Well, with continuous bands of rain pushing through & releases from Palisades muddying up my fly-fishing prospect, have been reading & watching the hummingbird feeder. And, no doubt, southward Rufous

Just had an adult female Rufous Hummingbird come into the feeder. Since I've never seen any evidence of Rufous breeding at our river location it appears, as was pointed out by others when I reported t

Thanks Carl & Bill. I thought that might be the case but interestingly, our most numerous Rufous at our Snake River location & elevation west of Blackfoot has always been from Aug on for a few wks. I'

Just had a bright male Rufous Hummingbird with flashing gorget come into feeder, twice. Has happened before this time of yr, but not often. More of a fall migrant (late Aug/early Sept) for our river l

Hi Larry, Yeah, there's sev things I will not give exact locations of: any nesting hawk, owl or eagle. Morel mushroom & huckleberry locations. My fav deer & elk spots. And, best location I've found to

So, the other day my wife bought a potted citronella plant for our back deck. Our place is along the Snake River & a spring channel runs through the backyard. We get a few wks of mainly evening time m

Two foy arrivals today. An adult male Rose-breasted Grosbeak came into the feeder & cracked sunflower seeds for nearly 10 min. Haven't pulled my records yet, but first arrival of a Rose-breasted was 3

Have spent majority of this wkend birding, as recent snowmelt raised Snake level & clouded up some of my favorite fly-fishing spots. So, headed to Island Park on Thu & found: numerous Evening Grosbeak

Was hoping our snow yest & rain last night would give some migrants pause. And wasn't disappointed. Finally, located a male W Tanager at the top of one of our yard cottonwoods. The Evening Grosbeaks r

At this point, Larry, I'll take either version! lol!

Similarly, we had a Kestrel pr nest for yrs in a cottonwood natural cavity. Then, about 3 yrs ago, Starlings took over the nesting space. Sure miss seeing the Kestrels. Have yet to see a W Tanager on

Reading with envy the numbers of Western Tanagers from west side of state. Keep looking, scanning & listening &, so far, zero for me. I'm down to a pr of Evening Grosbeaks, from a hi of 35. They were,

A few observations from this weekend. Have seen that Bald Eagles take advantage of soaring with large groups of White Pelicans. Nearly every larger Pelican group I saw the last few days had at least o

Evening Grosbeaks still coming in to feeder, down to about 10 now. BH Grosbeaks are here in force now, males & females. Counted 11 at feeder at same time. Up to 3 male Lazuli Buntings at a time, too.

Bill & Larry's recent posts re: numbers of birds was proven this evening. Old habits are hard to break, as I'm an old "Great Backyard Bird Count" observer & record highest numbers of a species seen at

There's been a change today in birds. Cassin's Finch numbers are down to just 3-4, all females. And Evening Grosbeaks have decreased to about a dozen from a high of 30. They're about evenly split, mal

Today's Spring arrival was a male Bullock's Oriole. Now, waiting for a male W Tanager & my personal list for what it takes to really be Spring, bird-wise, will be complete. Both Evening Grosbeaks & Ca

Quick note, just had a FOY Yellow Warbler arrive to backyard cottonwood. Brian Carrigan Blackfoot

Going on 2 wks now, still have Evening Grosbeaks & Cassin's Finches coming into feeder. Just a bit ago, had one each Evening, Black-headed, Cassin's & House Finch on each side of feeder, at same time.

Like per previous post by Dave Pace, inundated with Evening Grosbeaks. Today, have counted 20+ individuals & 7 at feeders, at once. Cassin's Finches are running a close 2nd. And the American Goldfinch