Maybe my Evening Grosbeaks & Pine Siskins headed west. In exchange, shoo a few of those W Tanagers to the east side of the state!
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak has hit the seed feeder 3 times today for just brief intervals.
Brian
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I don’t have any Rose-breasted Grosbeak sightings to add, but I find it interesting that I am still seeing/hearing Pine Siskins, I found a large flock of Evening Grosbeaks today, as well as Western Tanagers for the last 3 days. Plus, I had my first Western Wood Pewee yesterday, and I’ve enjoyed at least 40 species each of the last 3 days, even in the pouring rain today. Gotta love migration. You never know who’s around the next bend. 😉
Tom McCabe, Boise
Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I enjoyed reading about your Grosbeak observations. You have a nice variety of species. Good luck on the W Tanager. I hope it appears.
Diann Stone
Boise Depot Bench
Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Also had our first hairy bat last night.
Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Yes, I am still waiting for western tanagers as well.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Just had a RB Grosbeak male in full adult color appear at feeder. Had to look back in my records & first appearance of one at our river location was in 2017. Have seen at least one every Spring since. A couple yrs ago had 3 appear. Never stay long, but always a beautiful “shock” to see! And definitely, king of the feeder! I’ll see 5-6 BH Grosbeaks stacked all around & if any try to reach the platform, a quick nip by the RB & off the BH go!
Others: Lazuli Bunting, House Wren, Yellow Warbler, Am Robin, Song Sparrow, House Finch, BC Chickadee & BC Hummingbird. The Pine Siskins, Evening Grosbeaks, White-crowned Sparrows, DE Juncos & Chipping Sparrows have moved on. Still waiting for Western Tanager.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Dry lake
10AM not much water 2 avocets 1ca.gull. ponds on rim rd.1 s.of stage coach nada 2nd one dry pond big foot 6 cinnamon teals and pond Dearborn 1spotted sandpiper found some one who knew about water dry lake due to low water this season they have to cut back use
Re: Lazuli Buntings
Yes, I’ve had two or three every morning and evening here in the North End. And I live on 6th street close to downtown.
Re: Lazuli Buntings
I live in Boise and a few years ago I had a Lazuli stop at my water fountain, so don’t give up hope. Also my son lives in Emmett and he has one coming to their yard now.
New arrivals
In the last week, riding my regular route 6 of the 7 days, I found the following FOY birds: Bullock’s Oriole, Black-headed Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Western Grebe, House Wren, and Blue-winged Teal. Plus, a pair of Swainson’s Hawks have taken up residence in a nest they built a few years ago (and got ejected from by some Red-tailed Hawks). The nest is 3 blocks from my house. 😉 But I still haven’t found where the neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk nest is. I only know the vicinity. 🙁
I’ve been able to tally 40 or more birds on 4 of my last 7 rides, with Willow Lane Athletic Complex a magnet for some of the FOY’s, plus YR Warblers, Cassin’s Finches (male and female), Downy Woodpecker, BH Cowbird, etc. My one long ride of 22 miles netted over 50 birds.
BTW, I’m sure a bunch of you are familiar with Bird Cast, which tells you the expected nighttime migration in your area. The link is here: https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/local-migration-alerts/. Just put in your location, and it will give you their prediction. For Boise it has been predicting “High” migration, meaning 3,000 migrating birds per kilometer per night, for the last few nights and the next 3 nights. It only predicts 3 nights out, and it only continues until June 1. Check it out.
Tom McCabe, Boise