The Rim (& Beyond)

Bonus post of content from the Mogollon Rim, Arizona area (& beyond!), back in August.

View SW from Mogollon Rim (from Rim Lakes Vista)

Appropriate for pine forest, a great sighting of a beautiful male Grace’s Warbler:


Pygmy Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch (rear view)
Another view from the rim

A bit off the Rim, on another day, @ Fort Apache Historic Park:

View (generally west) from Fort Apache museum

Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay @ Fort Apache:


Phainopepla (f)

Way far away, but similar environment @ Mt. Lemmon:

Common Raven

And a very cool sighting of Zone-tailed Hawk. Dark colouration like a Turkey Vulture, but note hawk beak, white band on tail, + underwing shading: light interior (w/ barring) and black/dark edges.