_gLTxe-Th.jpg 2008-06-18 06:22:59 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Well, it's just you and the birds, which makes Barfoot Park an avian-lover's delight. I spent 2 nights camping here, and made the acquaintance of many of the residents. Here's one of them, a ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339103525_ziXTd" title="Well, it's just you and the birds, which makes Barfoot Park an avian-lover's delight. I spent 2 nights camping here, and made the acquaintance of many of the residents. Here's one of them, a ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Northern-Flicker1/339103525_ziXTd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Well, it's just you and the birds, which makes Barfoot Park an avian-lover's delight. I spent 2 nights camping here, and made the acquaintance of many of the residents. Here's one of them, a ..." title="Well, it's just you and the birds, which makes Barfoot Park an avian-lover's delight. I spent 2 nights camping here, and made the acquaintance of many of the residents. Here's one of them, a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Northern-Flicker1/339103525_ziXTd-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 18:41:58 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This House Wren was catching insects at its residence, an old pump house in the meadow.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#339103520_txeCz" title="This House Wren was catching insects at its residence, an old pump house in the meadow."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/House-Wren/339103520_txeCz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This House Wren was catching insects at its residence, an old pump house in the meadow." title="This House Wren was catching insects at its residence, an old pump house in the meadow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/House-Wren/339103520_txeCz-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 19:31:17 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This is the scene at one of the unsung treasures at Barfoot Park -- and it's created by man, and entirely by accident. Those pools in the access road are the result of a broken, leaky water ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272921_8Eh4s" title="This is the scene at one of the unsung treasures at Barfoot Park -- and it's created by man, and entirely by accident. Those pools in the access road are the result of a broken, leaky water ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Pools/352272921_8Eh4s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is the scene at one of the unsung treasures at Barfoot Park -- and it's created by man, and entirely by accident. Those pools in the access road are the result of a broken, leaky water ..." title="This is the scene at one of the unsung treasures at Barfoot Park -- and it's created by man, and entirely by accident. Those pools in the access road are the result of a broken, leaky water ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Pools/352272921_8Eh4s-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 06:08:53 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's a closeup of the broken water pipe, and two residents I'd see a lot of during the next 2 days, a Western Tanager and Black-Headed Grosbeak.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352273059_TEU3c" title="Here's a closeup of the broken water pipe, and two residents I'd see a lot of during the next 2 days, a Western Tanager and Black-Headed Grosbeak."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Tanager-and/352273059_TEU3c-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here's a closeup of the broken water pipe, and two residents I'd see a lot of during the next 2 days, a Western Tanager and Black-Headed Grosbeak." title="Here's a closeup of the broken water pipe, and two residents I'd see a lot of during the next 2 days, a Western Tanager and Black-Headed Grosbeak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Tanager-and/352273059_TEU3c-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 03:41:31 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />As the ground along this part of the access road is damp from the runoff, it's a great place for insects. As I sat in the camp chair, this hummingbird (a Rufous? Not quite sure) came by, pic ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352604601_Sq8wJ" title="As the ground along this part of the access road is damp from the runoff, it's a great place for insects. As I sat in the camp chair, this hummingbird (a Rufous? Not quite sure) came by, pic ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hummer/352604601_Sq8wJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="As the ground along this part of the access road is damp from the runoff, it's a great place for insects. As I sat in the camp chair, this hummingbird (a Rufous? Not quite sure) came by, pic ..." title="As the ground along this part of the access road is damp from the runoff, it's a great place for insects. As I sat in the camp chair, this hummingbird (a Rufous? Not quite sure) came by, pic ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hummer/352604601_Sq8wJ-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 04:42:29 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Many of the birds would fly to the small pine trees opposite from the pools, then make their way tentatively down to them. I caught this beautiful Grace's Warbler in the trees, but it never ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#330898909_bvC3T" title="Many of the birds would fly to the small pine trees opposite from the pools, then make their way tentatively down to them. I caught this beautiful Grace's Warbler in the trees, but it never ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Graces-Warbler/330898909_bvC3T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Many of the birds would fly to the small pine trees opposite from the pools, then make their way tentatively down to them. I caught this beautiful Grace's Warbler in the trees, but it never ..." title="Many of the birds would fly to the small pine trees opposite from the pools, then make their way tentatively down to them. I caught this beautiful Grace's Warbler in the trees, but it never ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Graces-Warbler/330898909_bvC3T-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 06:51:50 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />But this Cordilleran Flycatcher did. Here it is in the pines bathed in morning light...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#351030584_VccqU" title="But this Cordilleran Flycatcher did. Here it is in the pines bathed in morning light..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Cordilleran/351030584_VccqU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="But this Cordilleran Flycatcher did. Here it is in the pines bathed in morning light..." title="But this Cordilleran Flycatcher did. Here it is in the pines bathed in morning light..