Juniper titmouse! We’ve been looking all over the western United States for the last year, and finally we find it. It’s been in Jim and Ellie’s yard the whole time. We went to dinner at their house outside Carbondale (pinon juniper) and there they were. Mountain chickadees, white breasted nuthatches, and juniper titmouse. All over….. at Jim and Ellie’s anyway.
Cedar Waxwings
Last year there was an irruption of Bohemian Waxwings in Aspen. We’ll be sure to inspect every cedar waxwing we see just in case…. We’ve never identified a bohemian waxwing. Meanwhile, we’ve got black-headed grosbeaks on the feeder. Lesser goldfinch too. Western wood peewee and olive sided flycatcher in the forest.
Owl
And, after all that, I discover I didn’t send the owl picture I meant to send.
Here is the real owl picture. Burrowing owl. On a post.
Here is the real owl picture. Burrowing owl. On a post.
Burrowing owl
The elusive burrowing owl. We’ve waited years to spot one. When we got this one, we spent twenty minutes watching and taking pictures of him. When we finally drove on, we found another standing on a post within half a mile, then another, then another. Altogether, we saw five of them standing on posts. Actually, they don’t live on fence posts, they live in prairie dog burrows. Later, we did see some on the ground in and next to burrows.
From: Steve Taylor [mailto:steve@taylorroth.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 11:07 AM
To: spt@thetaylorcompany.net
Subject: burrowing owl
Dillon
The previous time through, Dillon looked like this, rain and snow mix.