Almost Home
Greetings from Black Mesa State Park, Cimarron County OK.
It's certainly been an interesting week, ready for the last leg of the journey tomorrow. Despite the fact that I carried a box of references on the trip, I've hardly had time to attempt ID'ing half of the observations. Thanks to everyone in the iNaturalist world who chipped in, especially @wild-about-texas , @tigerbb and @nlblock. I have many more to submit, but that will have to wait for a couple of days. Some of the highlights for me include two avian lifers, Five-Striped Sparrow and Rufous-Capped Warbler, an as yet undetermined number (still have some Argia species to sort out) of new odonates, two from my "most wanted" list, Filigree Skimmer and Malachite Darner, and a Gila Monster at Muleshoe Ranch in AZ.
A question for all of the iNat people: When you are traveling, do any of you do things like walking around the motel, rest area or whatever, checking around the lights to see what kinds of interesting creatures are being drawn in, or am I the only weirdo that does that?
Bill Carrell
Tulsa, OK
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Thanks for the shout-out, Bill! You've posted so many great observations---I look forward to seeing more!
As for geeking out over the local creepy crawlies on every light (or in every nook and cranny, as in my case)...yeah, you're not alone. :D
~ Rebecca
I totally do that.
Mostly just with my cellphone. I have attracted enough cops with my macro setup, walking around a hotel is asking for an awkward conversation.
Nope, you are not the only one! LOL! I feel as though the best observations are the ones that are often overlooked...
Keep up the great observations!
LOL, you are definitely not the only one that does that! I'm so jealous of your AZ odes!
I also pretty much look wherever I legally can. Looks like you had a really impressive trip...I definitely echo @nlblock's sentiments about the Arizona finds!
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