Daily Postcard: Purple and green iridescence shining in the sun, this Brewer’s Blackbird posed on a power line at the North Mesa Stables during Cornell’s October Big Day birding event. Common around farm land, Brewer’s Blackbirds are often in Los Alamos in spring, early summer and again in fall. October Big Day is a citizen-science project at Cornell University, creating a snapshot of biodiversity worldwide. Last year’s event broke their world record, documenting 7,987 species in a single day from observations by 46,704 birders in 202 countries based on reports as of mid November. Los Alamos County contributed 64 species with observations by 21 birders. Read all about it at https://ebird.org/octoberbigday. Photo by Jonathan Dowell/@SnowyEgretPhotography