I hate to submit reports after the fact but for many weeks I was not able to log on to the IBLE site. In frustration I finally just joined again. Hopefully the...
Yesterday a friend and I hiked the Burns Creek trail, near the east end of the Snake River Road along the South Fork of the Snake east of Ririe. The first...
Hi folks It has been a while. I had to go to the Pocatello Dump today and as I turned off the main road in the area I saw a large flock of Mountain Bluebirds....
This evening driving into our driveway we noticed a shaddow of something flying beside us. After entering the drive by our garage we looked up at our...
I checked out the west end of IP Reservoir this afternoon. No shorebirds at all but lots of waterfowl including a few Red-breasted Mergansers, Tundra Swans,...
We live up on the "Bar" area on the west side of Salmon, Idaho – Lemhi County. Last November 2004, and again in April 2005, we saw multiple sightings of...
Hello there, "ible", RL here. Need to correct a minor mistake from my last posting. My due home date is 15Nov not this coming Tuesday. On to the latest: Was...
rowlandrl@...
Nov 3, 2005 7:16 pm
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The last few weeks I have seen about the least amount of activity at my feeders ever. I do not even have to fill them every day. I have suspected that hawks...
Hello Lew, I have been seeing the same thing here in Pocatello. I usually have a large group of house finches at least but they seem to have deserted me too....
don't buy into the hesteria just yet...it's very typical to have seasonal lulls or lulls due to predation...in Pearl recently, I have had a succession of...
The difference in feeder activity must be local and as Michael stated, most probably related to bird dispersal activity/predation and local availability of...
Good morning! Had two beautiful Blue Jays here in Garden Valley again this morning. They first showed up yesterday morning and are back again today! They are...
On Thursday, there was a single Ross Goose on the lake near the lower dam along with several Western Grebes and two Clark's Grebes and three White pelicans....
Here on the Boise Bench (Kootenai & Owyhee St.) feeder birds are scarce as well. Juncos and robins come daily for food and drink, but I don't see much else....
Up here on the Boise Bench between Latah and Owyhee I'm having a hard time
keeping my feeders full! Lots of goldfinches and a few pine siskens, house...
At a time when the House Finches, chickadees and goldfinches dominate the scene, I was surprised to see a small, green bird working through the underbrush. A...
just got home from work and my daily ride along the greenbelt (9th street to willow lane athletic complex). excellent birding at the pond behind veteran's...
I pulled into the drive this eve into a bundle of quail, so I remained in the pickup and watched them for half hour probably. There were two main groups, one...
I took a walk up Carbonate hill just west of Hailey today and observed a flock of 75 gray crowned rosy finches. Bohemian Waxwings can't be far behind. We've...
Brian W. Sturges
magpie@...
Nov 6, 2005 4:31 am
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Stopped by Henry's lake this afternoon. Between snow squalls in a howling wind there were good numbers of diving ducks present. Most were Scaup, Goldeneyes...
I had a Hermit Thrush in my Rexburg yard this afternoon. This is the third year in a row I've had a Hermit Thrush in Rexburg between the 5th and 8th of ...
I have once again updated the totals on the County Big Year webpage. Changes were made to the following counties: Boise Latah Canyon Shoshone Kootenai Dave...
Greetings Late Sat afternoon, I made a run to the Hidden Hollow landfill off Seaman's Gulch Rd NW of Boise. Gull #s were impressive (I could see a swarm from...
We've changed our date for the Rexburg CBC. The new date will now be Friday, December 16th. Contact me if you're interested. I'll post more details later. ...
Springfield Ponds were filled with Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Gadwall, Pintails, Mallards, Lesser Scaup, Ring-neckeds, Buffleheads and a Ruddy Duck today. A...
Today at the Emmett STP things have slowed down only a few DC Cormorants, pelicans have been gone for three weeks and the ducks are very flighty. Gadwalls,...
I'm forwarding this message for Lauri Hanauska-Brown Idaho Fish and Game is looking for collared swans again this year. The swans of most interest have yellow...
I managed to get out today and check the hot springs. There were both Marsh Wrens and the Virginia rail still hanging around. Also a couple of Song Sparrows...