Jun 27, 2025

The Way Back (Arizona 2025, Part 9)

My last day in Cottonwood was a day to rest and relax. On the last day of May, I started the drive north with stops in the Picture Canyon area by Flagstaff and the Recapture Reservoir in Utah.

The Tom Moody Trail didn't gift me any lifers, but I did see my first Pygmy Nuthatches and Western Bluebirds of the trip.










My plan for Utah was actually supposed to be the water treatment plant in Blanding, but I really wasn't sure of how to bird the spot based on the directions I had and really just wanted to keep moving. I ended up at the Recapture Reservoir because it was just a big, accessible body of water. I didn't see many bird but saw my first Rock Wren for the trip.