On arriving at Lake Walcott State Park found lots of birds and millions of midges. Took a spot in the sun, away from the lake, where there were not so many midges. The next day it was windy, which seem to blow away most of the bugs.
Above, a Bullock’s oriole (top) and a yellow warbler (bottom). There were lots of warblers.
There were also lots of robins. I saw one robin’s nest with newly hatched chicks inside. Magpies were flying around searching for nests to plunder.
Black-headed grosbeak at a park employee’s bird feeder.
Birds seen but not pictured: swallows and kingbirds enjoying the bugs, cedar waxwings.
On the first day at the park, I braved the midges to walk near the lake which is stocked with fish. Large fish, as shown above, could be seen from the trail. Was amazed that there were so many midges they sounded like a swarm of bees
On leaving Lake Walcott passed by some white pelicans on the Snake River with snow seen on the mountains near Pocatello, Idaho.
