Yesterday I led another bird walk, the fourth of the Spring, and the weather was much better than last week when it was snowing off and on. I had a nice group of 10 park visitors and we finished up the 2-1/2 hours with a total of 19 species (high for the year, so far). Bird(s) of the Day had to be a pair of Red Crossbills that made an appearance just as we were finishing up. That makes only the third time I've seen crossbills and he was the first male. We also had a Northern Goshawk fly by near the rim toting some kind of prey item (appeared to be a small rodent). Other than that it was pretty much the usual suspects:

Say's Phoebe, American Robin, Common Raven, Dark-eyed Junco, Western Bluebird, Western Tanager, Townsend's Solitaire, Pygmy Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Green-tailed Towhee, Violet-green Swallow, Northern Goshawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Steller's Jay, White-throated Swift, Grace's Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Flicker, and the crossbills.

Closer to home, before I left for work the very first song I heard was a first-of-the-season Hermit Thrush. I was able to find it with the binocs and we now sit at 121 year birds for the state, 109 for Bryce Canyon.