Favorite birds of the Great Basin

Last year I prepared a similar post to showcase favorites from my birding ventures. Since it's hard to get good pictures during surveys, here are some species in Nevada I really enjoyed seeing.

                                                                    
Left to right, top to bottom: northern flicker, mountain chickadee, Wilson's warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, Steller's jay, lazuli bunting, chukar, black-headed grosbeak, western tanager, violet-green swallow, ruby-crowned kinglet, dark-eyed junco