Have always thought a great research project for a field ornithologist Master’s degree student would be studying local patterns of migration. I don’t see as many reports from Camas as in yrs past. But, could used to read observations from Camas & know that I would be seeing same bird species in a week to 10 days at my location. Has always seemed to me that there’s an East to West pattern of migration along the Snake River Riparian area. Even though I use Blackfoot as my “location”, am somewhat outside of town to the SW. Now, reading bird observations from Idaho Falls & eastward, noting same trend in bird arrival timing at my area. 

Alas, I just wish migration numbers were what I used to see 3-4 decades ago…

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot