Is that a Black-bellied in addition to the American Golden or was the initial ID wrong? I got out there just as the sun was setting and found a plover near the dam. It was getting too dark to study fine plumage details very well but it did seem like it had longer wings and a darker cap, consistent with American Golden, but if you were out there any earlier than me I’m sure you got a better look.

Thanks,
Stoddard Davenport

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From: “Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible]”
Date: 9/14/17 8:36 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] BB Plover & SB Dowitcher @ Blacks Creek reservoir

Among other shorebirds … Plover on S shore, Dowitcher in mudflats on E side near shrubs.

A single Common Tern too.

Jay

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Among other shorebirds … Plover on S shore, Dowitcher in mudflats on E side near shrubs.

A single Common Tern too.

Jay

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Two Green Herons flew across my field of view as I was leaving the Challis Hot Springs this evening. I spent some time at the pond on the way out to see if I could find them but no luck. The water channels and another pond area are not visible from the road so they would be easy to miss while perched.
Wendy McCradyChallis, ID

Jason Wilson reported the bird on Facebook today. RL Rowland is out there now and says it’s on south side near the dam.

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The change in the weather (northwesterly winds and a low cloud deck)
brought lots of migrants to the University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical
Gardens this morning. The highlight was a lovely WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
(photos and full list in my eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39175269).

Other migrants included:
Red-naped Sapsucker 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 2+
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Hermit Thrush 1-2
Orange-crowned Warbler 6+
MacGillivray’s Warbler 2
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler 29
Townsend’s Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 11+
White-crowned Sparrow >60
Lincoln’s Sparrow 6 (seems like there are everywhere this fall)
Western Tanager 3

There were also an unusual number of Red-breasted Nuthatches (8-10)
corroborating reports of a widespread irruption throughout many western
states.

Good Birding,

Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID