At Rio Grande SWA (north of Home Lake) this AM (9/16), at least a dozen female Western Tanagers were feasting on insects in a clump of shrubs and trees and even on the dirt lane. In trees on south edge of Home Lake, two Warbling Vireos. On Home Lake, Western Grebes had some surprisingly young offspring with them - not babies, but much too young for migration, it seemed to me. Also at the lake, a Greater Yellowlegs, a few Am. Wigeons, Pied-billed and Eared Grebes, and, of course, Am. Coots. A Double-crested Cormorant overhead. First snow on mtns. last weekend, on west side of San Luis Valley. Have not heard about or seen Sandhill Cranes yet. Don't bother to phone the NWR office for info, as you will only get a recorded answer for staff and info.like last spring's crane festival!! Virginia Simmons, Del Norte
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