Memories of Bitter Lake NWR, New Mexico
23 Photos

Blue Grosbeak(Passerina caerulea) |
Description: Blue Grosbeak females are not as showy as the males that court them. A few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, is Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 9:10 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: BlueGrosbeak_D505923-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 10:32 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506067-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 10:33 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506093-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 10:34 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506161-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: One species I hoped to meet in Texas was the Scaled Quail, but I wasn’t successful until reaching a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 10:36 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506165-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:12 7:34 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506246-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:12 7:35 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506259-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:12 7:38 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506355-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:12 7:50 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506470-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Scaled Quail(Callipepla squamata) |
Description: I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:12 7:50 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/3200 |
File Name: ScaledQuail_D506475-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Red-Winged Blackbird(Agelaius phoeniceus) |
Description: Singing its heart out and hoping to secure a mate, I found this male Red-Winged Blackbird a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 9:00 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 |
File Name: RedWingBlackbird_D505896-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Red-Winged Blackbird(Agelaius phoeniceus) |
Description: Advertising and hoping to secure a mate, I found this male Red-Winged Blackbird a few miles east of Roswell, New Mexico, along the Pecos River, at Bitter Lake NWR. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:11 9:00 |
Location:
Bitter Lake NWR |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 |
File Name: RedWingBlackbird_D505902-BitterLake-NWR |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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