What about lines or spots on the breast I ask myself?!
This bird looks like it has both.
I can’t bring the pic back up. I’m in an odd place.
This bird looks like it has both.
I can’t bring the pic back up. I’m in an odd place.
Re: Dowitcher ID help Jo
I’m not anywhere close to Texas area at this time.
Re: Dowitcher ID help Jo
Where on the Texas coast? How far from Corpus Christi ?? Please be specific or as close as you can.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Re: Dowitcher ID help
Not sure on that one Bob. Bill length could go either way, freshly molted scaps don’t really show much, and the tail looks extensively black but you can’t see enough of it to be sure. There is one feather on the side of the breast that has a round(ish) spot on it but it’s maybe not quite round and it’s closer to the feather tip than I would expect for Short-billed. So I’d call this one a dowitcher unless I heard the call.
Cliff
Dowitcher ID help
Long-billed or short-billed? Taken on April 1, 2026, along the Texas coast.
White-eyed Vireo in Twin Falls
If anyone is interested in a White-eyed Vireo, one has been hanging out in Lauren Brockway’s neighborhood. Facebook post from Lauren: If you decide to chase, please park at the end of 3400 at the designated trail parking. You can park there and then walk past the gate into Hidden Lakes, and on the right there is a pond on the south side of the road. The bird is in the Russian olives next to that pond. I have high hopes that he’ll stick around.
Pat Weber
Re: House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings
I saw my first house wren this afternoon here just north of Idaho Falls.
Re: House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings
I heard a yellow rumped warbler today at Sacagawea park in Pocatello
Janet
Re: House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings
Saw & heard first House Wren yest, along Snake River. In fact, just had one appear on edge of back deck, where I’m now relaxing! No Lazulis yet, nor hummingbirds, at my location.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings
House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings have arrived here in the Moonlight Mine area east of Pocatello. Elevation 5800′