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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 17, 2016 9:13:25 GMT -5
Spent a half day out at Ocotillo Wells on Saturday, doing..... Picking up rocks, of course! Will get some photos of the swag later today and post it.
Until then, here is a teaser photo of something seen on the way home: 
URL to the photo so you can see larger image, move it around.
www.flickr.com/photos/105707613@N07/30331773926/in/dateposted-public/
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Post by Garage Rocker on Oct 17, 2016 9:19:03 GMT -5
Can't get an accurate count on the ones in shadow. Looks to be a healthy flock though.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 17, 2016 9:23:58 GMT -5
Randy, looking at the photo enlarged on Flickr, we counted somewhere between 40 and 50! Some had already moved off into the brush. Photo taken along Hwy 78, between Santa Ysabel and Lake Henshaw. Almost always see them around this spot, but never this many before!
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Post by spiritstone on Oct 17, 2016 9:24:07 GMT -5
Nice! To bad we had ours last weekend. Always need another one for Christmas weekend.
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 17, 2016 9:34:03 GMT -5
Two holidays coming up Jean,fill the freezer....LOL
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Post by Garage Rocker on Oct 17, 2016 10:16:05 GMT -5
Better hope the honey badger in @shotgunner 's thread doesn't get wind of this.
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Post by NDK on Oct 17, 2016 10:37:08 GMT -5
Always love seeing wild turkey. Never saw 1 until the late 90's around here (NE Wisconsin)
Great pic Jean!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 17, 2016 16:09:45 GMT -5
I think these guys are safe, they are on private property. Unless.... someone decides to go poaching?
Well, let me get some of the pics taken out in the desert up first. Then I'll get pics of some of the rocks that came home with us.
Heading east on Hwy 78 towards Ocotillo Wells. About 8 am-ish. Had a nice drive out, not a lot of traffic. Sun preparing to rise over hill. 
Some cactus, other plants and rocks.
Yucca.
Looking north.
Sun just catching the tips, setting them on fire.
Arrived around 8:30, started right to picking! He is not posing, Scott, I just snapped the pic, lol. He was unaware of me.
Lotso rocks! None very yuge, though.
Have picked here before, though we somehow missed this little valley before. Lots of agate hard, shiny windblown rocks! We had the place to ourselves. Never saw a single ranger.
A photo I was unaware was being taken. Paybacks. View is to the east.
A good place for a lot of smalls.
Got a little warm, 95 degrees before we left at 2. Sand was dry, new Hankook tires worked great!! Did forget to bring a shovel, just in case. But didn't need it. (You always bring one, it's like insurance.)
My RTH sticker fading awaaaaaaaayyy..... (This is #3.)
And then there were the turkeys. At first, there were two groups of them (rafters) about 100 feet apart, then they joined together. Looked like numerous hens and toms in the group. I always thought there would be only one tom in a rafter? Guess there were enough hens to go around.
Good sized fowl. Not into hunting them, but I sure enjoyed looking at them!
Going to take some rock pics, be right back... Jean
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Post by jamesp on Oct 17, 2016 17:44:44 GMT -5
Why are the rocks small ? Looks like a good way to fill a tumbler. And ammo for a sling shot. Especially those little white agate balls w/eyes.
Which one do you have ?
Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) (Viellot, 1817)[edit]
Osceola wild turkey or Florida wild turkey (M. g. osceola) (Scott, 1890)[edit]
Rio Grande wild turkey (M. g. intermedia) (Sennett, 1879)
Merriam's wild turkey (M. g. merriami) (Nelson, 1900)[edit]
Gould's wild turkey (M. g. mexicana) (Gould, 1856)[edit]
South Mexican wild turkey (M. g. gallopavo) (Linnaeus, 1758)[edit]
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 17, 2016 18:19:57 GMT -5
Not sure which one it is, James. Will have to get back with you on that!
Running out of time today. Just going to post the photos, and shed some light on it when I can get back.
Looks like Jamesp 's fingerprint!
Corals
Coral
Pet wood front
Pet wood back
Like these!
Alien eggs
Brecciated
Conglomerate and ??
This is a sea creature, forget what it is
Same thing, but polished on my flat lap several years ago.
Other side
I know this looks like a lot, but believe it or not, there is more!
Here's a link to the Flickr album: www.flickr.com/photos/105707613@N07/albums/72157675162575736
Hope you liked them! Jean
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Post by jamesp on Oct 17, 2016 19:21:20 GMT -5
To appreciate the white alien eggs you have to hold one in your hand. The wind has eaten the soft areas out. Made eyes. And looks like plastic. But a perfect hard white agate. Red ones must be stained from iron. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Oct 17, 2016 19:26:04 GMT -5
Looks like a successful trip. Many of us East of the Mississippi are jealous that you can find such beauties just laying on the ground. It's got to be more rewarding than mailbox hounding.
Thanks for the pics!
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Post by Mark K on Oct 17, 2016 19:35:42 GMT -5
When I saw the title, my first thought was "Why in the hell would she go to Quartzite today?"
Then I remembered, Tyson wells - Q
Oco Wells - Ca
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Post by Thunder69 on Oct 18, 2016 17:51:31 GMT -5
Jean your sea creature is a piece of tabulate coral ..hope you had your tin foil hat with you around those alien agates lol....
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2016 11:01:45 GMT -5
Thanks, John. I had it in the back of my mind it was coral, but could not dredge up the name. There are a few different types of corals, as well as fossil sponges, sand dollars, crinoid stems, sea urchins, clams, oysters, gastropods, etc.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 20, 2016 4:12:14 GMT -5
Gastropods from eating Mexican food.
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 20, 2016 9:34:46 GMT -5
Goes to show,there are rocks everywhere-to be found...... SCORE! Nice photos too,Jean.....
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