While visiting Ireland a few years back, I fully expected to dance an Irish jig, sip a Guinness, and kiss the Blarney Stone…, but I never expected to walk a hawk!
Following the unprecedented disastrous fires of early January, the remainder of winter was downright calm. We were spoiled the past two winters by above average precipitation, but the 2024-2025 season had a very dry start.
At last we received measurable precipitation, with a handful of fronts passing through in late February and March. These alleviated extremely dry conditions in the region, though we are still well below normal and unlikely to catch up. As we enter April, we’re nearing the end of any significant chance of rain.
Solitary Sandpiper | VEGA GULL | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Grasshopper Sparrow | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Green-tailed Towhee | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Hepatic Tanager
Red-necked Grebe | Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | “Prairie” Merlin | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | Pacific Wren | Grasshopper Sparrow | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Blackburnian Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Lazuli Bunting
Solitary Sandpiper | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Pacific Loon | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Eastern Phoebe | Sagebrush Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Pine Warbler | Painted Redstart
Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-throated Loon | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Least Flycatcher | Grasshopper Sparrow | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Pink-sided” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager | Lazuli Bunting
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