I Found the Nest!

[margdean56]

Though I didn't think about it, today is the first day of spring, so perhaps a particularly good bird walk is appropriate.  I spotted both White-crowned Sparrows and an Evening Grosbeak, both birds I've seen in Santa Fe before but not on the "usual suspects" list.  Official Bird of the Day has to be the Curve-billed Thrasher, since one of them was

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[rahirah]

Neat! All the nests in our yard are invariably sparrows, pigeons, and mocking birds. (Though one year we did have cactus wrens.)

[margdean56]

I spotted another nest today, this one of Eurasian Collared-doves. Yeah, I know they're an invasive, but well... They don't look to be any better at nest-building than the native Mourning Doves -- a flimsy-looking platform of twigs.