Checked these 2 southern Bannock County waterbodies. Hawkins had a common
loon which is hard to get in the county. I’m sure AFR gets many, but the
Bannock County shoreline is all in the Fort Hall Reservation. There were
also 4 common goldeneye, hooded merganser, pied-billed grebe and gadwall. A
very high flock of snow geese flew due south overhead.

Not a waterbird was on Wiregrass but it’s very small. I was surprised by a
flock of 6 American tree sparrows hanging with about 8 Oregon juncos.
There was another flock of 165 snow geese flying due south, so high I
couldn’t see them with the naked eye.

2 northern shrikes were on Hawkins Rd.

An immature sharp-shinned hawk seems to be making my yard and feeders part
of its temporary territory. I have seen it perched here three days in a
row. A merlin blazed through the yard this morning too.

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