2019 US Southwestern Trip Wildlife

Changde Wu    2020-02-05

Wildlife watching and photographing were a very important component of our year end 2019 southwestern US trip. One of the motivation of this trip is visiting the world famous Bosque Del Apache NWR for Sandhill cranes. This page shares the wildlife photos that are either unique in the western US area or general interests.

(1) New birds

These birds are either only found in western part of America or first in my birds list.

P1 Curve-billed Thrasher

P2 Phainopepla

P3 Acorn Woodpecker

P4 White-crowned Sparrow

P5 Black-throated Sparrow

P6 Greater Roadrunner

P7 Sandhill Crane

P8 Spotted towhee

P9 Mexican jay

P10 Western meadowlark

P11 Black phoebe

P12 Green kingfisher

(2) Nice to see again

These birds appear all over the America. But nice to see them in west again.

P13 Ruby-crowned kinglet

P14 Black-tailed gnatcatcher

P15 Hermit thrush

P16 Eastern phoebe

P17 Cooper's hawk

P18 Northern Harrier

P19 Red-tailed Hawk taking off

P20 Red-tailed Hawk on the top of rock

(3) Water fowls

Water fowls, most of them are wild ducks, are very common birds in the water. Yet very difficult to identify. Unfortunately, they always try to be far away from the land side. I have managed got many photos of them this time, and identified several species.

P21 Northern shoveler, male

P22 Northern pintail - Male

P23 Northern pintail - Male

P24 Northern pintail - Female

P25 Ring-necked Duck, Male

P26 Ruddy duck - none breading male

P27 Ruddy duck - Female

P28 Redhead

P29 American coot

(4) Animals

I saw the Bobcat first time, and was lucky taking several photos of this cute animal in Chiricahua National Monument.

P30 White-tailed deer

P31 Coyote

P32 Bobcat

Recovered Photos for Spring 2018

Wildlife Photography of Year 2018 Summary