Ready for the red birds? Rattlesnake Springs.

 A summer tanager singing as if its spring, 9/18.

 A little gem of a bird. A Vermilion flycatcher, 9/18.

And a juvenile Mississippi Kite, a real treat.

A visit to Rattlesnake Springs, a famous birding oasis just south of Carlsbad Caverns.

 Turkey vultures at their roost on their way south, 9/18.

 A wild turkey hoedown, 9/18.

Rattlesnake Springs.

A quick trip to the deep South, September 2017. Santa Fe to Carlsbad Caverns.

I've been putting off visiting Carlsbad Caverns for 42 years, so decided its time!

 Ospreys are on the move too! Clines Corners 9/17.

 Cool roadside art! N. of Roswell, 9/17.

 A Wilson's warbler stops in Roswell on way to the tropics, 9/17.

Sunrise on the plains(Llano Estacado), from my campsite, N. of White's City, 9/18. About 400 miles south of Santa Fe.

June-July sightings.

 Lewis' woodpecker at nest hole, 6/30.

First Rufous hummer of the year at my feeder, 7/3.

Various sightings June-July 2017, trying to keep up.

 Black-crowned night heron 6/27. Coyote Cr. beaver dam.

 Yellow-breasted Chat 6/27.

 Warbling vireo singing on nest 6/28.

Bewick's wren 6/28.

Fast and Furious June. Williamson's sapsucker pair at nest hole.

 Male Williamson's with a beak-full (of ?).

Female blending in, 6/28.

Nest-hole in dead aspen.

American Dipper on nest. June 2017

 American dipper on nest, 6/26.

Nest location.