Henry, welcome back to Idaho! =)

Cheryl, Brian, and others, thank you for your hum-wishes; Rufous has arrived with a vengeance!

Each spring, balance is restored to our Universe (smallish urban yard) when Black-chinned Hummingbirds show up.

And each fall, chaos returns with our first Rufous Hummingbirds. 😉 Gram for gram, I can’t imagine more kinetic energy, or more personality, than a Rufous can pack around!

Larry, Boise lower west end

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hgriffinwarbler@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 12:37 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Sun Valley Area Ramblings

Hello birding friends,

Once again, I have returned to the Sun Valley area for the symphony season! I have been busy with music camp the last two weeks but I have had a few notable avian sightings including a soaring GOLDEN EAGLE just north of Smiley Creek Lodge along Highway 75 on the way to Redfish Lake, STELLAR’S JAY near the Community School in Sun Valley, a few CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHERS and a hooting GREAT HORNED OWL in the Warm Springs neighborhood as well as a possible tooting Pygmy/Saw-whet which I couldn’t confirm. More birding in the coming days!

Henry Griffin

(Ketchum, Blaine County)