I walked down to get the Sunday paper this fine morning and found the male Northern Parula still singing up a storm in the tall Ponderosa Pines on the north side of the river at the intersection of Lower Broadview Road and Mary's Lake Road in Estes Park. It was easily heard from the bridge. It was apparently oblivious to the large number of Common Ravens that were in the area, including four in the very tree from which the Parula was singing. I think all the Ravens on the west side of Estes Park were hanging out in that immediate area. An Osprey was hunting over the river farther west on Lower Broadview, second time I've seen it in this location in the last week. Late yesterday afternoon at the Alluvial Fan in Rocky Mountain National Park, we were treated to a Wilson's Snipe sitting high in a dead pine calling loudly. This was a pleasant surprise since we had never seen a Snipe perched in a tree. All our previous views have been down in marshes or in quick flight. The young Great Horned Owls from the nest west of the Alluvial Fan have left the nest tree and moved to other nearby trees. Jim Nelson Bethesda, Maryland
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