Mesa

Woke to unusual bird sounds. Not totally unfamiliar, but not normal for the sonoran desert, either. Had to go look. Same exotic birds we heard years ago at Bluewater Key in Florida. Peachfaced Lovebirds. Back then, they were coming from our neighbor’s space; clipped captives let out to play. This time they were wild; a whole flock of peachfaced lovebirds, twenty or so, chattering their way from palm tree to palm tree. They’re not in the book. Looked them up on the web. There are several breeding flocks in the Phoenix area. We don’t get to count them, though, because they’re not listed in our book and they’re not listed on our birding software where we track our sightings and life-list.

But we know they were here.