[Flycatcher]

Great! Western Scrub-Jays are pretty common in the West. Just so you know, the powers-that-be recently split it into two species: The Interior West one is now called Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, while the Pacific Western Scrub-Jay (found in California, Oregon, and Washington) is now called the California Scrub-Jay.

The Pine Nut Mts near Carson City, NV, seems to be the dividing line for the two new species.

Go figure.

[KC Burke]

We stayed in Joshua Tree with the Daughter and her family at a rental for a long weekend. Spent two great days in the Park before coming back to AZ through Twenty Nine Palms, Mojave area, Parker, Havasu and back to Surprise, AZ.

I will have to tell everyone, Joshua Tree is a great park to hike and explore with kids. Teenagers would probably give me heart failure from renegade rock climbing, but with the little ones the hikes are great and very interesting. The rocky terrain is great to climb and there is a lot of variety I had not expected.