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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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

Down River from whitewater park, near frisbee golf Tee #10
Good Luck, Rich Rusnak

Coincidentally I heard the first singing Ruby-crowned Kinglet in
my yard this morning in Island Park. Temps are headed for the 60s
and the snow is melting fast. Feels like spring.

Cliff

That looks like a lesser goldfinch. They are in
small flocks on the canals here right now.  We have RC kinglets
in winter and they are so jumpy, only landing once in a while on
our suet feeders.  They have a distinct eyering, too.  

Liz Medes

Emmett

On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 10:22
AM M Gregory <alanclarkg@…> wrote:

This bird
visited my backyard fountain an hour ago. Lots of orange
on breast, distinctive wing bars, and a hint of brown on
throat, with small blackish spots on top of head. I first
thought “warbler,” but now I think kinglet. Any thoughts?

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Alan C Gregory
Lt. Col.,
USAF, Ret.
Mountain Home,
ID
Air Force
Public Affairs
Alumni
Association,
life member

Member, North American Butterfly
Association

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@...

FOY, Calliope hummers in the hills above Cascade, Valley Co
Happy Birding, Rich Rusnak