Date: 6/12/26 2:35 pm From: Charles Swift via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: Re: [inland-NW-birders] Moscow - UI Arboretum Summer Tanager, 6/11
Correction: June 11, 2014 would have been 12 years ago!
On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM Charles Swift <chaetura...> wrote:
> Hi All, > > Visiting birders found a Summer Tanager at the UI Arboretum yesterday AM, > and it was subsequently relocated and seen by a number of local birders. It > was a first-year male based on its splotchy plumage, but it was still quite > striking and greatly enjoyed by all. More information, photos, etc. on the > Latah County eBird page here - https://ebird.org/region/US-ID-057. This > is only 1 of 2 spring records so far this year in the Pacific Northwest > (there are several winter records west of the Cascades where they are > somewhat casual winter visitors). Somewhat surprisingly this is the 2nd > record for Moscow; the prior record was also on June 11 in 2014 (almost > exactly 11 years ago!). It has not been reported so far this morning but > I'm not sure if anybody has looked. It was mostly in the lower (southern) > third of the UI Arboretum yesterday which is easily accessed from the lower > parking lot along Palouse River Drive. It would most easily be detected by > short burry song phrases (which Merlin was able to identify) as it was > frequently hidden by foliage in Cottonwood and Willow trees. > > thanks, Charles. > > -- > Charles Swift > Moscow, Idaho <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_Idaho> > 46°43′54″ N, 116°59′50″ W > <chaetura...> > > >
