Very cool, esp on the Avocets. Just walked quite a bit of Snake River Bottoms looking for morels. No luck, either too early or it’s going to be another bust year, like last spring. Just got back to house & Chipping Sparrows now underneath feeder, getting scattered seeds.
Brian Carrigan
Yesterday I had a female Cassin’s in my back yard. The males came through a week or two ago.
Also, yesterday I found a flock of 16 American Avocets at the Les Bois racetrack. Quite a treat.
Tom McCabe, Boise
This AM, have both Cassin’s Finch & Evening Grosbeak…males & females of both hitting the platform feeder. Also, good-sized group of Cedar Waxwings (16) in the Rocky Mtn junipers. Usually will nest in the junipers. So far, filling up on juniper berries.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
We took a hike out to the west end of IP Reservoir yesterday afternoon. It’s very dry and the creeks are really low. There is quite a bit of good shorebird habitat but it was kind of quiet. A Black-necked Stilt, a Solitary Sandpiper, and three Semipalmated Plovers were the highlights, although not terribly unusual. There was also a single Greater White-fronted Goose (my first during spring migration) hanging out with a flock of Canada Geese and at least one Common Tern (a bit early for this location) among the Forster’s.
Cliff
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Island Park, Idaho
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