Scott's Oriole & others at Furnace Creek, White Mountains

Observers: Paul McFarland
Email: pmcfarland@qnet.com
Remote Name: 209.221.205.174
Date: 05/25/2006
Time: 04:46 PM -0400

Sighting

Scott's Oriole signing like a meadowlark from pinyon pines above a restoring Furnace Creek. Also, lesser goldfinches, lazuli buntings, swainson's hawk, wilson's warbler, brewer's sparrow, costa's hummer, 2 different empids - one with eye ring one without, BG gnatcatchers, bushtits, black throated sparrows, horned larks, silvery blues, wt swallowtails, common checkered skippers and more. Redtail circling overhead with a dangling snake. Tons of chukar. 6 species of lizards, too, and great flowers.