Thanks Scott Fun to get all those details! When I was first in town ~24 years ago, they were becoming a bit more common but now I better understand why RL was so excited about them 😁 Jay

My vote is “neither” 😁. An immature that looks superficially unlike its parents but the pinkish bill helps (& the white outer tail feather seen from beneath) ... a Dark-eyed Junco. Jay

I might add that, though it seems crazy relative to our traditional thinking about summer, most shorebirds are quite early migrants after breeding. Most of this has to do with their molt strategy as a

Sounds good for Red-eyed to me 😁 Jay

:-) Yeah, it’s quite out of range - thus my surprise/disbelief! I’ve seen many hundreds of Gull-billed in southern US states and Latin America ... just wasn’t expecting it here. No additional sighting

eBird Checklist - 30 Jun 2020 - 83262, Pingree US-ID 43.03056, -112.64353 - 35 species (+1 other taxa) eBird Checklist - 30 Jun 2020 - 83262, Pingree US-ID 43.03056, -112.64353 - 35 species (+1 other

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Can you send a full-size (not “back of camera”) photo?

Hi Linda Yes, looks good for a female Lazuli Bunting :-) Jay

Hi Linda Willow is the MUCH more likely species in Idaho, and it's quite common in shrubby/riparian habitat in N Idaho. Having said that, there have been multiple reports of Alder Flycatcher in Bounda

Another Blackpoll in SW Idaho - this time found by Robert Mortensen and Jason Talbot at Avimor (Spring Valley trail) this morning. They also mentioned an intriguing mystery/unid’d warbler (I’ll let th

Still present 755pm at NW edge of willows - thanks RL 😁 Jay

Larry/others "Rare" in that in most years we don't have them lingering in lower elevations this long into May - thus, the conservative eBird filter to help ensure data quality. We've also had Evening

This is old news for veteran birders but the unsettled weather over the last week has brought us a lot of migrants - and the forecast for the coming few days looks to be more of the same. The basic id

I gather several folks have tried w/o success this morning and it may well have migrated last night (definitely some new arrivals near our house so others could have departed). However, if you don't h

Black-throated GREEN male still present @ 830. From parking lot go W on dirt road past pond & maintenance shed to end of trail. A male ... Jay Begin forwarded message:

Still present ~630 (Jason) & AHY~740-755. Same area. Nice find RL ;-)

I already texted Jonathan and Kristin was "at the scene" but ~30 Marbled Godwits (in a group of ~75 avocets) were at Indian Cr late morning/early afternoon ... & I heard rumor of a single one at Black

Howdy folks Quick report after the evening tally - we had a record turnout (guessing it was over 60 participants), including a record amount of effort along the northeastern portion of the count circl

In my prior message, I neglected to mention "Count Week" and the contribution of folks counting birds at their feeders. Count week: the three days either side of our count day (on Dec 14) are valuable