On Memorial Day weekend, we visited Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, a private research center maintained by University of California, Riverside.
Here are some of the birds we saw.
![Black-tailed Gnatcatcher](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/14271509331_b12aed470a.jpg)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
![Crissal Thrasher](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3831/14274392424_5eb1fd35af.jpg)
Crissal Thrasher
![Canyon Wren](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/14088177678_2a571e984b.jpg)
Canyon Wren
![Gambel's Quail and Chicks](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/14274835995_f9a22b0e9f.jpg)
Gambel's Quail and Chicks
![Phainopepla](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3667/14272763852_92d83ba7f7.jpg)
Phainopepla
We also saw a few of the local mammals.
![Black-tailed hare](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14088271007_dfc4bf5f79.jpg)
Black-tailed hare
![White-tailed antelope squirrel](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/14295010903_1db54bf548.jpg)
White-tailed antelope squirrel