2020 Breeding Bird Surveys

Field Note 2020 Breeding Bird Surveys 8/30/2020 Debbie Leick &amp; Eric Rasmussen

The adult on the previous page, along with its mate, watched four fledglings in the shrubby vegetation.

In restored grasslands adjacent to the Long-eared Owl family, Eric watched the two adults hunt at dusk.

Eric flushed a female Northern Harrier from a nest embedded in the restored grasslands.

The shrub and forb exclosure along the north center pivot teems with birds now.

A Grasshopper Sparrow perched within six feet of Debbie.

This male Western Bluebird scanned for insects from one of the planted ponderosa pines near the entrance.

A breadwinning Vesper Sparrow did its part to keep grasshopper numbers in check.

A young coyote in Baldy Draw lounged in the pleasant morning sun.

Elk graze against a backdrop of cattle on an adjacent property.

As another breeding season closed, cirrus clouds faded into a deep blue sky at sunset from Baldy Mountain.