Aqua Caliente Park....

Aqua Caliente Park is a beautiful place! The lake near the front is lined around one side with huge palm trees giving shade and beauty both.
The lake is full of water fowl and the mountains in the distance make a lovely view.
I know most of you see these duck species where you live, but I was thrilled to see such a mixture and so willing to pose :-) How many different species do you see in this photo?

American Wigeons

The feathers are so pretty on this bird.

The Shovelers spent all their time going in circles together.

A closer view of the heads.

Ring Necked Ducks

I love the black and white color and the bill.

Pintail

Pintail again.

There were lots of Mallards and several had "funny" tufts of feathers sticking up on their heads.

A new hairdo?

But this duck took the prize for the "slept in" look.

There are trails to hike and another lake further back.

Another new bird for me! It is either the Red-Shafted form of the Northern Flicker, or a Gilded Flicker.

Which ever one it is, it is new to me and the red "mustache" is a feature for both.

A beautiful bird, it was way up in a tree entertaining all of us down below. There were about 7 of us watching this bird. Another birder in the group was from Michigan :-)

The walking area led through an area surrounded by Mesquite trees....you see lots of those out here. They are hard to photograph birds in.

We saw this sparrow on the ground below....a group of 3-4. I do not know which sparrow it is. Very plain chested, light grey, stripe through the eye, small brown stripes on crown.

This shows the top of the head. Not a solid band of brown.

This was a really wonderful park to visit and not crowded.

We also went to Sabino Canyon and I will post that eventually. Did not see much wildlife, but the scenery is so beautiful.

Not sure of our plans for tomorrow....our last full day. I have developed a real stuffed up head/allergy problem that is making me pretty droopy.