Corvus brachyrhynchos

I went by the Horse Stables on North Mesa this afternoon, on my way to a meeting in town. On other trips there, I have always seen lots of birds, so I thought this time I would haul my camera along. I did see lots of birds, mostly American Crows and some European Starlings. There was also a flock of Horned Larks in a field nearby, but in the only moderately acceptable picture I got of them, the largest bird was about 10 pixels wide, so not post-able.

The best picture was one of this crow sitting on a post. I am not a crow expert, but this corvid is too small to be a Common Raven, so I am calling it a plain old American Crow.