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Cordilleran/351030584_VccqU-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 18:17:27 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#366054862_6B58c" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Cordilleran/366054862_6B58c-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Cordilleran/366054862_6B58c-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 18:14:22 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />then checking out the ground for bugs, a drink and/or a cool bath.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#351030594_dTTsi" title="then checking out the ground for bugs, a drink and/or a cool bath."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Cordilleran/351030594_dTTsi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="then checking out the ground for bugs, a drink and/or a cool bath." title="then checking out the ground for bugs, a drink and/or a cool bath." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Cordilleran/351030594_dTTsi-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 18:15:02 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And a nice portrait...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#362187222_cXupm" title="And a nice portrait..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak1/362187222_cXupm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="And a nice portrait..." title="And a nice portrait..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak1/362187222_cXupm-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:00:00 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />There is a Black-Headed Grosbeak family at Barfoot Park, consisting of Mom, Dad and a juvenile, and they were constantly in nearby trees. Here's the male taking a drink from one of the pools ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272159_sGauP" title="There is a Black-Headed Grosbeak family at Barfoot Park, consisting of Mom, Dad and a juvenile, and they were constantly in nearby trees. Here's the male taking a drink from one of the pools ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak2/352272159_sGauP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="There is a Black-Headed Grosbeak family at Barfoot Park, consisting of Mom, Dad and a juvenile, and they were constantly in nearby trees. Here's the male taking a drink from one of the pools ..." title="There is a Black-Headed Grosbeak family at Barfoot Park, consisting of Mom, Dad and a juvenile, and they were constantly in nearby trees. Here's the male taking a drink from one of the pools ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak2/352272159_sGauP-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:00:18 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Two Pygmy Nuthatches came by to check things out in the early morning too. It seemed like the busiest times at the pools were from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272192_TvRgX" title="Two Pygmy Nuthatches came by to check things out in the early morning too. It seemed like the busiest times at the pools were from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Pool-Pygmy-Nuthatches/352272192_TvRgX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Two Pygmy Nuthatches came by to check things out in the early morning too. It seemed like the busiest times at the pools were from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm." title="Two Pygmy Nuthatches came by to check things out in the early morning too. It seemed like the busiest times at the pools were from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Pool-Pygmy-Nuthatches/352272192_TvRgX-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:17:57 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A White-Breasted Nuthatch was a bit bolder than the Hepatic Tanager.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352273044_FtJMY" title="A White-Breasted Nuthatch was a bit bolder than the Hepatic Tanager."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-White-Breasted/352273044_FtJMY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A White-Breasted Nuthatch was a bit bolder than the Hepatic Tanager." title="A White-Breasted Nuthatch was a bit bolder than the Hepatic Tanager." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-White-Breasted/352273044_FtJMY-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 18:50:04 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The resident Northern Flicker came down to drink at the pools also, and I later saw him digging in the ground nearby for insects, kicking up a lot of dirt in the process :o) .</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352737525_nzgcF" title="The resident Northern Flicker came down to drink at the pools also, and I later saw him digging in the ground nearby for insects, kicking up a lot of dirt in the process :o) ."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Flicker/352737525_nzgcF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The resident Northern Flicker came down to drink at the pools also, and I later saw him digging in the ground nearby for insects, kicking up a lot of dirt in the process :o) ." title="The resident Northern Flicker came down to drink at the pools also, and I later saw him digging in the ground nearby for insects, kicking up a lot of dirt in the process :o) ." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Flicker/352737525_nzgcF-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 19:01:18 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Meanwhile, this Steller's Jay was watching all the action from a nearby Ponderosa Pine. The Steller's in the interior West have white marks on their forehead, differentiating them from the o ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352737532_LjnC8" title="Meanwhile, this Steller's Jay was watching all the action from a nearby Ponderosa Pine. The Steller's in the interior West have white marks on their forehead, differentiating them from the o ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Stellers-Jay2/352737532_LjnC8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Meanwhile, this Steller's Jay was watching all the action from a nearby Ponderosa Pine. The Steller's in the interior West have white marks on their forehead, differentiating them from the o ..." title="Meanwhile, this Steller's Jay was watching all the action from a nearby Ponderosa Pine. The Steller's in the interior West have white marks on their forehead, differentiating them from the o ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Stellers-Jay2/352737532_LjnC8-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 18:25:10 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The pools afforded some nice reflection shots in the early-morning light. Here's Mrs Black-Headed Grosbeak posing somewhat tentatively at the edge...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272504_2wGSk" title="The pools afforded some nice reflection shots in the early-morning light. Here's Mrs Black-Headed Grosbeak posing somewhat tentatively at the edge..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak5/352272504_2wGSk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The pools afforded some nice reflection shots in the early-morning light. Here's Mrs Black-Headed Grosbeak posing somewhat tentatively at the edge..." title="The pools afforded some nice reflection shots in the early-morning light. Here's Mrs Black-Headed Grosbeak posing somewhat tentatively at the edge..