Yard Arrivals - Centennial (Arapahoe)

[Jared Del Rosso]

Upon returning from work this afternoon, I was greeted by a collection of small, brown birds. Inspecting them, I found two White-crowned Sparrows, a Vesper, a continuing Lincoln's Sparrow, and, behind them all, a Hermit Thrush. The White-crowned and Vesper and thrush seem to have shown up in the past 24 hours, as they weren't there yesterday. The Vesper was a new yard bird for me.

Soon after, a Great Blue Heron flew low over my yard. My chihuahua-terrier, who's usually blissfully unaware of birds, couldn't help but chase after and growl at the apparent monster above us.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO