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I needed to cobble together a set of images before I left for Costa Rica; by the time you read this I will have been in Costa Rica for a week. I discovered that even though my patch of Flyover Country does not host an abundance of wood warblers, I have seen enough this spring to generate a set from just warblers alone. Enjoy!

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Happy Monday!

We’ve got a great mix of things this week.  Should be fun!

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The rush of migrant birds increases after Tax Day, and each day usually brings species that have not been seen since last year. Birders have acronyms for lots of things, and so of course they have one for this occasion. FOS – First of Season, or FOY – First of Year. So let’s look at some mid-April FOS birds.

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Happy Monday!

Rumination from Albatrossity, and Mayan Ruins from lashonharangue!

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The pace of migration quickens in April here, and although the crescendo is not reached until May, there are plenty of species coming and going every week in April. And the local non-avian fellow-travelers start making their appearance as well.

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Happy Monday!

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The quickening of migration in March hints at the flood of migrants to come, and this time of year is eagerly anticipated by birders and other nature lovers. So let’s spend some time on migrants, both those who are arriving and those who are emigrating further north for the summer.

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Happy Monday!

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This will be the last installment of the account of a trip to the Palouse in 2015; next week will probably be images from the quickening spring migration period. In May we are headed to Costa Rica (I’ve never been there, but I hear they have some nice birds), and I am greatly looking forward to it. So there will be those in the future as well. But for now, springtime birds from eastern WA are the menu today.

On The Road – Albatrossity – The Birds of the PalousePost + Comments (16)

Happy Monday!

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We’ll take another hiatus from chronicling my 2015 road trip to the Palouse, because migration is warming up here in Flyover Country, and I had an experience I wanted to share with all of you. I took a road trip to one of my favorite national wildlife refuges, Quivira NWR in south-central KS, and most of these pics are from that trip, with a couple of local birds tossed in to fill up this post.

On The Road – Albatrossity – Spring migration beginsPost + Comments (16)

It’s Albatrossity Monday!  (Big thanks to Albatrossity for the April Fools fun last week.)  We go to a parade on Tuesday and then head to Cook Islands for the rest of the week.

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I hope you all had fun with the April Foolery last Monday. Now we can get back to real birds, catching up on a trip to the Palouse from 2015.

While Elizabeth was hobnobbing with friends and colleagues at her conference at the University of Idaho, I was free to explore eastern Washington and western Idaho. Wandering around on my own certainly means that I missed some good spots, but I did see a lot of beautiful country, for sure.

On The Road – Albatrossity – Westward 2015, week 3Post + Comments (12)