250+ seen Saturday near Cascade on mostly frozen coves of Cascade reservoir, at Stonebreaker Rd and Sugarloaf campground boat dock area. Very boisterously calling and interacting
Wish I could have taken a photo. Only have the camera on my phone. Tried taking a photo of some groups flying over in daylight, today. But, can’t begin to make out what I was actually seeing.
Tundra Swans are definitely heading north! Last night, fell asleep to literally thousands calling while flying overhead under the full moon for a couple of hours. Today, stopped counting at a thousand. Groups of from 50 to 300 still flying over.
Others: WB Nuthatch wintered over on place & is still around. Townsend’s Solitaires, which have wintered on place, now find selves competing with Robins, now arriving, & going for juniper berries. Bald Eagles & GH Owls are nesting.
Is this recent? Looks like a Swainson’s Hawk, and looking at the bar chart for Idaho on eBird this would be the earliest record ever (usually very end of March, early April).