Daily Archives: April 28, 2024

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Harris’s Sparrow, Boise Depot Bench

Hello! Occasionally something cool shows up in my backyard. This morning I’ve had a juvenile Harris’s Sparrow hanging out along the canal behind my back fence with a couple dozen Juncos and a Song Sparrow.

 

On the off chance that someone is interested in seeing it, the best/easiest way would be to go to the corner of Alpine and Wheeler St., cross the railroad tracks, and look along north side of the canal. The flock has been moving around a bit. My backyard, which borders the canal on the north, has a big blue shed in it; the flock has been in that section for an hour or two.

 

Nick Miller

Boise

 

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Re: Not one, but two

Interesting. Over our 35+ yrs along the Snake River, have found that areas of E ID to the north & east of us tend to get migrant songbirds a WK to 10 days before they start showing here. Have always watched the reports from Mud Lake & Camas, esp for warbler sightings. As, can usually count on seeing same here about a week later. Appears, works out with the Swainson’s, too. 

Brian Carrigan 
Blackfoot

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Not one, but two

Just returned home after taking a Sun morning drive over to Sun Valley. Coming back home, saw my first Swainson’s Hawk of the year at Carey. It flew right overhead, so I pulled over & put binocs on it to confirm the field markings. Then, just NW of Blackfoot on Hwy 26, saw my 2nd Swainson’s of the day. I’m going to have to check my records, but believe this is my earliest date of arrival for Swainson’s Hawk. 

Back home, still have good numbers of Cassin’s Finches hitting the sunflower seeds. Yesterday, counted at least 20. 

Brian Carrigan 
Blackfoot