Date: 10/15/25 3:01 pm From: Charles Swift via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: Re: [inland-NW-birders] White-throated Sparrows-Hayden, ID
Thanks for the update Doug. Similar situation here on the eastern Palouse with a big push of October migrants in the past few days including multiple White-throated Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, kinglets, and Yellow-rumped Warblers among others (the U. of Idaho Arboretum has finally picked up). Also a late Townsend's Warbler, multiple Orange-crowned Warblers, and good numbers of Pine Siskins and Evening Grosbeaks being reported just to our east in mountains. It's probably been the best surge of migrants all fall with September being quite dull here for migrants (perhaps the worst September for migrating passerines I've experienced in 20+ years in Moscow). There are still a fairly limited number of waterfowl locally though several White-winged Scoters were reported from Mann Lake over the weekend and there are now several Lesser Black-backed Gulls in the LC Valley along with a surge of American Herring Gulls the past week or so.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders < <inland-nw-birders...> wrote:
> Just a reminder that stuff is still moving in and through the region, so > keep your eyes open. Yesterday (Tues., 14 Oct.'25) we had a couple (2) of > young WHITE-THROATED SPARROWs show up at our place in Hayden, ID (Kootenai > Co.). They remained this morning and if history is any indication they may > stick around for a while, so if you'd like to try for them, please let me > know separately. > > Another indication that we aren't done yet with passerine migration is that > we had two (2) immature TOWNSEND'S WARBLERs travelling with a pack of > kinglets in our yard on Monday (13 Oct'25)! Fun part about these late > warblers is this is when the really weird stuff can show, so keep an eye on > those mixed flocks moving through, you never know! > > Good Birding, > > Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Inland-nw-birders mailing list > send email to: <Inland-nw-birders...> > manage subscription: > https://mailmanlists.us/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders > _______________________________________________ Inland-nw-birders mailing list send email to: <Inland-nw-birders...> manage subscription: https://mailmanlists.us/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders
