Hi All - This morning I found a lone Common Redpoll during a brisk walk around UI Parker Farm on the east side of Moscow. It was feeding on the catkins of ...
Hi Everyone, Today after yesterdays snow I had 18 House Finch coming to my feeder most of the day. I had only been having between 3 and 5 birds daily. Also I...
Hi, After not getting to go on either the Audubon or SIBA outings yesterday, Matthew, Iris and I headed out for a bit of birding at the Birds of Prey NCA ...
I saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK this morning between Notus and Greenleaf, hovering over a pasture NE of the intersection of Notus Rd and Redtop Rd. Its winter....
The recent snow and cold has pushed a few winter seasonal arrivals into my area over the past few days. Numerous Tundra Swans have been pushing through since...
I've now received CBC dates for all but 6 counts. Thanks a million to all who responded. I'm still missing dates for the following CBCs: Bonner's Ferry ...
Hi Birders, 17 hearty birders braved a chilly, but sunny Saturday morning to bird Wilson Spring Ponds in Nampa for the SIBA November Field Trip. Jim Holcomb...
Cheryl Huizinga
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Nov 15, 2009 2:14 pm
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This is about the time I expect to hear about Rosy Finch sightings at Discovery Park near Boise. Al Larson 160 Daggett Creek Road Boise, ID 83716 E-mail...
Hi Everyone, This morning I left Moscow early since the roads were extremely icy from a snow storm that left up to a couple inches of snow in places. I drove ...
The following birds were reported by Jay Carlisle on Nov 7th at Cascade Lake 133. Cattle Egret 134. Pacific Loon 135. White-winged Scoter and the birds...
Dave, Your bird is a male Sooty Grouse. The sooty gray color is not seen on the Ptarmigan. The ptarmigan is more brown in the summer and would not be a uniform...
I photographed this bird in late May or early June 1994 near the Paradise Visitor's Center at Mt Rainier in Washington. I've been told it is a Sooty Grouse, a...
Hello everyone, This afternoon while I was making observations for the first reporting day of the 2009-2010 Project Feeder Watch season I was excited to find a...
Hello everyone, Denise Hughes is now the Valley County compiler for the Big Year List Project. It was good of her to step to take this job after Denise ...
In case other folks are interested in my answer to Stephany. Yes they do. They are however, difficult to spot much of the winter. Numbers fluctuate greatly...
For those of you not near Boise (whichI am not) and unable to wittness the 250K flock of starlings, this U-Tube segment is a hint of what it probably looked...
Right on schedule (they usually turn up about mid-November) I located a flock of about 50 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches at the Caves area of Craters of the Moon...
Hi Everyone, This morning I birded from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30. Started out at the UI Dairy Ponds where I observed many Mallards and approximately 20 Lesser Canada...
We made a family trip yesterday afternoon up to CJ Strike and Bruneau Sand Dunes. I was hoping to see scooters and loons, but no luck there. There were huge...
Hi Birders, Thanks to Brian Cooper for checking his records and coming up with three more species for the Canyon Co. 2009 Count. Happy Birding out There! ...
Cheryl Huizinga
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Nov 13, 2009 4:21 pm
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I've updated the Idahobirds web site with some of this year's CBC dates. If you are a compiler/organizer please take a quick look at the web site and send me...
Late this afternoon, Heidi & I took a quick look for interesting songbirds in Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise - not much activity and no sightings of Varied...
Hi everyone: Dates below: Moscow-Pullman CBC: December 19, 2009 Lewiston-Clarkston CBC: January 2, 2010 Good Birding! Terry Gray 890 Stefany Ln Moscow ID...
Hi Everyone, The past couple of days I have had the oppurtunity to see a good number of Rough-legged Hawks and even more Northern Shrike. I observed a...
My wife and I saw a single Cattle Egret today at about 12:45pm. It was on the east side of Midland Blvd. between Cherry Lane and Ustick. Dave Lawrence Nampa,...
Reminder from: ible Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/cal Southwestern Idaho Birders Association Saturday November 14, 2009 9:00 am - 12:00 pm ...
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Nov 11, 2009 4:04 pm
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Took a ride over this afternoon to see if the Cattle Egret was still in that spot and it is. Should be called a Horse Egret today as it was following a...