White-crowned Sparrows arrived this past week in good numbers & have been present daily around the feeder, feeding on scattered black-oil sunflower seeds. One of my faves came into the feeder yesterday, 2 pairs of male & female Cassin’s Finches. Always a spring treat to see. 

Today, showed the best bird of the weekend. A Long-billed Curlew near a friend’s grassy pasture. Before all the area farms became laser-leveled & changed to pivots from flood irrigation, the Long-billeds were regular spring arrivals, and stayed well into summer. Now, a rare treat! This one was working a grassy depression along an old fence line. 

Brian Carrigan 
Blackfoot