Nature awaits

many surprises

For thee

— Enos Mills

A surprise came to me Friday, Nov. 6, when my friend Chris Lance of Ridgway notified me that she had a Brown Thrasher on her property and she thought this was a rare occurrence. Indeed, I agreed with her as I had no reports or people ever seeing this species in Ouray County.

This bird is listed in my “Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas,” as well as other books that I checked that the species is an Eastern and Southern bird, and usually only found Eas...