Just went outside, between rain bands, to refill platform feeder & heard a familiar call. Looked over at juniper trees & a very vocal Stellar’s Jay was working through the trees. Only the second time I’ve seen one at our river location.
Yesterday, the best bird was a 1st winter White-throated Sparrow. Lots of Trumpeter Swans flying over, as well. Kept track yesterday & counted 216.
There has been a significant influx or
irruption of Vermilion Flycatchers to higher-than-usual
latitudes, this fall (going back to at least October),
from the Great Lakes region (northern Wisconsin, western
Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio) to central Quebec, the
north coast of California, and in the interior west
(Loveland Colorado, Provo Utah). And this arrival
timing, in late fall, is consistent with previous Idaho
records (November 2022 in Salmon, late October 2019 in
Nampa). So, while this is an exciting record, it fits
an established pattern and is hard to attribute to a
particular weather event (though the overall pattern may
well reflect climate change).
Wow! That’s exciting!. It must have blown north
in the big storm that brought warm air from the
Southwest.
Diann Stone
Boise Depot Bench
On Thu, Nov 21,
2024 at 1:51 PM Melody and Michael Asher and
McBride via groups.io <mndmx2=gmail.com@groups.io>
wrote:
Male Vermillion Flycatcher is at a
private residence but owners are fine with
birders coming. You can park in the driveway as
it is a loop. Homeoner’s names are Paige &
Tucker.
There has been a significant influx or irruption of Vermilion Flycatchers to higher-than-usual latitudes, this fall (going back to at least October), from the Great Lakes region (northern Wisconsin, western Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio) to central Quebec, the north coast of California, and in the interior west (Loveland Colorado, Provo Utah). And this arrival timing, in late fall, is consistent with previous Idaho records (November 2022 in Salmon, late October 2019 in Nampa). So, while this is an exciting record, it fits an established pattern and is hard to attribute to a particular weather event (though the overall pattern may well reflect climate change).
Male Vermillion Flycatcher is at a private residence but owners are fine with birders coming. You can park in the driveway as it is a loop. Homeoner’s names are Paige & Tucker.
Sue Braastad just called to tell me that she and Leslie Soderquist found a Varied Thrush while they are doing their Winter Raptor Survey near St. Anthony.
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Kit
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