Thanks, Janice! I’m so grateful for all of those memories we’ve been able to share over the years. It’s such a gift to be able to celebrate the wonder of bird migration with folks who share the joy in it!

This brought back many memories of standing on top of the Big Belt Mountains taking photos of Golden Eagles migrating south. Each individual was a thrill to behold! And, the day at Sevenmile Creek when HUNDREDS of Snow Geese and Swans honked as they flew over our heads in long strings flying south! YES! Keep your eyes to the skies!
Janice Miller

Thanks, Scot – I love hearing your sightings! I imagine we may get a number of snow geese and swans moving through on Sunday or early next week, with the forecast arrival of the cold weather and snow. And those small raptors are awesome. They serve to highlight, too, how the bird stories I’ve chosen to feature in this week’s post are just a handful of the many things happening as we move from fall to winter. The Accipiter hawks moving through, the northern shrikes arriving, the Townsend’s solitaires moving downslope and defending junipers from the robins and waxwings, the question of how many common redpolls we’ll see this winter… I love this time of year.