Western Wings-1st intersection west of the former Western Wings Facility turn North Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitchers
2 Sanderlings
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Red-necked and Wilson Phalaropes
2 Black-bellied Plovers
Market Lake
American Bittern
Gray Catbird
Green-tailed Towhee
Camas Wildlife Refuge
Yellow-breasted Chat
Broad-winged Hawk
Steve Butterworth
Idaho Falls
Toppermost birds today include these beautiful creatures:
1 Virginia’s Warbler City of Rocks–General US-ID 19 May 2017
2 Ash-throated Flycatcher Black Pine Rd. at Stone Hills US-ID 19 May 2017 — hit eBird filter but shouldn’t have, since this area is predictable for them
3 Pinyon Jay Black Pine Rd. at Stone Hills US-ID 19 May 2017
4 Northern Mockingbird Black Pine Rd. at Stone Hills US-ID 19 May 2017 — also hit eBird filter, but shouldn’t for this area?
5 Bobolink (male) Black Pine Rd. at Stone Hills US-ID 19 May 2017 — also hit eBird filter, and I guess rightly so, since it was out of breeding habitat (migrating)
6 Black Tern at Stone Res
I also had a kingbird that I assumed was a Western Kingbird until I saw the whitish terminal tail band, suggesting Cassin’s Kingbird, in the same habitat I found them in W Colorado: old juniper burn areas. If it had called or sang, or if I had been able to see a white chin, I would have claimed it as a CAKI on my eBird list, waaaaaaaaa. was at junction of Black Pine Rd and Cow Creek Rd
Birders, check this out……. the Curlew CG host at Stone Res in Oneida County offered free camping there if I (any of us?) would take him birding! This is a first, eh? =)
good boid’n!
Larry
Boise
Hey fellow birders,
I’m sure some of you have seen my eBird report by now of a Summer Tanager in Mountain home. It is unfortunately at a private residence and inaccessible. I was able to visit my friend today and observe the bird and I will do a rare bird report later today. Just thought you would all want to know about this wonderful vagrant even though it’s not accessible. Happy birding! Mary
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Just saw at close range, a red-wing like bird but slightly smaller and not as glossy as a male red-wing. I t shows a “muddy” white slash where the epaulets should be while perched and reddish on the shoulders in flight. I wonder if I was looking at a first year male tri-color? If so it’s a lifer for me. The Baltimore is still here.
Jack Oar
Howe
On May 19, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Diann Stone wrote:
> Exciting! Your watchful and fiscerning eyes found a special treat.
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> On May 19, 2017 9:29 AM, “Jack Oar jackoar@atcnet.net [ible]”
> This morning among the twenty or more Bullocks we had a Baltimore appear at the feeder.
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> Jack Oar
> Howe, Butte Co.
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