Day 17 and 18 Birds

While in McGurk Meadows we kept hearing a loud, clear yelp/whistle. We actually had heard it before on our trip.  I recorded it this time and I knew it had to be a bird, but I didn't know which one until the following day while at a visitor center.  I saw a poster titled, "Birds of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."  I went out to the car to look up that call on my Sibley app. and it was a perfect match!  It was the Mountain Quail!  I wish I could have seen it, but that's the way it is with some birds.

I did see this beautiful Dark-eyed Junco of the Oregon race, which I think is a cool-looking bird.

On Day 18, Brad found me an Acorn Woodpecker with really nice lighting.  

The Acorn Woodpecker

Here it is searching for some grub.

I love the markings and colors of this bird.

This is one of my favorite birds of the trip!

Common Ravens were...common.  We saw them often.

They are noisy guys!

Western Scrub-Jay

Dark-eyed Junco