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak5/352272504_2wGSk-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:18:38 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />"Is it safe? What's that guy doing over there?"</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272436_xj7f3" title=""Is it safe? What's that guy doing over there?""><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak3/352272436_xj7f3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt=""Is it safe? What's that guy doing over there?"" title=""Is it safe? What's that guy doing over there?"" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak3/352272436_xj7f3-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:17:26 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />"Oh well, can't worry about that. I'll drink anyway."</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272455_N2SyE" title=""Oh well, can't worry about that. I'll drink anyway.""><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak4/352272455_N2SyE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt=""Oh well, can't worry about that. I'll drink anyway."" title=""Oh well, can't worry about that. I'll drink anyway."" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Grosbeak4/352272455_N2SyE-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 19:18:47 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Now this is one I would have dearly loved to come down to the pools, but it was just too shy...It's a male Hepatic Tanager, distinguishable by (as it says in my Sibley's Field Guide) "grayis ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272689_NLXW3" title="Now this is one I would have dearly loved to come down to the pools, but it was just too shy...It's a male Hepatic Tanager, distinguishable by (as it says in my Sibley's Field Guide) "grayis ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hepatic-Tanager1/352272689_NLXW3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Now this is one I would have dearly loved to come down to the pools, but it was just too shy...It's a male Hepatic Tanager, distinguishable by (as it says in my Sibley's Field Guide) "grayis ..." title="Now this is one I would have dearly loved to come down to the pools, but it was just too shy...It's a male Hepatic Tanager, distinguishable by (as it says in my Sibley's Field Guide) "grayis ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hepatic-Tanager1/352272689_NLXW3-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 18:42:15 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />He even preferred to stay in the shadows for the most part...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#352272695_bUAWa" title="He even preferred to stay in the shadows for the most part..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hepatic-Tanager2/352272695_bUAWa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="He even preferred to stay in the shadows for the most part..." title="He even preferred to stay in the shadows for the most part..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hepatic-Tanager2/352272695_bUAWa-Th.jpg 2008-06-21 18:42:12 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A Hermit Thrush dropped by, too.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#364822578_Wn8NW" title="A Hermit Thrush dropped by, too."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hermit-Thrush/364822578_Wn8NW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A Hermit Thrush dropped by, too." title="A Hermit Thrush dropped by, too." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Barfoot-Park-Hermit-Thrush/364822578_Wn8NW-Th.jpg 2008-06-20 18:59:54 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />But the high point of my time at the Barfoot Park pools, and the culmination of my trip to the Chiricahuas, was the sight of a small, nondescript bird. I knew at the time it was a Chickadee; ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#330898463_nVGS9" title="But the high point of my time at the Barfoot Park pools, and the culmination of my trip to the Chiricahuas, was the sight of a small, nondescript bird. I knew at the time it was a Chickadee; ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Chickadee3/330898463_nVGS9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="But the high point of my time at the Barfoot Park pools, and the culmination of my trip to the Chiricahuas, was the sight of a small, nondescript bird. I knew at the time it was a Chickadee; ..." title="But the high point of my time at the Barfoot Park pools, and the culmination of my trip to the Chiricahuas, was the sight of a small, nondescript bird. I knew at the time it was a Chickadee; ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Chickadee3/330898463_nVGS9-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 19:42:35 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />then flew down to the pools and proceded to bathe, all the while bathed in morning light along with its reflection.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#330898907_f8jcF" title="then flew down to the pools and proceded to bathe, all the while bathed in morning light along with its reflection."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Chickadee2/330898907_f8jcF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="then flew down to the pools and proceded to bathe, all the while bathed in morning light along with its reflection." title="then flew down to the pools and proceded to bathe, all the while bathed in morning light along with its reflection." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Chickadee2/330898907_f8jcF-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 19:43:37 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />My time in the Chiricahuas was truly amazing, but then this spectacular mountain range, a true Sky Island of the American Southwest, is a treasure trove of landscapes and wildlife waiting to ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/5616913_iug9X#350794858_sXjGC" title="My time in the Chiricahuas was truly amazing, but then this spectacular mountain range, a true Sky Island of the American Southwest, is a treasure trove of landscapes and wildlife waiting to ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Chickadee1/350794858_sXjGC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="My time in the Chiricahuas was truly amazing, but then this spectacular mountain range, a true Sky Island of the American Southwest, is a treasure trove of landscapes and wildlife waiting to ..." title="My time in the Chiricahuas was truly amazing, but then this spectacular mountain range, a true Sky Island of the American Southwest, is a treasure trove of landscapes and wildlife waiting to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T13:09:40Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/The-Chiricahua-Mountains-SE/Birds-of-Arizonas-Chiricahua/Mexican-Chickadee1/350794858_sXjGC-Th.jpg 2008-06-17 19:43:28