Alta

[Edsonleite at aol dot com]

I went up to Alta today to try and find the Rosy-finches.  There were two gray-crowned and one black, lots of sisking and mountain chicadees, a few cassin's got some good pictures.  I met Bill Hunt up there and he showed me some mountain goats at the mouth of the canyon.  Then I went up to Solitute couldn't find the grosbeaks but its was fun none the less.
Then when I returned to work in the afternoon and  was observing the pair of kestrels that nest there.  The male flew down from the tree and got a mouse as he was eating on a power pole near by, the female flew to him and took his mouse away to the nest.  I really regret not having my camera for that.

Great day to be out.
Good birding

Ed