117 Scottys Castle + Grapevine Canyon (Death Valley N.M) 1230 - 1600 hot, clear, 0-10 mph Prairie Falcon 1 Mourning Dove 6 some people Roadrunner 1 except McCaslie, Dunn, Costals Hummingbird 4 Garrett White-throated Swift 2 western kingbird 2 Desert Spiny Lizard Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 Desert Toad Say's Phoebe 1 Side-blotched Lizard western Wood Pewee 1 Sagebrush Lizard Rock Wren 3 western Whiptail Common Crow 2 Chuckwalla Common Raven 2 Zebra-tailed Lizard Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Starling 10 Yellow Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 3 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 House Sparrow 100 Hooded Oriole 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 House Finch 2 Lesser Goldfinch 2 Black-throated Sparrow 5 Western Tanager 2 950+ Mesquite Springs 1605-1700 hot, clear, 0-5 mph. White-throated Swift 1 John+Susanne Luther Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 Marc Chambelain Yellow Warbler 2 Bill Principe Wilson's Warbler 1 Walt Koenig MacGillivrays Warbler 2 Chris Wilson House Sparrow 25 Don Roberson Furnace Creek Ranch 1800-1945 100°, clear, calm Snowy Egret 5 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Mississippi Kite **+ 1 Long pointed wings, deeply hooked bill, size of Cooper's Hawk - ashy gray underparts + head, sharply outlined black patch around eye, back and wings ashy gray but primaries very dark, tail with horizontal barrings - sub-ad? Found last week by Mike Prather. Watched it catching dragonflies in flight and eating them in flight - transferred prey from feet to mouth. Watched for 15 minutes perched and in flight - filled scope field twice. Spotted Sandpiper 7 American Coot 8 Mourning Dove 10 Desert Cottontail White-throated Swift 13 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Western Kingbird 2 Barn Swalla 2 Common Crow 2