347. Juniper Titmouse

Date         June 21, 2024

Location    Torrey, UT

Hiking back to the car on the Grand Wash trail in Capitol Reef National Park, we came across a gregarious group of birds in the juniper trees to our right, with a cliff side to our left. I thought at first that I was hearing something in one of the many crevices and small caves to the left, but it turned out to be echoing from the right. We passed by them fairly closely; they were pretty tolerant of our presence. Everything was textbook about them. Plain gray appearance, behavior, habitat, etc.

Cornell: Juniper Titmouse

346. Vesper Sparrow

Date         May 27, 2024

Location    Medora, ND

On the hike that day, I strongly suspected that I was hearing it. I finally got a visual confirmation when we got back to the parking lot, just before the two horses showed up.

Cornell: Vesper Sparrow

345. Common Poorwill

Date         May 26, 2024

Location    Medora, ND

Soon after the sun set on May 26, while I was cleaning up in our camp site at Cottonwood camp site in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, I heard two or three brief calls. The next night, while lying in my tent well after sunset but before midnight, I heard several series of calls. While I was reasonably certain the first evening, it was nice to get a good confirmation the next.

Cornell: Common Poorwill