Steve and Judy's Travels!

… disrupted.

Judy flew off to California to visit sisters; her sister Sue in Long Beach and sister-in-law Barbara in Vista.

Me, I’m holding down the home front, and not to worry, I still have a crew!

We turn it down to sleep at 68.  In the morning it’s still 80 degrees outside so we reset the AC and open the door long enough to take the inside chill off.  Feed the dogs.   Feed the wild birds outside.  Judy does one, I do the other.  Coffee on the deck and we count species; 17 today.  Everything else is later.  Breakfast for both.  Some work.  Some errands.  Judy does one, I do the other.  I’m in class this week.  Virtual.  A little Spanish.  A little exercise. Time for dinner, television, and foot rubbing.  A trip report.  We sleep at 68 degrees.

A little rough.

Maybe molting.  Maybe a youngster just filling out.

Also in Colorado.

A small flycatcher.

Not much of an eye-ring.

A little bit of a crest.  A little bit of a vest.  A couple wingbars.

Very western.

We saw him in Colorado.

Loggerhead shrike.

A songbird that is a ruthless hunter, it preys on small mammals, lizards, and large insects.  It’s also known as “Butcher Bird” because if it kills something larger than it can eat right away, it will skewer it on a thorn or barbed wire to save it until it’s time to eat the rest later!

Close to ubiquitous in North America.