Jay Carlisle called about an hour ago to report that he and Heidi have a female Scarlet Tanager at Camas. It's with other tanagers along Camas Creek west of...
This goes to show that moms of all species will do what it takes to defend their kids. Denise Hughes Caldwell, ID idahobirder@... There is nothing in...
Rich Deen, who used to live in Ririe and was back for a visit, photographed a Great-tailed Grackle at Market Lake Sunday evening. He and I went back there...
Hi everyone, Late report from yesterday at the UI Aroboretum and Botanical Garden: MacGillvray's Warbler. This morning I decided to see if I could locate the...
Hi Birders I am a Michigan birder & will be visiting ID in July. I've never birded in the west, let alone ID, so would greatly appreciate any guidance as to...
Last night (June 1), while driving along my nightjar survey route along Upper Black's Creek Road in the Danskin Mountains, I located one poorwill calling from...
This morning I birded Market Lake in steady rain. Lots of tanagers and a few flycatchers, two Wilson's Warblers, a Swainson's Thrush, and the usual breeding...
Jay, Heidi, and I visited a burned area in the Centennial Mountains (it burned last summer) yesterday evening hoping for Black-backed and/or Three-toed...
Hi, Our family headed to Mahlheur this weekend. Besides donating more blood than we would have liked to the mosquito population, we saw some wonderful birds....
A single COMMON NIGHTHAWK flew past my house (midway between Marsing and Homedale) just after sunset June 1. My neighbor says that its only safe to plant...
The attached is a terrible picture -- sorry! My sister is at Corkscrew
Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Florida, and took this picture with her cell
phone. Any...
Thank you all for your answers! I guess it IS an Anhinga, which explains
why it has its wings spread out like that. Man, I would have never guessed
that on...
I was thrilled to hear from my husband that there was a Lewis' Woodpecker in our yard this morning about 7:45am. Also, on Tuesday we STILL had pine siskins....
Hello everyone, Here are the latest additions to the 2009 Ada County Big Year List: #195 Common Yellowthroat, 5/30, Floating Feather Rd. just w. of Eagle Rd., ...
Reminder from: ible Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/cal Southwestern Idaho Birders Association Thursday June 11, 2009 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm (The...
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I spent another fun day at Camas today and there were more birds around this time. Lots of Western Tanagers, good numbers of empids including several...
Reminder from: ible Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/cal Southwestern Idaho Birders Association Saturday June 13, 2009 All Day (The next...
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I spent much of this week doing backcountry bird surveys. So I was able to at least briefly pass through each of the 5 counties the Craters of the Moon...
Hi Iblers! Last night on my deck railing, my family and I discovered a little fledgling Red-breasted Nuthatch! Beside the fact that he was the cutest little...
Heidi and IBLE, That is an interesting observation. By contrast I recently mentioned to one of coworkers that the lack of nuthatches around here was quite...
Hi Everyone, Canyon Birders and Palouse Audubon Birders birded south of Lewiston to Craig Mountain and went to within 2 miles of the end of the road at the...
Hello Iblers, I am curious if anyone knows of where there might be some bobolinks in Valley County? I've been seeking these guys out for several years now and...
I saw a chestnut-sided warbler in east Boise, Sunday 6/7/09, about 1:20pm, at Foote Park. Singing male, distinct with greenish-yellow cap and brown side...
Visited Dry Lake area on Saturday evening, 6/6/09. This includes Dry Lake and 6 to 8 irrigation ponds within a mile radius of the lake. I saw 4 pair of...
Since Yahoo Groups graphics covered the top of the table I pasted in the previous message. The 5 counties listed were left to right; Blaine, Butte, Minidoka,...
yes Heidi, those nuthatches not only overwintered in your area (Foothills East) but bred...both parents came to our job site, just above your home, and bathed...
It was still there this evening (Sunday) and still singing at about 7:40pm, not quite as far up the trail as Bruce's blue glove, but still on the right (slope)...
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SIBA Daggett Cr. Field Trip on Saturday, June 13. Bruce Ackerman let me know about the travel concerns on Hwy 21 going and coming to Daggett Cr. on Sat....