An uneventful day. An easy drive down Interstate 25 to the middle of New
Mexico: Albuquerque. It was a good raptor day: a golden eagle, two
swainson's hawks, and many red-tailed hawks. Saw a falcon fly over tonight,
probably a prairie falcon.
Have you ever noticed that some of the trees at the top of Monument Hill
aren't really trees? They stand out over the top of the forest. They look
like trees, but if you look carefully, you can see they're full of antennae.
I can't really look too carefully as I'm driving past, it's not a place to
pull over. Military monitoring devices I suppose.
The Montezuma quail. Only lives in a few places in Arizona and Southwest
Texas. Secretive. Prefers grassy oak woodlands. Sits motionless when
alarmed. How hard could that be to find? Sounds like a slam-dunk bird to
me. Here is a picture (I didn't take) of what it looks like.
Looking forward to a football game tomorrow: the Broncos at the Bills. The
Bills have hardly won anything this year, so that should be a really easy
win for the Broncos..... unless maybe something totally unexpected happens,
like it's cold in Buffalo or the weather is bad. But, hey, what are the
chances? C'mon Broncos. Let's see that offense this week.
Today's crockpot torture: beef stew.
