The Birds of Goshen

["Pomera M. Fronce" <pinkstring at xmission dot com>]

Greetings -

When a Short-eared Owl flew by us on our way to Goshen, Jack Clark and I 
knew we were in for a good day.  Actually, I knew it was going to be a 
good day when I woke up and saw that it wasn't raining (or snowing) and 
realized I could go out birding.

Goshen Canyon was very active today.  Some of the birds we saw were Blue 
Grosbeak, Yellow-breasted Chat, Pinyon Jay, Bullock's Oriole, Western 
Tanager and Western Kingbird.  

In the fields north of Goshen, the best birds were Bobolink and Common 
Nighthawk.  Here we saw a young Raven being harrassed by a Killdeer pair 
- poor guy didn't know what to do.  Seems he was trying hard to get out 
of the way, but the harder he tried the worse it got.  Because his 
flying skills were not too keen yet, he had to depend on hopping and 
fluttering and he kept landing where the Killdeer didn't want him to be. 
 All three birds were screaming at the top of their lungs.  The 
altercation sounded much worse than it really was.  Finally, the Raven 
got himself to a place that made the Killdeer happy and peace was 
restored to the fields.

Pomera
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