Five years ago, at the end of the first week of June, I encountered a
magpie pair predating a fledgling robin while the robin's parents screeched
and hopped, helpless to intervene.
This morning, I checked out an angry robin at the edge of my Centennial
yard. I wanted to ensure we didn't have
My friend John Stump and I birded the Costilla hotspots and had a nice
visit including some nice birds as well. Best were 4 White-rumped
Sandpipers at Stabilization Reservoir. My records have shown that this
species often shows up at the end of May and first week of June in our
region, so
A quiet day but we captured 3 new species for the spring season! The
flycatchers- *Empidonax *flycatchers have been few and far between. Today
we caught our first Western (Cordilleran) Flycatcher. The Other highlights
were the Black-throated Blue Warbler and the Eastern Kingbird. Tomorrow is
