Dickcissel & White-winged Crossbill
I heard about a Dickcissel in Ashton this morning. Dickcissels breed in grasslands of the midwest. This would be the first documented Dickcissel in Idaho. I got in the car and took a quick trip north. The bird showed up after a few minutes and hung out for the 45 minutes I was there. Here's a mediocre/poor photograph.
Dickcissel, Ashton, ID 2006
I came home for a while and then got a call from my friend Cliff. He told me that White-winged Crossbills, usually a bird of the far north, had been seen on sawtell peak (a fairly high mountain in Island Park). I wished I had found out about these birds while I was still in Ashton, but I didn't. I took off and had a nice evening enjoying the Crossbills and the scenery (there's still a bit of snow) of Sawtell.
View from Sawtell Peak, Fremont County, ID 2006
Dickcissel, Ashton, ID 2006
I came home for a while and then got a call from my friend Cliff. He told me that White-winged Crossbills, usually a bird of the far north, had been seen on sawtell peak (a fairly high mountain in Island Park). I wished I had found out about these birds while I was still in Ashton, but I didn't. I took off and had a nice evening enjoying the Crossbills and the scenery (there's still a bit of snow) of Sawtell.
View from Sawtell Peak, Fremont County, ID 2006
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Isn't a dickcissel like a wenus
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