Last week's bird was a particularly colorful member of the Icterid family found only deep in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis). This week's entry might be a little tricky, too.Since I'm here and writing, in other news, sorry about the dearth of entries of late - just been busy with other things. Meant to put up a post about last week's wildflower excursion to Cedar Breaks National Monument, but never got to it. I did post a number of photos from there on my Flickr page. Had planned to do some more wildflower and butterfly work this week on my days off, but brisk winds prevented that from happening. Birding around here is a little tougher these days as most species are now pretty quiet and tricky to find. I did lead a bird walk last Monday which yielded 18 species, highlights being a male Western Tanager feeding a couple of fledglings, a couple of Rock Wrens, and a small flock of Black-headed Grosbeaks (first I've seen this year). Around home the only thing interesting/unusual was seeing both male and female Rufous Hummingbirds. Oh, and the "less-than-a-week-old" Mule Deer fawns who were unfortunately seen too far past sunset to even think about a photo.
Good luck with the quiz and hope you find some good birds this week!
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