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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| Ladder-backed Woodpecker, a new species for us! Albuquerque |
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| So beautiful!!! Albuquerque |
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| We were going to look for a Ladder-backed Woodpecker (along with other birds) at Rio Grande State Park. However, we arrived just a few minutes before the park closed, so we had to leave. Thankfully, when we got out of the car nearby to get a closer look at some White-winged Doves (a common urban dove that is also a new species for us), there was a Ladder-backed Woodpecker tapping in a street tree! We got tons of good pics, and it let us get fairly close! Albuquerque |
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| Juvenile Mourning Dove Albuquerque |
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| Mule Deer and some Chamisa bushes (yellow flowers, waxy blue leaves) Santa Fe |
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| The moon Somewhere in New Mexico |
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| Woodhouse's Scrub-jay in a Piñon Pine. Scrub-jays are critical in spreading the seeds of the Piñon Pine, making the bird a keystone species. Las Vegas |
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| Longhorn Cattle Las Vegas |
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| White-winged Doves, a bird that commonly perches in trees, and a Rock Pigeon, which most definitely is not adapted for perching in trees, in a Prairie Sumac Albuquerque |
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| The top four fifths of the tree's canopy was covered with berries. Only the bottom fifth had any thick foliage Albuquerque |
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| Woah, don't fall off! Albuquerque |
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| Rock Pigeon Albuquerque |
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