Two years running I've lost some momentum come summer. Some.
Hiked Mt Falcon the other day though-- dry as I've ever seen it-- and saw a Western Tanager hanging in... Also a new Plumbeous Vireo-- cool nuff! Ain't seen one of them yet... :)
Last night we brought lawn chairs down to the creek-- Bear Creek-- and plopped them right in the water, sat down with feet in the water. The resident Great Blue was heading downstream as we pulled up-- Gretch always spots him. And then we noticed bird activity downstream, so we turned our chairs in that direction. Three Waxwings were popping in for a drink-- hadn't seen them for at least a month. Gets so hot and dry here midsummer I start thinking everything with wings should be moving to higher elevations, but no-- they're still some Yellow Warblers around, and the Dipper is a regular along this stretch of creek as well...
Outta time for the moment-- good morning summer trip out to Chatfield today. Some new stuff for the year: Willet, Western Sandpipers, three raptors with banded tails that I can't figure out, brown flycatchers, and then... a pair of kingbirds harassing a raven-- and the one rode on the raven's back in flight for a second. Pretty serious harassment. Then they switched over to the pendulum harassment-- dropping/ swooping down at the raven from two perches on either side. The raven at least five times their size, cowering...
later
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