This evening I was pleased to find a late WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (lousy pic
in eBird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56555130) in the UI Arboretum
and Botanical Gardens in Moscow. It was in the Spirea hedge due west of
the 3 big Prospector Elms in the upper end of the Arb. This appears to be
only the third May record in eBird for north Idaho. I detected no other
migrants, but did pick up my FOY mosquito bite. 1-2 Towsend’s Warblers, a
Wilson’s Warbler, Western Tanager, and newly-arrived Chipping Sparrow
rounded out the migrants in my Moscow yard this morning. At least one of
my yard-breeding Western (Cordilleranish) Flycatchers arrived on the early
side, May 18.

Good Birding,

Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID