Monthly Archives: October 2023

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Fall Migrants & Winter Residents

White-crowned Sparrows coming through in large numbers, mainly juveniles. Groups of 20+ pushing through, esp in sagebrush area. DE Juncos are showing up & many will stay through the winter. And, American Robins in groups of 15+ have been hitting the Russian Olive berries, along with groups of (uggh) European Starlings. Still have sev RB Nuthatches coming in for sunflower seeds at the platform feeder. Last weekend, saw a few groups of Yellow-rumped Warblers & Ruby-crowned Kinglets push through, but appear to be gone now. Waiting for my fave winter resident, Townsend’s Solitaire, to appear. 

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot 

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Re: White Crowned Sparrows

You can not identify Male and Female White-crowned Sparrows by their plumage.  You are probably seeing the immature and adult plumage differences.

On Oct 1, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Jeff Brough – Idaho Falls <brogjl@…> wrote:


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Last evening right before dark I watched at least a dozen White-crowned Sparrows haul up into a large rosebush visible from my kitchen window,  Watching them with binoculars I could see that most were females, or possible this years crop of youngsters, but at least three and possibly four were adult males.  I’ve always seen them as single birds, or pairs, but never that many at once, so this is a first for me as far as numbers go.  Can’t wait to see what shows up next, but most of the small tweedle birds have come & gone at this point. 
  Jeff Brough
  2 miles south of Ucon on Yellowstone highway

Ken Miracle
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“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5

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White Crowned Sparrows

Last evening right before dark I watched at least a dozen White-crowned Sparrows haul up into a large rosebush visible from my kitchen window,  Watching them with binoculars I could see that most were females, or possible this years crop of youngsters, but at least three and possibly four were adult males.  I’ve always seen them as single birds, or pairs, but never that many at once, so this is a first for me as far as numbers go.  Can’t wait to see what shows up next, but most of the small tweedle birds have come & gone at this point.