Sudden weather change, from 82° to 45° in about 45 min, along with 65 mph wind gusts, has brought a sight to our Snake River property I’ve only seen one other time about 25 yrs ago. A large kettle of approx 200 Swainson’s Hawks was soaring overhead & hawks suddenly started dropping into the cottonwoods on our place. Trees have 6-8 Swainson’s in them all through our Riparian Ground. I have 8-10″ diam tree limbs down all over, so too dangerous to head out for photos. But, quite a sight through the binocs scanning trees.
With the change in weather arriving today, thought I might find some migrating warblers. As soon as the sun was high enough to hit the trees, got outside. Found: Orange-crowned Warblers (maybe a family group, 6 juv & a few adults traveling together), 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 YR Warbler, 1 MacGillivray’s Warbler, numerous Wilson’s Warblers, RC Kinglet, juv Chipping Sparrows, House Wrens & 1 Townsend’s Solitaire. Also, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Song Sparrow, RB Nuthatch & a juv Spotted Towhee, just getting its adult plumage, with the two-tone wings.
Best bird was down along the Snake River. I saw a dark bird diving on a calling Caspian Tern. An immature Peregrine Falcon, harassing the Caspian over & over, flying up & downstream. The falcon finally, broke off & headed downriver. A good morning!
On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Denise Hughes <deniseh449@…> wrote:
Cheryl and I found a cool looking Red-tail in Nampa today.
Denise Hughes Caldwell, Idaho
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Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
