JudyCrawford

Thanks for the scientific name Kristal, and the additional information.

Nice shots and good catch. He's so much darker than most of the Red Tailed Hawks we get here in La Paz County, Arizona.

I changed the scientific name to lutescens, which is the brighter yellow western species of the Orange Crowned Warbler.

A quote from the Cornell Lab, All About Birds: "The Pacific Coast form, lutescens, is the brightest yellow. Found throughout the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin,"

I'm going with the Orange crowned Warbler. They have a more distinct eye ring like this guy.

Actually, it got lured in by all the quail, dove and other yard birds at the feeders. Didn't get a meal, but stayed for a drink and a bath. How many people get to watch a hawk take a bath in the wild?

Lovely snake. If you read my post, you probably can tell I'm partial to the snakes of the AZ desert.

Looks like a quail of some sort. Nice pic.

What a beautiful snake!... from a distance.

You're right MM.. when I first searched Stink Bug wikipedia came up with an entirely different looking insect.

A stink bug, or clown beetle IS a darkling beetle, also known as a pinacate beetle. Eleodes ca. spinipes
See my post here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/760...