Mid-November Birding

On the Veteran's Day Holiday (November 11th) I took the opportunity to go to Cave Springs after an American Dipper that had been seen at the weekend. On arrival I found two people fishing at the prime spot but contiued into the campground and located a bird a little further down.

American Dipper

On Saturday November 14th my wife and I spent an hour at the East Rio in search of a White-throated Sparrow that had been seen a few days earlier. Alas we failed to find the bird among many Song, Lincoln's and White-crowned Sparrows along the rio up stream from the crossing.

On Sunday November 15th Anne and I went out to Buffalo Range Road hoping to some birds mentioned by Jason on his trip out here to weeks earlier. But our day was much quieter than his, and the Eastern versus Western Meadowlark 'clinic' did not materialize. Prior to two distant fly-bys at the end of our visit, our only meadowlark had been a head only shot of a non-vocal bird! The only activity at the tanks came from Horned Larks, the day's commonest birds. Our bird of the day was Sagebrush Sparrow, for which we had double-digit numbers. A last minute Loggerhead Shrike was a nice surprise after such a quiet morning.