Correct, haven’t seen a California Scrub Jay in E ID. So, this one was a Woodhouse’s Jay. That’s my bad. Knew they had been officially split, but I always called the interior version “Western” & the other “California”, before the official designation. That was fault of my old ornithology prof, those were his designations. He predicted the “Western” would eventually be split, long before it became official.
Heard a sound that I hadn’t noted for a long while. Looked out in time to get binocs on a Western Scrub Jay at the feeder. Had to convince myself what I was seeing & get all the field marks. Visited the sunflower seeds twice before exiting into the river bottoms. Looked it up in my ID Bird Distribution &, sure enough, transient for my latilong. Will keep eyes & ears open to see if any others appear. Think weather to our south may have shifted this one north, a bit.
I am interested. I have a fondness for older bird books.
I live here in SE Boise. We can meet later today or I will be over your way tomorrow. Are you asking anything for them or just find them a good home?
My email: rlrowland@…
Continued Good Birding (CGB). RL
On Mon, 7 Sep, 2026 at 4:49 PM, Karl Kosciuch via groups.io <kosciuch@…> wrote:
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I have a nice copy of the 1974 two volume pressing. If you are interested let me know and it’s all yours. My preference is to meet you at the WinCo in Eagle to deliver the books to you.
I have a nice copy of the 1974 two volume pressing. If you are interested let me know and it’s all yours. My preference is to meet you at the WinCo in Eagle to deliver the books to you.
I’ve had a handful of straggler Warblers come thru the past sev days: singles of MacGillivray’s, Yellow & Wilson’s. Did have a half dozen W Tanagers, mainly juvs in a group, & one White-breasted Nuthatch. Red-breasted stay yr round now. But, my hummingbirds seemed to have pulled out & only critters coming into the feeder were yellow jackets.
Pulled the hummingbird feeder this AM. Activity had stopped. Correspondence with a naturalist in Colorado found that they experienced a noticeable decrease at their feeders, this Fall, too. And, are near pulling theirs, as well.
What I lost in hummingbird activity though, seems to have been more than compensated by Spotted Towhee activity, this season! I’ve counted no fewer than 25 on the place today. One group, back in the woods, had at least 8 birds. In the yard, have counted 5 at a time, in separate groups. Must have had a really successful hatch season this yr.
Think it must have been this summer’s excessive heat, combined with wildfires, that disrupted usual migration corridors. Aug into first couple wks of Sept has been really good, past few Falls, for Rufous & Calliope Hummingbirds coming through. Haven’t seen a single Calliope & the handful of Rufous came thru in July. I’ve seen a single juv female Black-chinned past few days. About ready to just pull my feeder.
They are heading off. Last week was nine feeders, this week much less. We’ll be down to one feeder partially full today. Only chickadees and goldfinches now on sunflowers.
Bill Moore Hoot Owl Rd Inkom
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