A few snow flurries, cold north winds, and this morning's low is -6C/21F. Not a lot of activity in terms of birds, needless to say. I did watch a robin collecting nesting material the other day, Steller's Jays are very much in evidence as are some Brewer's Blackbirds (who hang out a lot over at the stables).Still looking for the first Western Tanager of the season, though a quick check of last year's blog entries and the date was May 7, in '07 the date was May 1, so it could be any day now.
A few days ago I heard an early morning chorus of Coyotes coming from out in the forest and I have some chipmunks (Least or Uinta? Not sure or, maybe, both.) and Golden-mantled Ground-squirrels in addition to lots of Utah Prairie Dogs a couple hundred feet away.
I have to go to the dentist tomorrow (yippee!) in Richfield; if I can find my birding guide for Utah I might check around there for some birds. Depends on how long they keep me in the damn chair . . .
A few days ago I heard an early morning chorus of Coyotes coming from out in the forest and I have some chipmunks (Least or Uinta? Not sure or, maybe, both.) and Golden-mantled Ground-squirrels in addition to lots of Utah Prairie Dogs a couple hundred feet away.
I have to go to the dentist tomorrow (yippee!) in Richfield; if I can find my birding guide for Utah I might check around there for some birds. Depends on how long they keep me in the damn chair . . .
Dentists AND winter... ugh! Sorry, man.
Well, depending on how you look at it, the dental work is well past the difficult part in terms of the grinding and drilling - the really hard part is now having to actually pay for the crown and will, as a consequence, have to separate myself from a lot of hard earned money . . .
On the positive side, while it is cold this morning (18), Spring is supposed to return today. You know how Utah can be!