Just had another High Guads Restoration Project this weekend. Finished off another cave and collected good inventory and survey data for part of another. The weather down in the Guadalupe Mountains was wonderful, with highs in the 80s. I spent Sunday morning ridgewalking and managed to come across two previously-discovered caves but nothing new.

I came back to discover that the finch chicks have really developed quite a bit over the weekend. Most of their afro hairs are gone and they are mostly-feathery. Another couple of days and they should look like proper finches. Also this morning I saw a roufus-sided towhee in the back yard, but the camera was still packed in the truck and I couldn't get a shot of it. This was the first time I've ever seen this kind of bird.