I do not know if this anything unusual, since we only began this birding adventure last year. Yesterday and today, we've had a female Indigo Bunting come to our platform feeder. I have to tell you my jaw about fell open when I learned this. At first we thought it a juvenile House Finch, but really it just didn't seem right. To us, it did look like something young. I did a mental checklist of what all could have had babies but none of the young would look like this. I finally had to ask someone, who said it was a female Indigo. Wow, really? I thought they were hard to find. We've not yet seen the male this year. We saw him only briefly the last couple Junes.
We saw our first of the year Baltimore Oriole yesterday. Today, there were three. Two males and a female. One of the males was caught eating the suet, but then switched to the oranges. We put up an oriole feeder with nectar, but it is being used by hummingbirds. We put up a hummingbird feeder Thursday, and got our first Ruby-throated on Friday. I didn't see any Tennessee Warblers today. What a nice little guy. We saw them Friday and off and on until yesterday. One used our bird bath a few times. The Common Yellowthroat was driving me crazy. I knew he was there, but didn't actually see him until this morning. He showed himself often to the young ones, but he wanted me so suffer a sore neck for awhile. :) We did enjoy the Yellow Warbler a couple different days. What a treat! I had been hoping this year that we could add a couple to our short list of Warblers. We now have five. Oh, birding is so much fun! Kim Gerety Western Dallas County --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
