Responding to Nick's posting a couple of weeks ago asking for our top ten, Urling and I put together this list. * "Palomino" Junco returned for the 4th winter. Palomino, a Gray-headed Junco, has splotches of white that distinguish it from other juncos.* Oct. 6, sitting outside for lunch, we watched a Spotted Towhee lurch into the air and drop. A rattlesnake had caught it; it took a half hour for the snake to consume the towhee.* Townsends' Solitaires returned in October, tooting and singing their lovely warble to set up winter territories.* A Fox Sparrow visited us from January to March.* A Northern Goshawk burst onto our hanging-flat feeder, paused a moment, then went on.* Ovenbirds sang regularly from a stream bottom.* Two Golden Eagles soared over the house; then a Prairie Falcon dove at one or the other, over and over.* Pygmy Nuthatches started coming regularly to our feeders. What fun to watch these little acrobats.* The Big Sit! at our house didn't net memorable birds but did provide excellent company.* And, a non-bird, and not quite a "best." Our rabbit brush blooming in October failed to attract the usual menu of butterflies. Instead we had 3-4 kinds, sporadically. It did attract masses of honey bees on a daily basis. Hugh & Urling
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