Zink's pond, Durango, CO., birding hotspot.

 Zink's pond, an oasis in the Animas River valley, S. of Durango.

 Lots of displaying and chasing among the Common mergansers, 5/15.

 A few Wilson's phalaropes foraging in the wakes of Cinnamon teal.

And two male Bobolinks! Dolichonyx oryzivorus!

Spring blossoms, and pairings.

 Flowering crabapple(?) 5/6.

 Precious fleeting spring, 5/6.

Common merganser pair, Costilla Cr., 5/13.