Let's Take a Road Trip
One nice thing about being retired is the ability to say, “Let’s take a road trip!” This one was a short two day trip to Lake Havasu AZ. There was a Nutting’s Flycatcher, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoters and a Surf Scoters lurking around the area. Yes, they are all birds and we like to track them! We left early one sunny morning and drove the back roads for about 4 hours looking for birds as we talked about life. We were looking for Planet Ranch Road is a primitive bumpy dirt road that had survived two big storms. Don’t take campers on it! My 4-runner was a good choice for finding the elusive Nutting’s Flycatcher. We think we saw it….but to a birder that statement means little. Birders have to really get a good look at the shape, the color, the field marks and they are delighted if they get a picture. Well we think (maybe) we saw the bird! There were scenic hills with cav...