Last for a while

There is a chance I might get a posting done tomorrow, but more likely not so wanted to post something today as we’re taking off for 10 days of birding elsewhere…

so for the record, here is where the water levels are sitting today.  They’ve come up a little bit since yesterday, but still not up to the level where they were.  It will be interesting to see where they will be at when we return.

Unfortunately there just wasn’t a lot to report today….could hear the Bullock’s Orioles and some American Goldfinch but nobody showed their faces….I saw a Barn Swallow perched in a potential nesting site but nobody was gathering nesting material yet.

The Evening Grosbeak had been making their presence know since day break….but even they thinned out and almost disappeared by this afternoon.

I call this ‘march of the grosbeaks’ as they were moving across the shell strewn patio in perfect unison.

So to sum up….it seems that the Robins, Junco, Song Sparrows, Towhee, and White Crowned Sparrows are all  nesting right now – no fledglings seen yet.  The Black-headed Grosbeaks are back, the Steller’s Jay numbers have decreased suddenly the last few days although there are still lots around.  Most of the Warblers are have been seen, although I’ve yet to hear a Common Yellowthroat.  Another summer regular I haven’t heard yet is a Swainson’s Thrush and I’m still waiting to see a Spotted Sandpiper although admittedly my viewing opportunities to see them are now somewhat limited.  Anyway, we’ll be back before the end of the month and hopefully I’ll get to see something interesting while we are gone.  We’re starting out in the mountains in a campground that may or may not be open – it all depends on how fast the snow in it melts!