Coon Bluff & Phon D. Sutton Recreation Areas, Lower Salt River, Maricopa County, AZ

Friday, June 16, 2017 & Monday June 19, 2016
Arriving early enough in our June heat wave to enjoy the calm cool morning, the Salt River was a good choice to visit. Just ask the wild horses.

Just standing, belly-deep when we first spotted them, foraging for greens on river bottom
Wild Horses at Salt River-Phon D. Sutton Recreation Area

On Friday, I birded solo; on Monday, Marsha Wiles and Hinde Silver joined me.
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER; Coon Bluff Rec Area
Photos below were taken at Coon Bluff near picnic area.  Good place to see them this time of year. 
Male VERMILION FLYCATCHER
Female VERMILION FLYCATCHER
Juvenile VERMILION FLYCATCHER

BULLOCK'S ORIOLE missing some feathers
Not quite sure what this TURKEY VULTURE was looking for in the Salt River--just staying cool, maybe.

Before we left Phon D. Sutton Rec Area, the horses, accustomed to photographers, came up out of the river to their desert trail right beside us.





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