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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dracon" data-source="post: 3236626" data-attributes="member: 14799">Thanks again Bruce for your informative post.  This part of Montana right now looks like Ireland.  A cool spring with soaking rains has everything lush.  But the expression here is "two weeks", which means that in 14 days all the foliage can dry out and the fire season will begin.  Many of our national forests are so dense with timber that catastrophic fires are a reality every summer.  I believe they put huge amounts of CO 2 in the atmosphere which has to be a major contributor to global warming.   But I'm no scientist.I didn't realize the road runner was an omnivore. Just as I didn't believe that coyotes could catch healthy antelope, but several falls ago, I witnessed four coyotes working a herd of antelope in a valley below me, and they managed to bring one down.  The crows and magpies really compete with other birds at my feeders, which this year has shown a drop in the number of species coming to feed. That concerns me, but it may be part of a cycle. I visited your area (Vail) two winters ago and liked the country, particularly around Nogales.  but I did manage to come down with the dessert crud (bronchitis) which was miserable.  Too many people in lower Arizona for me. Enjoy your birding.John</blockquote>