Date: 1/11/26 10:27 am From: Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Is Spring Here?!? Western Bluebirds-Hayden, ID
Out back in our yard (Hayden, Kootenai Co., ID) this morning (Sun.,11 Jan'26) and my ears had a double take - "that's not bluebirds calling is it?" Well the ears were correct as we had a half dozen (6) WESTERN BLUEBIRDs flying north overhead! For you Lower Snake/Columbia folks, not a big deal I guess, but in our 25+ years at our place here in North Idaho, this was a mid-winter first for us. Definitely indicative of the year we've been having in the weather department, not sure we can get much milder, which is NOT a good thing. Hope the snow and cold hit soon or we are in for a long summer.
