What a delightful surprise to have beautiful bird colors along with autumn
leaves. Lesser Goldfinches and Robins as well as the Red-breasted
Nuthatches have been frequenting my feeders and birdbath. Dark-eyed Juncos
and a Mourning Dove were feeding yesterday also. Here’s to a colorful
birding season.

Diann Stone
Boise Depot Bench

Diann

*The Earth has music for those who listen. George Santayana*

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:39 AM, lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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>
> Just when I was thinking it would be a dull AM of birding, I was proven
> wrong. Thought I would find myself in the “in-between” stage of being past
> fall migrants & too early for the full arrival of winter residents.
>
> But a flock of 9 Everything Grosbeaks proved me wrong! 5 adult males & 4
> juveniles have been alternating between my black oil sunflower seed
> platform, the top of a nearby cottonwood & the berries of a Russian Olive
> tree for an hour now, really putting on a show & being quite vocal. Seems
> that a couple of winter travellers are making the rounds. First, the
> Red-breasted Nuthatches through most of Sept & now, Evening Grosbeaks.
> Hopefully, a good irruption season in the making.
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
>
>