We did a 44 mile bike ride with our friends, Gary and Melody. We drove about 90 miles north of Silverthorne to the Colorado Wyoming boarder and rode the Medicine Bow Rail to Trails bike ride. We rode on small pea gravel, soft gravel, rocks and mud. We also had a section snow that we had to carry our bikes across.
For the past several years, we have bird houses out waiting for a Blue Bird to take residency. The development to the south of us seem to get all the Blue Birds. Last year, we had a male hang out at one of the bird houses but apparently was never able to find a female that wanted to move in with him. This year, we have both a male and female Blue Bird using the bird house. Earlier this season a Swallow was checking the house out and two Swallows did take the other bird house about 30' away.
This morning I noticed that a Swallow was going in and out of the Blue Bird's house. When the male Blue Bird returned there was an hour long battle for territorial rights. The Swallow would sweep down and buzz the Blue Bird and then the Blue Bird would chase the Swallow away. Then I noticed that the male Swallow in other bird house got involved by chasing the invading Swallow away. I guess he likes his neighboor better than another Swallow.
It appears now that the Blue Bird has won the territorial rights to the bird house and hopefully we will be able to see a new baby Blue Bird this summer.
