Backpacking the Superstitions, Day 3

Breakfast at camp

Back to the real world. After a windy breakfast we broke camp and finished our baby-rattle shaped trip with a new route back along the Dutchman Trail.

A man and his horse

Not much to report on today but it was another beautiful hike. Finally saw some folks with horses today.

We saw a lot of birds in this trip! We positively identified visually:

• Ladder-backed woodpecker
• Gambel’s quail
• Cardinal
• White crowned sparrow
• Black-tailed gnatcatcher
• Curve-billed thrasher
• Cactus wren
• Black-throated sparrow
• Canyon towhee
• Anna’s hummingbird
• Rock wren

Heard but not seen were two great horned owls. Really tried to find them as they called out to our campsite both nights.