Sparrows!
Cassin’s Sparrow - Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell, New Mexico
This morning I returned to Bitter Lake NWR to see what else I could photograph. I wanted to focus on some of the songbirds as I thought they might be a little bit easier to approach. I was partially right but only with a few individual birds. I saw a ton of Lark Sparrows and got a few photos as well as this one very cooperative Cassin’s Sparrow. In addition, I picked up another couple new species with Brewer’s Sparrow and Say’s Phoebe.
This evening it was a bit cloudy and I had a call I had to make so while I did swing through Bitter Lake again, I never got the camera out. Tomorrow is my last day here and I will begin with an early shoot at Bitter Lake and then try the migrant trap in Melrose before moving on to Lubbock where I pick Carrie up on Tuesday morning.
June 16th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Photos are looking great. I’m glad to see you’ve kept up with the passion for photography and that I’m not the only one who’s still a bit of a bird geek. You need to take some shots of the Pacific Northwest. The lighting conditions can be a little annoying, but its nothing you can’t handle. I’ll give you $100 for a shot of an Ivory-billed woodpecker… and $20 if you remember the reference and why its so funny now. Take care