A blessing of Solitaires

[David Suddjian]

I went out along Massey Draw in Ken Caryl Valley this afternoon and encountered a silence of birds... a bird free zone for quite a while. Then where the stream passes through the Lyons Formation Hogback I encountered a loose aggregation of Townsend's Solitaires. One or a few at the hogback here are expected, but now there were three individuals singing, others giving their "heep" calls, and as I scanned toward the slopes of the Dakota Hogback I could see more solitaires flying around. I counted 17 from one vantage, a tally more fitting here for the peak of fall movement in late September or early October. 

Thankful for Solitaires,

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

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[Gary Brower]

Post-turkey ramblings,

But two questions . . .

1) How can there be more than one “solitaire” at a time? Seems like a contradiction!?

2) And, should a bunch be together, is it indeed a “blessing”, or is there another aggregate?

Go back to football  . . .

Gary Brower

Unincorporated Arapahoe County

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[David Suddjian]

It was a blessing for me, that much I know. 

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

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A blessing of solitaires rivals an exaltation of larks this time of year. Hope I can locate more such blessings Sunday in Roxborough Park.