First visit of Western bluebirds this season, for the record. They clearly came for the water as the air warmed after sunrise. Soon joined by juncos, a titmouse, scrub jays, white wing doves, white-crowned sparrow, house finches, canyon towhees and a spotted towhee. No one seem bothered by the antelope squirrel scarfing juniper berries in the nearby tree (see middle photograph). Bird-wise it had been quiet here for weeks. As undisciplined morning thoughts tracked through my head along with Whiting French roast, the Flamingos 1959 song “I Only Have Eyes for You” surfaced along with a memory of Cowboy 1 from March 2021. The pink flamingos shown with the late Cowboy 1 have since moved south to friends Tom Sharpe and Stacy Brown’s home in Truth or Consequences. After leaving Santa Fe behind, Tom and Stacy picked up their TorC house gift in their Volvo Firebird.
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