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…

Are you feeling OK? They don’t know something we don’t know, do they? 😉

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason Talbot jason.talbot1@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 6:08 PM
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Subject: [IBLE] Turkey Vultures -Eagle

There are 40 Turkey Vultures roosting in the trees along hwy 55 in Eagle between Floating Feather and Beacon Light. They were all circling my house a little bit ago.

Jason

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There are 40 Turkey Vultures roosting in the trees along hwy 55 in Eagle between Floating Feather and Beacon Light. They were all circling my house a little bit ago.
Jason

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> On Mar 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Barnett jrb4jc@hotmail.com [ible] wrote:
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> This last week, I was in Rosarito Beach, Mexico for a work event. Yesterday morning, I was exercising – it was a beautiful sunny morning – and a Say’s Phoebe flew up in front of me and perched on a plant. This morning, I am home in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho – and it is snowing big flakes – and a Say’s Phoebe is singing his little heart out in the eaves of my house. The contrast over all those miles with the same bird two mornings in a row provided a special experience with this wonderful little bird, who has been my most faithful companion here, year after year, all year round, nesting & roosting under my porch.
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> Thought I would share… Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone, and stay safe in this snow…Jonathan Barnett
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This last week, I was in Rosarito Beach, Mexico for a work event. Yesterday morning, I was exercising – it was a beautiful sunny morning – and a Say’s Phoebe flew up in front of me and perched on a plant. This morning, I am home in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho – and it is snowing big flakes – and a Say’s Phoebe is singing his little heart out in the eaves of my house. The contrast over all those miles with the same bird two mornings in a row provided a special experience with this wonderful little bird, who has been my most faithful companion here, year after year, all year round, nesting & roosting under my porch.

Thought I would share… Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone, and stay safe in this snow…Jonathan Barnett

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On eBird, I see that Osprey is back, e.g.,

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43680765

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43703280

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From: “LARRY ARNOLD”
To: “Cliff and Lisa Weisse”
Cc: “IBLE”
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 6:04:43 AM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Island Park Arrival

Wow, different universe over here at c. 2600 ft, we’ve been waking up to 30-40F in our hood, no snow or ice for days/weeks, all open water along the Boise River Greenbelt, trail is dry and great for biking, many birds across the phylo are quacking/hooting/singing like there’s no tomorrow , often with a beak full of nesting material, slow-dancing the dance, walking the walk, talking the talk………

Patiently waiting for a push of shorebirds, eh?
Larry, W Boise

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From: “Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible]” < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com >
To: “IBLE” < IBLE@yahoogroups.com >
Sent: Friday, March 16 , 2018 5:15:29 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Island Park Arrival

We’ve had a few Pine Grosbeaks in the neighborhood for a while now and
they make a call that sounds a little like a Robin, at least to my ear.
Hearing what I thought was a robin this morning I assumed it was a
grosbeak but then it started singing – definitely a robin. It’s a bit
early up here as the snow is still pushing 3 feet deep in the yard. We
also heard a flock of crossbills fly over, the second this week, and
some Trumpeter Swans flew over headed north a few nights ago. Spring is
still a ways off but it’s nice to see some different birds showing up.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

Wow, different universe over here at c. 2600 ft, we’ve been waking up to 30-40F in our hood, no snow or ice for days/weeks, all open water along the Boise River Greenbelt, trail is dry and great for biking, many birds across the phylo are quacking/hooting/singing like there’s no tomorrow, often with a beak full of nesting material, slow-dancing the dance, walking the walk, talking the talk………

Patiently waiting for a push of shorebirds, eh?
Larry, W Boise

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From: “Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:15:29 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Island Park Arrival

We’ve had a few Pine Grosbeaks in the neighborhood for a while now and
they make a call that sounds a little like a Robin, at least to my ear.
Hearing what I thought was a robin this morning I assumed it was a
grosbeak but then it started singing – definitely a robin. It’s a bit
early up here as the snow is still pushing 3 feet deep in the yard. We
also heard a flock of crossbills fly over, the second this week, and
some Trumpeter Swans flew over headed north a few nights ago. Spring is
still a ways off but it’s nice to see some different birds showing up.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

We’ve had a few Pine Grosbeaks in the neighborhood for a while now and
they make a call that sounds a little like a Robin, at least to my ear.
Hearing what I thought was a robin this morning I assumed it was a
grosbeak but then it started singing – definitely a robin. It’s a bit
early up here as the snow is still pushing 3 feet deep in the yard. We
also heard a flock of crossbills fly over, the second this week, and
some Trumpeter Swans flew over headed north a few nights ago. Spring is
still a ways off but it’s nice to see some different birds showing up.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

Given the fact that Tuesday’s bike ride was longer than usual, I was
thinking about a shorter one for yesterday. Fortunately, the birds didn’t
get the word and they came out in force. The neighborhood Red-tails started
me off, then I found my GH Owl again (sadly, his/her nest tree got blown
over on Tuesday night’s storm). And just downstream from Willow Lane, on the
Boise side, I found an immature Northern Goshawk-what a treat!

My decision to shorten my ride came when I got back to the Garden City side
at Veterans Parkway and headed back upstream instead of my usual downstream
run. My reward was a Merlin across the river at the upper end of Veterans
Pond, and while I was stopped for the Merlin, a Bald Eagle did circles above
me and then took up his usual perch overlooking the river and Veterans Pond.

I finished the ride with 39 birds in a little over 11 miles. But then on our
usual walk after dark, the Western Screech Owls were calling from all around
us. Forty birds (I like round numbers) and 6 of them were raptors.

Tom McCabe, Boise

P.S. The W. Screech Owls woke me up around 5 this morning to remind me to
start my day list for Thursday. They were followed after daylight by the
Red-tails. 😉

Howdy,
There are several thousand Snow Geese roosting on south side of American Falls Reservoir near Rainbow Beach. This afternoon many were in wheat fields south of I-86, just west of Rainbow Beach exit. There are several blue morphs in the flock, as well as several Ross’s Geese.
Good Birding,
Chuck Trost

Always forward, never straight…