For the Birds: Feathered friends are on the move

Great Article. I love Autumn, and I love birds.
Thanks

I love this time of year for the surprise visitors to our yard. We see the green towhee (and have had one spend every winter over the past few years). Also a couple of curve-billed thrashers move in. We've had flickers bathe in our small pond and waterfall. But the real treats are the little warblers flitting around our blazing yellow chamisa: we've had yellow rumps, Townsend's (looks like a tiger w/ yellow and black head), and yesterday a black-throated gray, who was so tame, he flew to a twig only 3 feet away from me, so I got a great view. Other fall guests include a roadrunner, white crowned sparrows, and a rock wren (who we call "little gray bobbing birdie").

This is also the time of year when robins show up on our land to spend the winter. You can tell they're around by their copious rusty red poop (they're not called turdus migratorius for nothing!)

Note: the label under my name lists Campo, CO, but I live near Moriarty, NM.