Last night’s storm brought in some birds I haven’t been seeing in quantity.
At Quinn’s Pond there was a raft of Northern Shovelers, a bird I rarely see
at Quinn’s. There was also a pair of Lesser Scaup, m+f, first on the Simplot
pond and then later on Quinn’s.

At Silver Lake there was another raft of N. Shovelers, plus a smaller group
of both Ring-neck Ducks and Greater Scaup.

And despite the wind there were quite a few YR Warblers signaling their
presence as I rode along. Plus, at Esther Simplot, I had a flyover by a Bald
Eagle on the way out and an Osprey on the way back. While Osprey are easy to
find down at the west end of the greenbelt, they still are not all that
common up at “my” end.

Tom McCabe, Boise

Looks like April Fool’s to me…

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I wish I could chase this. Good luck to anyone who does.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

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Date: April 2, 2018 at 2:47:32 PM MDT
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In case you missed yesterday’s report, you can catch up with it here.
The fabulous sighting of Ehler’s Sandhopper-Warbler.
https://smbasblog.com/2018/04/01/malibu-lagoon-hosts-extremely-rare-asian-bird/

Chuck Almdale
North Hills, Ca.

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I wish I could chase this. Good luck to anyone who does.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

Begin forwarded message:

*From:* Chuck & Lillian
*Date:* April 2, 2018 at 2:47:32 PM MDT
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In case you missed yesterday’s report, you can catch up with it here.
The fabulous sighting of Ehler’s Sandhopper-Warbler.
https://smbasblog.com/2018/04/01/malibu-lagoon-hosts-
extremely-rare-asian-bird/

Chuck Almdale
North Hills, Ca.

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Packsaddle, Estates NW Teton Valley-foothills of the Big Hole Mountains, Teton County

The snow storm brought in a flock of about 60 Gray-crowned Rosy-finch to our yard again this weekend. We had been seeing up to 200 this winter but they disappeared when the weather improved last week.

This morning April 2, I finally saw 2 Black Rosy-finch in the flock eating seeds on our deck. Got a few photos also. I had been looking for this species all winter so was thrilled to finally observe them.

The Black RF nest in the Teton Range in WY. The first graduate study on nesting BLRF will be completed later this year through the Univ of WY.

Snow is still falling here! The ground squirrels started to emerge last week also.

Best, Susan Patla