The year started out with snow, juncos, and black-capped chickadees out back on my feeder. Cool little guys-- the juncos-- with some different varieties but all the same species, I just found out his past weekend from a much-more-knowledgeable birder up at the Red Rocks trading post (some feeders and activity out back of that).
Later in the morning of New Year's, Clem and I ran over to Bear Creek Lake State Park (BCL) and checked in with the feeder there. Lots more there, including the Downy Woodpecker and a white-crowned sparrow digging around at the base of the feeder like a little chicken. Northern flickers, and typically I've found out that red-wing blackbirds take over the feeders as big, garrulous gang in the mid-afternoon. House finches there as well in the morning...
In a day or two, we'd leave for Santa Fe-- a little road trip to go check out Meow Wolf. But on the way, my plan was to stop at the National Wildlife Preserve outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico. A place I would've never bothered with before now. In the past, I've been drawn to mountains, cliffs, rivers-- but now some marshy land with ponds out on the plains sounds pretty good for seeing some new birds. Hopefully. So yeah, that was the plan...
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