From 9.29.26-10.5.26 my father, sister and I drove from Chicago, IL to Las Vegas, NM and back. This is part of Day 7.
See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.
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| The American Dipper, a rare, elusive, highly specialized, and semiaquatic songbird. It is only found along rushing rapids in the mountains along the Great Continental Divide. However, it is not found in the Great Continental Divide's South American mountains. It's range does extend from Alaska nearly into Panama. Oh, and the American Dipper is also a new species for us! |
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| Floofy dipper. Did you know they are North America's only truly semiaquatic songbird? |
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| Grooming |
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| Dramatic Dipper |
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| Butt-bopping dipper. See my sister Ima's photos and videos of this American Dipper here (including a video of this cute little dance it does) |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| A Western Wood-pewee, a new species for us! |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Pointy beak for eating bugs out of the ground (despite technically being a woodpecker) |
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| About to fly off! |
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| Another Northern Flicker |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Common Raven |
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| Another Common Raven |
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| Steller's Jay |
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| American Kestrel |
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| Majestic |
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| A Northern Flicker (lower right) probes the ground for tasty bugs, oblivious to the extremely round bird, or Borb, (upper left, below the blurry yellow flower in the background) flying out of the vegetation to its right. |
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| "HEY FLICKER. THERE'S SOME BORBS FLYING TO YOUR RIGHT. TWO OF THEM NOW. |
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"Huh, what? Couldn't here you over the ant colony." "RIGHT ABOVE YOU. BORBS. TWO OF THEM. RIGHT NOW."
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| "Oh, yeah. Just caught a glimpse of them. Very round. Totes borbs" |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Another Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Red-naped Sapsucker, a new species for us! |
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| So cool |
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| Western Bluebird |
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