May Recap
May is an exciting Month! Migration, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, movement, microclimates, and more!
When you think of May, what comes to mind for you?
We enjoyed some great bird outings, taking in the migration event that is happening all over the world. I helped the Snake River Audubon do a clean-up at Market Lake Wildlife Management Area. We enjoyed a mini-trip to California to see and celebrate friends. And we have really begun gardening, establishing microclimates in our backyard to allow our pollinator friends to thrive.
Please enjoy some photos from our May adventures…click on images to enlarge!
House Finch
House Finch
Bullock's Oriole
House Sparrow and Bullock's Oriole
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Bullock's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Swainson's Hawk & Bullock's Oriole
Swainson's Hawk & Loggerhead Shrike
Frenemies
Swainson's Hawk
Morning light at Market Lake
Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Sunrise at Market Lake
Sagebrush at Sunrise
Sunrise at Market Lake (Menan Butte in the background)
First light with the moon
Hermit Thrush
Forster's Tern
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier a.k.a. the Gray Ghost
Forster's Tern
Black-necked Stilts
Trumpeter Swan
Trumpeter Swans
Savannah Sparrow
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Marsh Wren
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
The Tetons from Market Lake
Brewer's Blackbird
Moody Morning
White-faced Ibis flyover
Another day...this time Sunset at Market Lake
Coyote at Sunset
Sandhill Cranes
Northern Harrier
Northern Shoveler
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier
White-faced Ibis
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Cinnamon Teal
Canada Goose family
Sunset at Market Lake
Another day....another place...Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Snake River overlook from Cress Creek Trail
Snake River plain
Another day....another location...Violet-green Swallow over the Snake River
Love seeing these colorful and acrobatic birds!
Common Merganser pair with Violet-green Swallows
A moody evening along the Snake River
Our first Idaho elk!
A quick trip to California - and a Bullock's Oriole greeted us!
Moody evenings always have the best sunsets
Our friend's chickens
Western Kingbird
House Finch collecting nesting material from a thistle
Bustit!
Wild turkeys at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Black-crowned Night Heron fly-by
American Bittern!
An awesome and exceptional sighting - not one, but 4 total!
Deer at dusk!
Sunset vibes
A lifer! Yellow-billed Magpie - these birds are endemic to California!
Yellow-billed Magpie fledgling
Yellow-billed Magpie adult
Northern Mockingbird
Lizard!
Black Phoebe
Pretty little flowers
Loved the purple on these
Another lizard! Cool looking pattern
The elusive ACORN WOODPECKER! One of these skunked me in Colorado, so it was wonderful to see several here
A fun sighting of a Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon variety - a first for me!)