I finally got to see my first Osprey of the year today. As Susan and I
arrived at Esther Simplot, the bird was actively hunting the main pond. He
then found a nice prominent perch overlooking Veteran’s Pond and the river
and allowed everybody to admire him. I was pleased that a lot of people on
the greenbelt were aware of him.

Gee, I wonder what new delight will arrive tomorrow?

Tom McCabe, Boise

Howdy,
This afternoon I drove around AFR and found four large groups of Snow Geese.. One group of about 400 were in the N. E. Corner off Bower Road. Another group of about 1000 were in fields just south of Aberdeen’s Sportsman’s Park. Big Hole was still frozen, but the mouth was open. Another group of about 4000 were south of Hwy 39, about three miles east of Am. Falls. Finally a group of about 2500 were in a field north of I-86, just west of the Rainbow Beach exit, on the Fort Hall Reservation. Many groups of Red-breasted Mergansers and Common Goldeneyes are in the open water.
Good Birding!
Chuck Trost

Always forward, never straight…