Hummingbirds and mushrooms in the White Mountains
We spend three days exploring the beautiful White Mountains attending a hummingbird festival and seeing lots of birds and finding mushrooms
Beautiful Pole Knoll Trail System
We spend the afternoon hiking the Pole Knoll Trail System before the rains make us return to the car for the long drive back to Phoenix
Exploring Jacques Marsh Wildlife Area
We start in the morning with an exploration of Jacques Marsh that is cut short due to the heat wave as well as lack of interesting birds
Confusing Squirrel Trail System
Our last stop for today is the Squirrel Springs trail system a convoluted series of loops with a beautiful creek nearby and lots of birds
White Mountains and turkeys in the rain
Today we try to find a place with no rain in the White Mountains and mostly fail but at least find some mushrooms and turkeys on the way
Special Terry Flat Loop
We end the day hiking the Terry Flats loop getting caught by rain and seeing some fun birds including a special grouse
Nelson Homestead Hike
After the hummingbird festival we hike to some farm ruins passing a dry lake and the native ruins we visited one time before
Hummingbird festival at Sipe Springs
Our main attraction of the trip is the hummingbird festival at Sipe Springs with lots of hummingbirds and unexpected number of visitors
Three nights at a lakeside AirBnB
We spend three nights in an AirBnB near a small lake seeing birds and even a muskrat while enjoying some great sunsets
On the Kachina Trail
The afternoon is spent hiking on the Kachina Trail looking at birds and butterflies while getting rained on upon returning