We’ll start exploring Christopher Creek at the lovely Wooden Nickel subdivision, where folks have been very welcoming in the past. We should see the usual collection of higher elevation birds, including residents and summer visitors such as Steller’s Jays, White-breasted Nuthatches, Robins, Western Bluebirds, a variety of flycatchers, Western Tanagers and Broad-tailed hummers. This site has included a Great Blue Heron rookery and a surprise Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the past. We’ll continue to the Christopher Creek community and find a spot for a picnic lunch.
Leave Scottsdale at 5 A.M. and return around 3 P.M.
Difficulty: 2. Plenty of walking, but mostly smooth surfaces at about 6,000’.
Leader: Kathe Anderson