Hello everyone, The half way point in 2007 has come and gone already. Idaho birders have really filled out the 2007 Big Year List. At this midpoint of the...
Jay and IBLE, I've always assumed the birds that are seen in extremem southern Idaho were of the SW race, especially since the habitat is nearly identical to...
Hi Everyone, About a month or more ago Kas Dumroese called me and told me he thought that he had seen a Eurasian Collared-Dove near Valhalla Hills Mobile Home...
Bewick's Wren systematics are generally very confusing, with a subspecies update long overdue. The AOU lists two eastern subspecies and at least 10 western...
Hi All - I agree w/ Harry that the north-central Idaho Bewick's Wrens are most certainly of the northwest sub-species. Presumably they expanded up along the...
spent the last few days at upper payette lake. the first night there i heard an unusual call from out on the lake. the next morning the same call ( a repeated...
I will be visiting in Blackfoot around the first of August, and I was wondering what birds I might expect to see there then? Will there be any bobolinks? ...
I am also interested in attending any Birding Group meetings or Bird Walks that might be held in the Blackfoot, Idaho, area at the end of July/early August. ...
I spent part of 2 days in Curlew National Grassland, looking for Great Basin Birds. Highlights include Scott's Oriole and Bewick's Wren, along with the...
Cindy Langlitz - CDA Air Terminal area -road northwest of 179 Vesper Sparrow April 19 180 Brewer's Sparrow and first for Kootenai County June 14 Shirley...
I have been having some email problemsso it has been a while. Here is the additions to Butte County since I last reported at the end of May. Some highlites...
Bliss Meadows Bird Survey, July 3, 07 Time: 7 hours, Mileage 113 miles Birds seen 1,380, Ducks seen 207, Waterfowl seen 223, Raptors seen 19, Birds on nest 10,...
73. Snowy Egret, July 3, Mormon Reservoir Intake, Robert & Betty Davenport 74. California Gull, July 3, Mormon Reservoir Intake, Robert & Betty Davenport...
A posting on the swiba board concerning an odd colored American Robin brought up the use of albinism and leucism...a subject often discussed elsewhere...and a...
While in Idaho a few weeks ago I took a photo of a robin with "pigment issues" in Boise. It's posted here: _http://www.pbase.com/stacyjon/image/80521318_ ...
On June 28th, a Black Tern was seen at Indian Creek Reservoir. Is the reservoir in Ada or Elmore County? Denise Hughes Caldwell, ID A bird does not sing...
Reminder from: ible Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/cal Southwestern Idaho Birders Association Thursday July 12, 2007 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (The...
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Today at about 11:30 while returning from fishing in the narrows at CJ Strike I flushed an adult Long-tailed Jaeger in the main part of the lake. It was...
Not a whole lot of new stuff to report, but every one counts! BOISE COUNTY June 29: 164. Western Screech-Owl-seen up Porter Creek north of Horseshoe Bend by...
I spent about three hours in the heat (103 degrees F.) checking both bodies of water. My special interest was to see if any Fall shorebird migrants had arrived...
Reminder from: ible Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/cal Deer Flat NWR Tuesday July 10, 2007 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (The next reminder for this event...
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Just a reminder....shorebirds are already moving south. Although to begin with these will all be adults (the movement of juveniles is at least a couple of...
Reminder from: ible Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/cal Southwestern Idaho Birders Association Saturday July 14, 2007 7:00 am - 3:00 pm (The...
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Went to look for the jaeger reported from CJ Strike yesterday, and although I checked all of the access points to the water (including the dam area), I was...
Nothing of interest to report. Just a quick test of my system as I've now joined the ranks of high-speed wireless internet users. My Swainson's Hawk has a...