E ID, esp along Snake River corridor, has been inundated with hummingbirds for 2 wks straight. I have one 4-port feeder & going thru about an ounce an hr. Friend in Aberdeen has 5 feeders & seeing same for each. Yest the Calliopes arrived. This evening watching at least 3 Calliope, 3 Rufous & 4 Black-chinned, all at once, jockeying for position to feed. Been some epic battles, esp by the Rufous! 

Vast majority of the hummers are juveniles. Last time I had numbers like this was 1988, yr of Yellowstone fires. Think a combination of this summer’s heat & Salmon-area fires have pushed hummingbird migration along the Snake riparian corridor. Fun to watch! 

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot 

Interesting, Bill. Along Snake River, fall migrant Rufous appeared about a month ago. Now, they’re the most numerous at feeder & keeping the resident Black-chinneds away. I only do one nectar feeder & averaging 8 oz/day. For our location, that’s a lot of migrating Rufous. Still waiting for Calliope & Broad-tailed here. 

Overall, songbirds were really down in numbers this summer. Noticeably fewer Yellow Warblers, Wilson’s Warblers, Lazuli Buntings, Bullock’s Orioles, W Tanagers & Robins. Kind of think this summer’s heat & regional wildfires shifted Rufous migration, perhaps more along river riparian areas. 

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot 

So I’ve been derelict in reporting. Rufous showed up a week and a half ago, five to six weeks late. Hummer sugar depletion is 20-30% behind last year, which was below previous years.

Still loads of traffic, only lower if compared to recent, three quart feeders yesterday.

Our major sunflower eaters have moved on a couple weeks ago, no BW Blackbirds or BH Grosbeaks. We have loads of siskens and goldfinches.

Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom

Thank you I thought the CT was a person not the State 🙂

His email says Connecticut.

Cliff

Thank you for the e mail. But where was this image taken?

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
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Thank you for the e mail. But where was this image taken?

That would be a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron! I’ve only seen that species once in Dallas, TX. Cool sighting! 🙂
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Aidan Lorenz
Caldwell