Hi Everyone, Birded the UI Arboretum and Botanical Garden this morning. The following bird species were observed. Location: UI Arboretum Observation date:...
In the Spring once it gets dark, some local owls start up calling. After checking out bird song sites, I settled on Saw Whet? Owls calling to each other, but...
the young male one tail feathered rufous hummingbird is still in Pearl sampling the agastaches...hope he can weather the storm while his feathers grow back...
Bill, I have had the same trouble trying to learn owl calls based on available recordings, specifically regarding the tempo of the Northern Pygmy-Owls. While...
Hi IBLERS Attached find 4 pics of a group of ducks seen recently in a small pond near the Boise river the first three pics are the same specimen taken a few...
Hi Art, Take another look in Sibley's at the Gadwall. I think you will see a striking similarity. :') Best wishes, Ron McCluskey Cheney, WA rmcclsky at...
Art, These ducks are Gadwalls. Compare them to the flight illustrations in Sibley. The one with less chestnut on the wing is a female and the male sitting on...
Hi all I was reminded not to send big pictures so here is my post with smaller pics for anyone interested several people have already told me that this is a...
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I have seen Killdeer in many places but never on top of a shed. This one must be looking for landmarks. There have been lots of killdeer in the area. The...
I'm passing this on for Scott Barnes, a friend of Paul Lehman's from New Jersey. The numbers of some of the species at Blue Creek (Mt. View Reservoir) are...
"ible", RL here. Harry Krueger's Dickcissel from last week was seen again @1100 today by Mark Collie. It was in the same general place, across the canal from...
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Oct 4, 2008 12:00 am
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I've been reading the posts from the western part of the state about juncos arriving over the past week to 10 days. A walk around our place this morning...
Hi Everyone Today Diana Jones and I birded east and north of Moscow. Driving to Spring Valley Reservoir. To top of Mica Mountain then north to east of Laird...
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Continuing Scott's "Idaho wanderings.' For your information and enjoyment. Harry Krueger Boise ... From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16@...> Date: Fri, Oct...
Hi Everyone, Three of us birded Mann Lake this morning between Rain Storms. Birds observed are listed below; Also birds of note driving from Moscow to ...
About 3:30 this afternoon my wife and I stopped by the little park in Marsing. On the north side of the highway there is a small pond below the bank and...
Hi Everyone, I have had a couple of people tell me that they have seen Rough-legged Hawks in the past couple of weeks. I thought that I saw one this morning...
As soon as I saw the post re: the Green Heron seen by Dave Lawrence in Marsing this afternoon, I jumped in the car and "rushed" over from Boise. Arriving with...
Jim and Marcia Lyons, my wife Ann, and myself spent an hour this morning looking for the Dickcissel in the area noted in RL's message yesterday. The time was...
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Today there were 30 or 40 mostly immature Cedar Waxwings in our yard on Park Hill in the north end of Boise. Don't think I have seen such a large number here...
I've had a small flock perhaps 20 or so cedar waxwings in the neighborhood this morning............I heard them first thing this morning and have seen them...
More "Idaho birding" by Scott and Linda. Enjoy. A good example of what is a "good bird" to an Eastern birder, might not be so to a Western one. The birds are...
Hello everyone, On Sunday October 5 I found 13 Evening Grosbeaks in my next door neighbor's big ash tree. These are the first of this species I have seen...
they'll overwinter if you put out suet consistently! they'll hover like hummers and grab bits and pieces on the wing...at least they have here in Pearl a few...