Lower dam lake lowell 7:15 a.m. this gull? & clark- west. Grebes 5 red heads
Re: avocets swimming
of course I had to go looking at avocet feet…. quickly found good info and pix….
LA
Re: FOY Joy!
Awesome day, Tom, and thx for a vote of confidence, but I’d rely more on Jay because while I have a lot of experience, I don’t necessarily remember it… 😉
Whereas Jay has excellent eyes, ears, memory and a lot of experience
There’s another factor we don’t often discuss… not long ago several of us had this game…. we’d each play a recorded bird on a specific CD set and challenge the others to name all the background songs, chirps, calls, wing sounds, whatever, and of course I always lost because those other birders were quite younger than I was, and they could separate most sounds from the “milieu” whereas I had lost much of that ability…
but…
Spring Migration Rocks !!!!
Larry
Re: FOY Western Tanager
I love the idea of the Western Tanager for our state bird. What about the Clark’s Nutcracker, though,—also a bird discovered in Idaho by Clark?
FOY Western Tanager
My FOY Black-headed Grosbeak hasn’t made an appearance yet – maybe today? But I was DELIGHTED to wake up to my FOY Western Tanager sitting outside my bedroom window.
Did I ever mention that I believe we should change the State bird for Idaho to the Western Tanager? – for 2 reasons:
- Idaho would have it’s own unique State bird – ie., no longer share a State bird with another State, and more importantly…
- The Western Tanager is the only bird I know of that is historically noted as DISCOVERED in Idaho – by Lewis & Clark in their expedition.
If I am incorrect, please correct me. But if this group got behind a drive to change the State bird, could we make it happen? I don’t know if that is possible, but I’m throwing it out there…
😊
Enjoy this beautiful Spring day! Jonathan, HSB
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FOY Black-headed Grosbeak
Just showed up on safflower platform feeder. Now up in maple, chirping away. The gang’s all here.
Liz Medes
Emmett (the east side)
Easter Idaho Lazuli
Our first Lazuli just showed up. They really love the cheap bird seed with millet/milo. I keep it up all summer, while sunflower seeds disappear, on my initiative, for birds in a couple weeks.
I saw Brian’s post about BH Grosbeaks. My theory is Evenings molt to BH because I don’t see both. Maybe this year???
I saw a pair of Sapsuckers yesterday and house wrens are bubbling. Maybe they will nest in garage again.
The Pygmy Owl continues it’s real early morning calls. I thought it was a Saw Whet until I hit the Cornell song site and figured out the difference. Regardless a tiny owl that would be nearly impossible to find and see up in the tree margin.
Hoot Owl out
Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom
Evening Grosbeaks Continue
Like per previous post by Dave Pace, inundated with Evening Grosbeaks. Today, have counted 20+ individuals & 7 at feeders, at once. Cassin’s Finches are running a close 2nd. And the American Goldfinches are in full breeding plumage & crowd the feeder in-between times, when the larger Finches make room. I’ve gone through 3 lbs of black-oil sunflower seeds today alone & will fill again before evening.
Also, 2 of my favorite spring birds arrived today, both males, at the feeders. A Lazuli Bunting & Black-headed Grosbeak. A female Black-chinned Hummingbird is regularly hitting its feeder today. And, the Blue Jay continues to sneak black-oil sunflower seeds from the feeder. But, by far, the most vocal, semi-tame acting & frequent visitors, are the Evening Grosbeaks.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Grosbeak Hoard In Idaho Falls
A pretty good hoard of Evening Grosbeaks have been devouring our black oil sunflower seeds the last few days. There were 13 in the single feeder in the picture. Such beautiful birds.
Dave Pace
Idaho Falls, ID
Re: Snow access south of Twin Falls
I was there in March. Clear roads. Saw the crossbills as the Snow
Park parking area a mile or two beyond the ski area.
Park parking area a mile or two beyond the ski area.