Birds from the Garden

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It was imperative that I get my garden in today, so I decided it was a good day to do a Backyard Day List (Rio Grande County). As I worked, I kept the binoculars close by as birds flitted through on their magical journeys.

It turned out to be a truly fantastic day. I counted a total of 37 species, which included:

 

Black-throated Gray Warbler (a backyard first)

Hermit Thrush

Blue Grosbeak (male)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (3 seems like a wave of them coming through)

Green-tailed Towhee

Sage Thrasher

and finished the day with a Peregrine Falcon soaring overhead.

 

Always fun to beat the brush for birds but on somedays, in the words of Dorothy, there’s no place like home!

 

John Rawinski

Monte Vista, CO