The Bid Yard: Birdwatching in a Time of Quarantine

Or: The Evolution of a Lister

The Pacific Wren, photographed here at the San Pedro River, is virtually identical to the Winter Wren. Until 2010, ornithologists considered the two a single species.

Day 106 of the Quarantine (June 27, 2020)

            The eared quetzal has returned to the Chiricahuas and there’s drama on the listserv.  I read a single line from a good friend in Pennsyl…