10.4.26 Roadside, NM

  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 6.

See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.




Common Raven in flight!

Common Ravens eating chips at the side of a rest stop

"Got any tasty chips there?"

Flying off!

Raven tootsies!

Flying past the Tree Cholla cactus

Flying off with a chip!

Yummy chip

Two Common Ravens on top of a roof, plus one flying the the background

"Any more chips down there?"

Elegant Raven

Majestic Raven

Carolina Grasshopper

Yeah, you aren't that camouflaged on that color of gravel

Unidentified Desert Ground Beetles mating

As the name implies, Desert Stink Beetles excrete stinky liquid out of a gland near their butts in self defense

Unidentified bee fly

An ant carrying another ant

The ant that was being carried wasn't moving. Doesn't help me much with why the ant is carrying another one

Unidentified inkcap mushroom

Unidentified puffballs

Psorophora mosquito in my family and my car 😬

Unidentified insect, either a true bug (heteroptera) or fly (diptera)





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