I was up and about early this morning. On the way home from the new mall in Nampa, I saw a Merlin and a Rough legged Hawk along I-84. The first bird for 2008...
Russ, I posted to IBLE on December 16th that there were three gray-crowned rosy-finches walking around on the rocks above the "June Harris" graffiti at about...
Dear Fellow Birders, I recall not so far back someone commenting on an excellent book about some of those fortunate few who have attempted to see all of what...
Prompted by the postings relative to the black rosy finch or the gray crowned rosy finches, I looked them up on the internet, only to discover that this is the...
Deb Mignogno spotted two great gray owls for Teton Valley Christmas Bird Count. They were lifers for her & were seen on 550 W, north of Packsaddle Road. 9...
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Hi all, I will be constructing the 2008 Bonneville County list this year. For any observations that you would like to report please e-mail me. I have a few...
Hi again, Here is what I have for the remainder of 2007: 134 Pied-billed Grebe 12/15/2007 Idaho Falls CBC CBC crew 135 Barn Owl 12/15/2007 Idaho Falls CBC CBC...
Thank you all who helped me learn to discern a Merlin (with black eyes and a yellow eye ring) from a Sharpie (with bright white undertail coverts fluff) ... I...
I recently joined Flickr, a photo sharing site which is free (well, to add up to 200 photos for free anyway). I learned about it through some incredible...
Hi Geoff, This year I enjoyed, "To See Every Bird on Earth" by Dan Koeppel and "Kingbird Highway" by Kaufman. Both were well written and gave some insight...
Hi all. I did a little birding this afternoon with my dad to get the 2008 list started. Here is what I have so far: 1 Black-billed Magpie 1/1/2008 Yard Bird...
Rob, Thanks for the reading recommendations. This afternoon I headed south into the desert & while watching a mixed flock of mostly American Pipits and a few...
Hi everyone, Today Christine and I drove to Sandpoint to visit with my mother and did a little birding on the side. In our yard this morning. Mourning Dove,...
Hello fellow birders, This morning RL Rowland, Gary Worthington and I braved the cold to get the Ada County list started for 2008. The following is what we...
Happy New Year Fellow Birders, Attached to this email are a species list of the 108th Nampa Area CBC, and a the narrative summary that I send in with the...
I have attached the results of the Hagerman Valley CBC, conducted on Dec. 23rd by 19 intrepid birders, to this message. Highlights included high numbers of...
Last week I posted the following, "I had a snow white American Goldfinch at my thistle feeder. It was really odd looking as it looked like a bleached out male...
Steve: You sure we can't just call it an an aberrant McKay's Bunting with a yellowish head? Just kidding, cool "gold"finch! Actually, quite a good photo! ...
Report No. 12 (of 12). 136. Common Redpoll, 12/31, South Crane Creek Road, Fred Zeillemaker. Happy New Year to all, Fred Zeillemaker (Ola, Gem County)....
A juvenile Band-tailed Pigeon is making regular visits to the bird feeders at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey south of Boise. Cal Sandfort...
We ran the Teton Valley CBC on January 1st. Was a calm, sunny and very cold day. Started out with -10 degrees down near the river and reached 21 deg for a...
Harry, Do you remember which graffiti the birds were near? I was there from 4:15pm to 5:30pm scanning those cliff sides with a high power scope and saw no...
Hi everyone, Today Diana Jones and I birded from Moscow to Lewiston and back. The following Bird Species were observed: Cackling Goose - 2 Richardson's at...
Fred Hill mentioned 108th Nampa Area CBC...this is my first year to participate at Donnelly and now Garden Valley - both a first for the area. Has this...
Hello everyone, Here are a few more species we have found in Ada County: #61 Red-breasted Merganser, 1/1, Lucky Peak Reservoir, Harry Krueger #62 Gray-crowned...
Hello fellow birders, The 2007 Big Year List is pretty much in its final form now. I would like to point out some interesting highlights from the report. On a...
Six participants found 40 species on the Howe count January 1. This is a new record high count. New species for the count were: Greater Sage-Grouse (We've...