The latest edition of I and the Bird is being hosted by Amila at Gallicissa. Coming to us all the way from Sri Lanka, take some time to check out all the great entries!

Friday is also when I go over to A D.C. Birding Blog to check out John's latest edition of Loose Feathers. Another site I'll be checking with some regularity over the next few days is The Shorebird Project. They haven't posted any updates since they were in Tierra del Fuego monitoring the Red Knots down there, but I hope to get some news soon as these beleaguered birds should be arriving en masse from South America now.

On the home front, it has been kind of a weird week. Monday started out nice but was snowing by the afternoon, though I find a lone Horned Grebe over at the reservoir to pad my lists. Tuesday was mainly spent on the road for a shopping trip to the "big city" that, in addition to spending money, turned up a couple of more species for the Utah list: American White Pelicans at Otter Creek Reservoir and a Swainson's Hawk soaring over an alfalfa field. On my shopping trip I also picked up a few native plants that should be attractive to hummingbirds - if I can keep the deer from eating them like they did last year (a doe and her 2 yearlings are browsing within 30 feet of my trailer as I write). Wednesday we had a guest speaker who took up most of our workday, and yesterday I went to Las Vegas for a "press check" for the park's summer newspaper (I did all of the layout as well as some of the writing). Next week I have 3 days off on our new summer schedule - maybe I can get some photography done for a change . . .