Hi Tom McCabe,

I looked for that Eurasian Wigeon for a good 45 minutes at Ann Morrison Park. No luck this time but I know it’s there somewhere.

Nice running into you!

Kathy Lopez
Nampa

Howdy,
Today there was a Spotted Towhee at the feeder by the river. Other birds present were BCCH, MOCH, AMGO, HOFI, RBNU, DEJU & RBME on the river.
The reservoir is opening up, at least near the dam.
Good Birding!
Chuck Trost

Always forward, never straight…

Cove off of orchard ave.plenty of open water many c.geese tons of mallards
several comm.mergans.lots of ring necks about 8 hood.mergans.this was about
4:30 today

Very cool sighting, Kit. I had 2 different juvenile Red-breasted Grosbeaks visiting my feeders this past Sept into Oct. Plus, the usual Black-headed Grosbeaks which nest on our place.

Now, with your sighting, makes me wonder if Rose-breasteds are establishing & nesting in SE Idaho? Time & further observations will tell. I noted the two that visited my feeders were not shy about it & became fairly regular visitors. So, I would expect your recent sighting to be repeated in the days to come. Mine exclusively hit the black-oil sunflower seeds.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Sorry, when I sent this out earlier I didn’t include the location. It was in my back yard in Idaho Falls.

Kit

Kit Struthers
kit619@centurylink.net
Idaho Falls ID

From: “Kit Struthers kit619@centurylink.net [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Cc: “Cliff Weisse” , “Chuck Trost” Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 6:26:31 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Rose-breasted Grosbeak?

I was surprised late this morning when I looked out the kitchen window and saw what I think was an immature Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It was definitely a grosbeak! Deciding between Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Black-headed Grosbeak was my only problem–realizing that neither one should be here now.

The first thing that caught my eye was that it was a larger bird than the House Finches nearby. Large, heavy bill, brown back and wings with wingbars, strong face pattern, and then what made me decide it’s more likely a Rose-breasted than Black-headed was the pale buffy wash underlying the streaks on the upper breast.

It first appeared in the mountain ash, moving around from branch to branch and then flying to the mud room roof. I hurried to get my camera, but, of course, it disappeared while I was out of the room and didn’t come back.

Kit Struthers

kit619@centurylink.net

Hey Kit! Where was this observation???

Austin Young
Twin Falls

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 18:27 Kit Struthers kit619@centurylink.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> I was surprised late this morning when I looked out the kitchen window and
> saw what I think was an immature Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It was definitely
> a grosbeak! Deciding between Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Black-headed
> Grosbeak was my only problem–realizing that neither one should be here
> now.
>
> The first thing that caught my eye was that it was a larger bird than the
> House Finches nearby. Large, heavy bill, brown back and wings with
> wingbars, strong face pattern, and then what made me decide it’s more
> likely a Rose-breasted than Black-headed was the pale buffy wash underlying
> the streaks on the upper breast.
>
> It first appeared in the mountain ash, moving around from branch to branch
> and then flying to the mud room roof. I hurried to get my camera, but, of
> course, it disappeared while I was out of the room and didn’t come back.
>
> Kit Struthers
>
> kit619@centurylink.net
>
>
>
—
Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

I was surprised late this morning when I looked out the kitchen window and saw what I think was an immature Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It was definitely a grosbeak! Deciding between Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Black-headed Grosbeak was my only problem–realizing that neither one should be here now.

The first thing that caught my eye was that it was a larger bird than the House Finches nearby. Large, heavy bill, brown back and wings with wingbars, strong face pattern, and then what made me decide it’s more likely a Rose-breasted than Black-headed was the pale buffy wash underlying the streaks on the upper breast.

It first appeared in the mountain ash, moving around from branch to branch and then flying to the mud room roof. I hurried to get my camera, but, of course, it disappeared while I was out of the room and didn’t come back.

Kit Struthers

kit619@centurylink.net

Nearing the end of a Sunday afternoon walk on the Boise Greenbelt (1/7/18)
I paused near the wooden fence of On The River RV Park to listen for a bird
sound. Movement on the trunk of a large cottonwood tree next to the path
grabbed my attention. Binoculars aided in my delight watching the Brown
Creeper work its way up the trunk, pausing frequently to poke its bill into
a crevice then continue upward. That Brown Creeper added joy to my day.

Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

I visited the spring fed, Portneuf River wetlands along Siphon Rd
(Chubbuck) Sunday morning. Open water is still holding a very nice
diversity of waterfowl, including about 40 trumpeter swans, mallards,
American wigeon, gadwall, northern pintail (1), northern shoveler (3),
green-winged teal, redhead, lesser scaup, bufflehead, common goldeneye and
150+ ring-necked ducks.

This location holds half-hardy species in the winter and I was able to find
3 yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon’s), 2 Virginia rail and a marsh wren.

Steven F. Kahl
Deputy Project Leader
Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex
4425 Burley Dr., Ste. A
Chubbuck, ID 83202
P (208) 237-6615 ext 112
F (208) 237-8213

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scratch that – I bet we recorded Pacific wren.
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Kim Liebich =)

On Jan 5, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Cheryl Huizinga bchuizinga@cableone.net [ible] wrote:

Several of us are getting great looks and sounds from Winter Wren along Boise River near where Jason saw it yesterday. First seen across from fishing platform and moved upstream toward benches.

Cheryl Huizinga
Caldwell, Idaho