Not exactly birds, but, useful for birders to know.
While not a big or unexpected announcement here in SW ID,… ticks … are out.
Picked one up yesterday, likely from Blue Lakes here in Ada Co.. Not quite expecting this early, found it on me this morning, just a few mins. ago in fact. So, should you be like me and tend to chase around in the sagebrush for birds, be careful, check yourself afterward.
CGB. RL, self-certified tick magnet.
Motto: If they’re out there, we will find each other.
Hey Cliff, thanks for the confirmation. It was the only other sparrow I could find in my app that potentially sounded similar I thought too. I think the bird sounded more like the Grasshopper song, but since the Savannah is a possibility,
I’m not going to make a decision, lol. Interesting story, Alan… Best, JB
The Grasshopper Sparrow’s vocalization is very distinctive: tick, tick, tick, pizzzzzzzz
I recorded male Grasshopper Sparrows singing in a grassland seeded by strip-mining remediation in the old anthracite coal belt of northeastern Pa. Cassette tape deck. That dates me. ☺
Does any other bird sound enough like a Grasshopper Sparrow to confuse the two? I was in a grassy field near Lake Lowell and the song was very close to me, but I had no binoculars. Only my App to confirm sound. Thx… Jonathan
Just had a flyby of 2 Tree Swallows & a pr of Sandhill Cranes have been calling all morning from down by the Snake River, below home. Evening Grosbeaks are still coming to the feeders.
Also, of note, first Least Chipmunk of season is below feeder, picking out spilled black oil sunflower seeds.
Haven’t seen any sign of Salmonellosis at my location. So, refilled feeders yest with black oil sunflower seeds for first time in 2 months. This AM, 6 Evening Grosbeaks were busy eating seeds! First I’ve seen of them since a 2 wk irruption last Fall.
Brian Carrigan Blackfy
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