Las Vegas - Day 6: North Las Vegas (12/30)

We left the park and headed back to the vacant lot hoping to find the Burrowing Owls. This time they were out of their burrows enjoying the late morning sun. I didn't want to bother them so I didn't make an attempt to get a photo. It was just great to get a chance to see them.

And while the owls were what brought us back, they weren't the only thing to see. The vacant lot was just outside of a medium sized orchard (what they grow there I have no idea). In the fields next to the orchard were hundreds of Horned Larks. We also spied four or five Western Meadowlarks perched on the barb wire fence that surrounded the field.

And where there are small birds you almost always will find raptors. As we watched the flock of Horned Larks a falcon swooped into view. It flew quickly and very low to the ground but didn't catch anything. Then it landed on the fence and we were able to get the scope on it. It was a Prairie Falcon.