About 10 days ago I received the invitation from the Manager of Colter Bay operations. Would I come back to Grand Tetons Park for Summer 2012 ? Yes !! Its a long wait for May to come.
.......I joined the Boulder Bird Club on Saturday for a Tour of the Mountain Feeders. That morning in Boulder the wind was calmer and the sky was bright blue. Up the the mountains was a different scene; snow was blowing everywhere. Our first feeder stop was in Ward. A Clark's Nutcracker flew over and a female Pine Grosbeak sat in a tall Spruce. The 2nd stop was at a cabin. Brown-capped Rosy-finches and Mountain Chickadees came to seeds on a shoveled path. That was very exciting. In the small town of Allenspark we found Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, Pine Siskins, and a male Cassin's Finch. The mountains were beautiful in their fresh snow blankets.
An Internet photo of Grey-crowned Rosy-finches, I did not take it.
Today we had the type of snowstorm my friend, Nina, likes the best. A few flakes fell for 5 minutes. My feeling is that if its not going to snow for real by this time, forget winter, let it Spring. We will look for green shoots coming up in the garden.
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