Hi Everyone-- I made it out to Last Chance at 0650 this morning 10/13. As dawn broke, there was a small peak of activity, including a montane Fox Sparrow at the pond and a White-throated Sparrow behind the hotel. By 0800 there were lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers coming in to the pond. I got a brief look at a Wilson's Warbler in the trees south of the pond. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker adult came by. It seems to like the burnt trees near the route 36 bridge. Two Long-eared Owls flushed out of the cedars in the northeast corner, one of which perched visibly in the elms north of the mailboxes (thanks Roger and Brenda). The Sora was running about in the duckweed. I counted 104 Sandhill Cranes going over, and a bunch more along route 36. One of the continuing Townsend's Solitaires burst into subsong, about the only music to be heard. There are still a few Chipping Sparrows around. Traffic on I-70 westbound in from the airport is hideous due to construction.
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