Wed.tom rennebaum and I birded w.fork sinker crk.off of road to silver city
got there about 3: 30 birds very active especially chat got good photos
other birds blk hd.gros.kestral lazuli bull.oriole med.lark.w.king
brd.gam.quail n.flick.olive side fly cat.lewis.wood pk.am.gold finch
w.tanager Thursday drove to silver city ny.summit always place for Mt.
Blue bird onto silver city area yellow warbler yellow rump warbler song
sparr.chip sparr.willow fly cat.violetgr.swall.blk.chin humm.house finch
h.wren fox sparr.nice to see lots of birds of color

I have at least 4 different Black-headed Grosbeak pairs coming into my feeders now. And I’m finding that the males have distinctive head patterns. 2 have the more common black head & burnt orange throat pattern but another one has a very distinct white chin & throat patch while an additional one has a lemon yellow chin patch. Also their belly patterns are distinct. Some with definite lemon yellow fading into the burnt orange and others with barely any yellow on the belly. It’s just been fun watching their increasing numbers over this past week.

Bullock’s Orioles have arrived now, as have female Red-winged Blackbirds. And I found a small flock of Chipping Sparrows coming through today.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot