Steamboat

Done with the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont. South on Sunday morning through the Denver Metro area and up the grades at Genesee and Floyd Hill on Interstate 70, through Idaho Springs, past the giant water wheel, and hang a right on US 40 over Berthoud Pass. A cruise through Winter Park, Granby, Hot Sulphur Springs, and Kremmling. Over Rabbit Ears pass and coast down to Steamboat Springs by lunch.

Last week while we were here, the Orioles sucked all the food out of the hummingbird feeders. When the window feeder had been drained, one particular Oriole would cling to the window ledge directly opposite me and squawk until I refilled it. This week, we’re still surrounded by Orioles, Kingbirds, Robins, and Swallows, but the only birds on the hummingbird feeder have been black chinned hummingbirds. This week’s bonus bird… Yellow Warblers. Saw several, and heard maybe a dozen.