I birded this morning and early afternoon around Moscow and Lewiston. At
the UI Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, highlights included a(nother or
continuing) WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, a getting-late ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,
VARIED THRUSH, MERLIN, and an apparent intergrade Red-shafted Flicker
(exhibiting both red malar and complete red nape crescent). In the Ash
Grove, were dozens each of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers
(including multiple Myrtles) eating aphids. Full checklist on eBird:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39619661. More kinglets and
yellow-rumps (including more Myrtles) were in a couple of areas of main
campus.

At Mann Lake, I found the continuing BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (2) each, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 18 Long-billed
Dowitchers, and a drake EURASIAN WIGEON (eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39622919). Hell’s Gate SP had
another 40 Yellow-rumps (including several Myrtles) and a few other
migrants.

Good Birding,

Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID