Hi all, Missy and I confirmed Tom’s SNGO at ESP this afternoon, even before
getting out of the car and glassing it. The two recent eBird entries of
ROGO are incorrect and should be unconfirmed as they are misleading. Thank
you, Larry
From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ‘Tom
McCabe’ tmccabe9@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 4:34 PM
To: ‘IBLE’
Subject: [IBLE] Peregrine!!!!
On the Garden City greenbelt, between 50th and 51st, I noticed a bunch of
crows complaining about something. When I stopped, I noticed a bird that was
obviously not a crow. Binos revealed an absolutely gorgeous Peregrine
Falcon. He was sitting on a branch a short distance from the crows,
seemingly unconcerned. He was turned slightly towards me, with sunshine
lighting up his features. He was creamy colored on the front and his dark
face pattern was in stark contrast. This is my first in quite some time.
Fortunately, Larry and Missy Arnold were in the area and they got to see him
also. Our bonus was a Pacific Wren, my FOS, calling from the brush.
Tom McCabe, Boise
P.S. I’ve been advised that some folks are reporting a Ross’s Goose from
Esther Simplot. I think they are confused by the fact that the Snow Goose
that is present is smaller than the Canada Geese it hangs out with. But it
is quite a bit larger than the Mallards in the vicinity, and Ross’s is much
closer in size to Mallard than to Canada (see Sibley’s measurements) . Today
the bird was conveniently walking around on the grass next to Whitewater
Park Blvd., and it definitely has the bill of a Snow, and not the stubby
bill of a Ross’s. It is definitely an immature, with lots of gray on its
back and neck, and its bill is almost completely black, but I don’t think
there’s any way it’s a Ross’s.