In Nampa tonight after a tropical downpour, hearing FOY Common Nighthawks. (We also heard them at Malheur NWR,OR on 5/20, @ Buena Vista Overlook)
Cheers, Rich Rusnak

Sora, Malheur NWR,OR

> On May 30, 2018, at 5:14 PM, Tom Rennebaum tomrenn@frontiernet.net [ible] wrote:
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> Just got back from Sinker Creek/Silver City. Went up yesterday afternoon (29 May) and camped at Sinker Creek. Birding at Sinker Creek was great! Birds of interest at Sinker Creek included: Lewis’s Woodpeckers, Bullock’s Orioles, Lazuli Buntings, Yellow-breasted Chats, Western Tanagers, Western Kingbirds, Yellow Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, California Quail, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Kestrels, Barn Swallows, an Olive-sided Flycatcher, and a pair of Plumbeous Vireos(?) collecting nesting material.
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> Along the gravel road to Silver City, both below and above Sinker Creek, also revealed Chukar (including a hen with a baker’s dozen chicks), Cassin’s Finches, a Meadowlark, and a Loggerhead Shrike, as well as Kestrels, a Red-tailed Hawk and a Turkey Vulture.
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> Silver City birds included: a pair of House Wrens taking nesting material into a birdhouse, Mountain Bluebirds, Violet-Green Swallows, Pine Siskins, a black-chinned and a Calliope Hummingbird, Yellow Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, a Hermit Thrush, and a Cassin’s Finch, as well as Robins and a Northern Flicker.
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Just got back from Sinker Creek/Silver City. Went up yesterday afternoon (29 May) and camped at Sinker Creek. Birding at Sinker Creek was great! Birds of interest at Sinker Creek included: Lewis’s Woodpeckers, Bullock’s Orioles, Lazuli Buntings, Yellow-breasted Chats, Western Tanagers, Western Kingbirds, Yellow Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, California Quail, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Kestrels, Barn Swallows, an Olive-sided Flycatcher, and a pair of Plumbeous Vireos(?) collecting nesting material.

Along the gravel road to Silver City, both below and above Sinker Creek, also revealed Chukar (including a hen with a baker’s dozen chicks), Cassin’s Finches, a Meadowlark, and a Loggerhead Shrike, as well as Kestrels, a Red-tailed Hawk and a Turkey Vulture.

Silver City birds included: a pair of House Wrens taking nesting material into a birdhouse, Mountain Bluebirds, Violet-Green Swallows, Pine Siskins, a black-chinned and a Calliope Hummingbird, Yellow Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, a Hermit Thrush, and a Cassin’s Finch, as well as Robins and a Northern Flicker.

All in all, a great 25 hrs of birding!

Tom Rennebaum
Boise
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Wow! That makes birding Hulls Gulch very tame by comparison. Interestingly enough, though, I saw at least a hundred Cedar Waxwings in HG this morning, individuals and various sized groups. More than I’ve ever seen at this time of year.

In addition, the Barred Owl was present this a.m. also, and I was able to share with a number of people. Way cool.

Tom McCabe, Boise

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 2:59 PM
To: IBLE
Subject: [IBLE] teaser birds in Quebec……

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46116491

just for fun….=)

Larry

Boise ID

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https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46116491

just for fun….=)

Larry
Boise ID

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Hi Idaho birders,

I am visiting Idaho for the first time for five days in June. I’ll be in
Boise, and then driving to the Twin Falls area, and then back to Boise. I
guess I’m interesting in knowing some good birding spots to check out in
these areas, and in between. I like to look for waterfowl, shorebirds,
herons/egrets etc. and will have my scope, and also I want to visit
different habitats like mountains, foothills, prairie, etc., so I can see
as many different species of birds that are possible this time of year in
this area of Idaho. There seems to be a lot of e-bird hot-spots in the
area, but I’m not too sure which would be the best ones to go to, during
June for breeding species. I’m guessing most grouse/quail like birds are
hard to find in June, if some aren’t I’d be interested in knowing where to
look for them. Are Mute Swans officially on the Idaho State list, or are
they just an non-countable exotic? It appears there’s a lot of
woodpeckers, owls, sparrows, and flycatcher species around too, which would
be fun to look for. I don’t know if there is any chance to see any state
rarities during this time of year, in this area, but I will keep my eyes
open, and try to get a photo, if I happen to find something strange and
certainly let you all know. I look forward to seeing and hearing many
western birds and visiting part of your lovely state.

My e-mail is allie.m2000a@gmail.com, you can respond to me directly with
any suggestions.

Thanks,
Allie M
Mississppi

No sign at CJ this morning
Vern Tunnell.

Vern Tunnell
866-820-7506

Sun.6:30 p.m.very windy getting dark stormy birds comm.mergan n. pintail
mallard coot blk.n.stilt avocet Caspian tern foster tern ring bill gull
possible herring gull .pelicans bald eagle osprey

Steve Butterworth and I have been talking about doing a Jefferson County big day for a few years. Yesterday we finally did one.

We started at Kelly Canyon ski resort at 4:20am to listen for Owls. We then hit some bird feeding stations near Heise golf course for hummingbirds and Pinyon Jays (no luck on the jays). We then went back up to Kelly canyon for the morning chorus. We hiked Cress Creek for juniper birds. We then drove to Mud Lake to scan for water birds. We then hit Camas and Market Lake for marsh birds and migrant songbirds. We also drove the desert for sage specialties.

We had some big misses, (no catharus thrushes, no Kingfisher, few warbler species, etc) but lucked into a few unexpected birds (Common Poorwill, Red-eyed Vireo, Common Loon, 6 Owl species).

A big day is full of compromises and trade-offs. An earlier date would have given us more ducks and shorebirds. A later date would have given us a few more breeding birds. We were hoping to get most breeding birds and to catch the tail end of migration, which seemed to work out. We had a great and exhausting day. We ended the day with 148 species. If everything fell into place, I think 155 is possible.

A checklist can be found here:

Sent from my iPhone

Still at Jacks Creek access.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

When the Robins woke me up around 5, I wasn’t too enthusiastic, but when the
Screech Owls chimed in, I decided I needed to go to Hulls Gulch before the
crowds. The first person I encountered was Amy Silver, and she immediately
asked if I was looking for the owl. I assumed she meant the Great Horned
Owl, so I acted nonchalant. But when she told me Mary Korkor had come all
the way from Wisconsin to find a Barred Owl on my doorstep, I got excited.

Amy gave me directions to where she had seen it. But despite searching for a
while, I came up with lots of other birds, but no BAOW. So I was really
pleased to see Amy still at the first parking lot, and she volunteered to
show me where she had seen the blighter. We biked back up the road and then
wandered around for all of 5 minutes when I realized I was staring at a very
calm and composed Barred Owl. Talk about soul satisfying views! But it
wasn’t until I got home that I confirmed that my life list did not have a
check mark beside this particular owl.

And while I dipped on Gray Catbird (again), I did find the Northern Harrier
again, only this time both male and female, again being pursued by RWBB’s.
Plus there are still W. Tanagers hanging around (nesting?) and the immature
GHOW’s were hanging around with one of the adults, and they are definitely
the same size.

Hulls Gulch got really crowded so I headed to the river, but it was only
marginally better. Final tally for the day was 50 birds in 16 miles of
biking, including 7 raptors (W. Screech Owl, Barred Owl, G. Horned Owl,
Swainson’s Hawk, RT Hawk, A. Kestrel, and Osprey).

But a big THANK YOU! to Mary Korkor for finding, and Amy Silver for sharing,
a wonderful bird.

Tom McCabe, Boise