I chime in…….
Yesterday we had our first ever Ever yard bird Swainson’s Thrush, and this is for any and every yard we’ve owned in the western U.S., in five western states including Alaska.
Can you imagine our faces when we first heard our SWTH singing?
And can you imagine how useless we were for the rest of the day, and that we’re mostly useless today?!! eyiyi
But, Susan, in keeping with Tom’s notion, several of the birds in your hood would be “year birds” for us, so we should send you our address too….
We need more “hammers” 😉
Larry
alpha codes herein….. [ http://www.birdpop.org/docs/misc/Alpha_codes_eng.pdf | http://www.birdpop.org/docs/misc/Alpha_codes_eng.pdf ]
From: “‘Tom McCabe’ tmccabe9@cableone.net [ible]”
To: “Susan Patla”
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 10:40:20 PM
Subject: RE: [IBLE] Teton Valley-Packsaddle
Wow! I am so envious. If I send you my address, could you post it where all the birds can see it? My lists seem quite mundane by comparison.
Tom
From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Susan Patla susan_patla@hotmail.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 9:49 PM
To: Ible
Subject: [IBLE] Teton Valley-Packsaddle
Birds are really hammering feeders in our area. Today saw FOY Gray Catbird. Also yesterday and today, observed a few sub-adult Ferruginous hawks foraging on the valley floor.
Here is list for my morning walk:
Packsaddle Estates, Teton, Idaho, US
May 25, 2019 9:32 AM – 11:16 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: walked from home on the upper loop
41 species
Ruffed Grouse 1 drumming
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 vocalizing
Mourning Dove 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7
Calliope Hummingbird 7
Sandhill Crane 1 calling from valley floor
Turkey Vulture 2 perched in Douglas fir
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 heard calling from bottom of subdivision
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
American Kestrel 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher 1 heard in dense forest patch
Dusky Flycatcher 1 heard a “duhic” call
Steller’s Jay 2
Clark’s Nutcracker 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Mountain Chickadee 3
House Wren 10 all singing
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 singing
Mountain Bluebird 1
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 1 FOY for neighborhood, first heard and then saw
Evening Grosbeak 29 Saw one large group perched by feeders, others near other feeders in subdivision
Cassin’s Finch 18
Pine Siskin 15
Chipping Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1 singing
Green-tailed Towhee 5
Bullock’s Oriole 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) 2
Western Tanager 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Lazuli Bunting 1
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