Vicki Wilmarth
Birding Melrose Woods Migrant Trap
On Mother's Day 2022, I got to be self-indulgent (I couldn't celebrate with my adult son until the next weekend), so my unending quest for new adventures led me and expert birder Peggy Trosper to one of the strangest and most productive birding spots either of us has ever experienced--Melrose Woods. Melrose Woods is a tiny oasis about 35 miles west of Clovis, New Mexico that provides food, water and shelter for migrating birds. During the first week of May, it was full of war