Lookout point





Falls Trail
Unfortunately, I managed to drop my camera onto the parking lot pavement just as I started the hike. This may be responsible for so many of the photos coming out blurred as we look away from the center, almost like a tilt shift photo. Strangely, many of them also came out fine, so I’m not sure what was happening here.
The path took place in a valley, with heights on either side. It ended in a spectacular outlook (although the falls did not have water).

EDIT: blue-gray gnatcatcher suggested as the identification, please see comments below.

These presumably Buprestid beetles were everywhere:

















See what I mean about some of the photos being blurred away from the center? This next photo actually had a f-number of f/13 , there’s no way it should be looking like this. Mildly heartbreaking, because I think it could have been a good photo.






The falls would have been here:








The cliff dwellings

View from inside one of the cliff dwellings:

Looks like a blue-gray gnatcatcher.
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Thank you! That looks good to me!