I found two Blue Grosbeaks at Camas NWR (Jefferson County) this evening. The birds were at the southern end of Toomey Pond, which is the big pond at the south end of the auto loop. The birds were in dead willows along a road that heads south from Toomey Pond (this road is closed to vehicles). The mosquitoes are very thick and aggressive. The birds were very skittish. I was able to get a coule of distant photograph of the male (a bird born last year as it is mostly brown). Please don’t play tapes, I’m guessing these birds will try to nest. This location is about .5 miles from a pair of birds that were found last fall at Camas (I wonder if one or both of these birds was born at Camas last year).

Photos can be seen on bird checklist here:https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46711426

Darren Clark
Rexburg, ID