Reflecting on Bewick’s Wren in the Boise area, a look back to the checklist for Birds of Southwest Idaho from the early 1980s compiled by BSU’s Daniel Stephens and Timothy Reynolds, and sponsored by Golden Eagle Audubon – rated it as a “6”, vagrant or hypothetical, less than three records for SW Idaho.
My other two favorite range expansion stories I’ve witnessed are Anna’s Hummingbird and Lesser Goldfinch – on 1980s checklist, both are rated “5”, rare, 3-10 total records for SW Idaho (3 verified).
I hear, and sometimes see, Bewick’s along the greenbelt from Esther Simplot to Les Bois racetrack. The ones I only encounter in winter are the Pacific Wrens.
BTW, got to see a red fox today along the boundary between the greenbelt and Veterans Park. Way cool.
I see Bewick’s all year in many locations in Boise. They have become the wren I see the most.
On Feb 2, 2024, at 10:17 AM, siminovac <nmiller@…> wrote:
I just walked through Julia Davis park in Boise and heard a Bewick’s wren singing. It was on the north side of the river across from the traffic circle at the SW corner of the zoo. I heard it, thought it was a Bewick’s, Merlin agreed, and when I got to my office I listened to some recordings. I did not see the bird. I was surprised, would not expect one in town.
Nick Miller Boise
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I just walked through Julia Davis park in Boise and heard a Bewick’s wren singing. It was on the north side of the river across from the traffic circle at the SW corner of the zoo. I heard it, thought it was a Bewick’s, Merlin agreed, and when I got to my office I listened to some recordings. I did not see the bird. I was surprised, would not expect one in town.
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