Great Scott

Not Scott’s Orioles or Scott Park, rather Scott Reservoir outside Pinetop/Lakeside, AZ. Great, medium-elevation (2100 meters) spot with scrub oak, juniper, pines, open field, lake, etc.

Scott Reservoir, view from dam
Northern Mockingbird (?)
Volcanic juniper forest
Northern Mockingbird
Old growth Alligator Juniper (Juniperus deppeana)
Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay (juvenile) I
II
Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay (adult)

Interesting article on the current state of Scrub Jay species delineation.

Beautiful Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata) dragonfly:

Ash-throated Flycatcher I
Ash-throated Flycatcher II
Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Western Bluebird (juvenile)
Cassin’s Kingbird

ID note on Cassin’s Kingbird: very dark gray chest and head, yellow belly, and strongly-contrasting narrow white throat.

Another juvenile Western Bluebird
Dusky Flycatcher (?)

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