Spring in the Wasatch Mountains - II.

There is a little heaven high in the mountains where some birds made a home. So far I saw the Western Scrub-Jays, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Mourning Dove, Lazuli Buntings and Magpies.

This morning I met a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. He was perching on a dry branch greeting the morning with a beautiful song.

You hike high up to get to the place where most of mountain birds live. In the early morning they are singing loudly but most of the time they are hiding in the trees. 

This Western Scrub-Jay was a star this morning. He sang his songs, he was nicely perching on the branches and most important wasn't skittish.

The trees in the mountains are very hardy and survive the hot dry summers  year after year.  I admire their strength.

Hiding between the rocks.  This tree somehow found the way between rocks  and growing near the desert flowers.

Again the Jay.