Green-tailed towhees were visible in abundance on the road between Groundhog and Dunton today, at elevations between 8,500 and 10,000 feet. This is a bird we know we have here but rarely see. They seemed to be moving in mixed-sparrow flocks, and quite a few were perched in spruce/fir snags. Given the habits of green-tailed towhees and the density of the ground cover there, it seems reasonable to assume we drove past far more than we spotted, which suggests there are a great many in the mountains right now. Other interesting high-elevation birds were several flocks of yellow warblers, one Swainson's thrush (again, a bird we have but rarely spot), loggerhead shrike, quite a few blue-winged teal, and a lone coot at about 10,000 feet.
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