Subject: late migrants
Date: Jun 4 14:46:42 1999
From: randy_hill at mail.fws.gov - randy_hill at mail.fws.gov
In this year of late migration, more evidence of "slow birds" at my
feeder in Othello yesterday. A single Pine Siskin and a pair of
Evening Grosbeaks. They were competing with mostly fledged House
Finches. Grosbeaks are scarce migrants here in April or early May.
Siskins probably occur every year, but normally in March or April.
An update this morning, there were still 4 species of warblers moving
through, plus Townsend's Solitaire, Western Tanager, 2 Red-breasted
Nuthatches, and a Turkey Vulture, plus lots of the usually later or
possibly breeding species (Warbling Vireo, Western Wood Pewee).
Randy Hill, Othello