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Female goldeneyes are always hard for me to ID. There are two kinds – Barrow’s and Common. The males are easy to separate so if I see a female and male together, I often assume they are the same species. Last week we saw two females, one with ducklings and one on her own. Looking at the All About Birds site from Cornell University, I think both of these are Barrow’s Goldeneyes. But I could be wrong. It wouldn’t be the first time.

Oh yeah, I still think those little ground squirrels are just the cutest.

Mary and I saw this old firetruck when we were out birding. Never did see who drove it there. It had at least one really bad tire and no license plates. And genuine packrat poop on the seat too.

Dogs don’t care about the weather, too much.

Sometimes it seems like it’s always cold, overcast, rainy and windy but last week there was a little break.