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[IBLE] Custer County Big Day, 5/13/17

 

I also participated in eBird’s Global Big Day on Saturday. I wanted to improve on the 13 species reported for Custer County during last year’s Big Day, even though I’ve only been in Idaho for a month. I came up with a game plan for Saturday to try to maximize sightings by going to as many of the places I’ve explored in Custer County as possible.
I spent 17 long and cold hours in the field, covering a variety of habitats from Mackay Reservoir to Pennal Gulch, including a short ways up the Mt. Borah trail, Chilly Slough, and Bar-D Reservoir. On Hwy 75, I visited Land of the Yankee Fork State Park and the Bayhorse Recreation Site.
Two species I see regularly eluded me on Saturday: Bald Eagle and Lewis’s Woodpecker. I’d also hoped for a calling Virginia Rail but they were silent until Sunday. However, as the sole participant in the county, I’m pleased with what I did find and the fact that I moved Custer County up to third position in Idaho for this year’s Big Day.
I’m rather surprised to see that I apparently had the most sightings for the day at 106 species, one of which is yet to be approved*. My Big Day species list is below. The 21 checklists I submitted can be viewed at http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-ID-037?yr=BIGDAY_2017a.
Good birding,
Wendy McCrady
Challis, ID
Custer County Big Day 5/13/17
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Short-eared Owl
Common Poorwill
White-throated Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Western Wood-Pewee
*Hammond’s Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
American Robin
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Western Tanager
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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[IBLE] Benewah County Big Day, 5/13/17

 

Hi All,

This past Saturday (5/13), in celebration of the eBird global big day and International Migratory Bird Day, Jon Isacoff and I did a Benewah County Big Day. We ended up with 102 species (plus several provisional but unconfirmed species) and submitted 20 complete eBird checklists. We only had a few major misses, namely Pygmy Nuthatch and any hummingbird species. We also missed Bank Swallow and Belted Kingfisher (but these may be tough in the county at this time) and only had 3 shorebird species (killdeer, snipe, and Spotted Sandpiper). The main highlights included a large number (for the area) of White Pelicans (max ~60 in one flock), vocalizing Red-necked Grebes, Caspian Terns (2 on Benewah Lake), a good variety of waterfowl (15 species), Sora, Virginia Rail, and Marsh Wren (Plummer Creek Marsh), Say’s Phoebe (tougher going north in Idaho), and most of the expected (for this time) neotropical migrant breeders. We covered areas in the northern part of Benewah County including the Minaloosa Valley, a good portion of Heyburn State Park, and the St. Maries sewage ponds (east and west) and airport. We also covered some higher elevation areas to ~5000′ or so up Reeds Gulch Rd. (the road up to St. Joe Baldy)  where we also had the excitement of changing a flat tire in sleet! All in all a fun day with a lot of bird species in a fairly reasonable amount of driving. Complete list is below and eBird checklists available on the eBird under Benewah County here: http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-ID-009/activity?yr=cur&m=

thanks, Charles.
Benewah County Big Day list, 5/13/17
** note that 1 indicates seen (i.e. = x)

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  1
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  1
Mallard (Northern)  1
Blue-winged Teal  1
Cinnamon Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  1
Green-winged Teal (American)  1
Redhead  1
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  1
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  3
Ruddy Duck  1
California Quail  1
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Ruffed Grouse  1
Wild Turkey  1
Common Loon  1
Red-necked Grebe  1
Western Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American White Pelican  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis)  1
Virginia Rail  1
Sora  1
American Coot  1
Killdeer  1
Wilson’s Snipe  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Caspian Tern  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Mourning Dove  1
Vaux’s Swift  1
Red-naped Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Hammond’s Flycatcher  1
Dusky Flycatcher  1
Say’s Phoebe  1
Cassin’s Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Steller’s Jay  1
Black-billed Magpie  1
American Crow  1
Common Raven  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  1
Violet-green Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  1
Cliff Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Mountain Chickadee  1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Pacific Wren  1
Marsh Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Townsend’s Solitaire  1
American Robin  1
European Starling  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
MacGillivray’s Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Townsend’s Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Spotted Towhee  1
Western Tanager  1
Black-headed Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Western Meadowlark  1
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1
Brewer’s Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
House Finch  1
Cassin’s Finch  1
Red Crossbill  1
Pine Siskin  1
American Goldfinch  1
Evening Grosbeak  1
House Sparrow  1

—

Charles Swift

Moscow, Idaho
chaetura@gmail.com

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[IBLE] Hummingbird

This morning 5/16 a Black-chinned Hummingbird visted my nectar feeder.
Yesterday I noticed the liquid level had decreased in the past few days. I
moved it to where I would see it more often. Just before 9:30 this morning
a male Black-chinned showed up to feed. He checked the Heuchera nearby, but
the blossoms are not open quite yet, so he zoomed away.

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[IBLE] Fw: eBird Report – Teton Valley, Packsaddle Teton County

—– Forwarded Message —–
From: “ebird-checklist@cornell.edu” <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
To: susanpatla@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 10:51 PM
Subject: eBird Report – Packsaddle Estates, May 15, 2017

Comments: Walked from the house around the upper loop back up Grandview Drive to home. 45 deg start, calm
35 species

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) 1 heard drumming
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 1 heard one call in field below subdivision
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) 6
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) 3
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 1
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 3
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 6
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) 1
Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 12
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) 1 FOY
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Setophaga coronata auduboni) 4 all males
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X one flock of over 15, scattered singles
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 1 heard one sing briefly from thick shrubs
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) X
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 1
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) 10
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1 only second one I have seen in neighborhood in over 15 years
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 1 FOY
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2
Cassin’s Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) X many, at feeders, singing from conifers
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) X many coming to feeder
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) 1

Packsaddle Estates, Teton, Idaho, US
May 15, 2017 8:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)

View this checklist online at ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36897992

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