For the record there is not an accepted/documented record for Alder
Flycatcher in Idaho. Yet. This one is very well documented and I expect
will be accepted. A great find…
Cliff
On 06/17/2018 09:18 AM, Mike Hunter mhunter@domtec.com [ible] wrote:
>
> This is a certainly a great find, and indeed rare.
>
> I don’t think it’s a first for the State of Idaho however. In May of
> 2014 several persons, including myself, saw and heard an Alder
> Flycatcher at the Camas National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County
> (about 30 miles North of Idaho Falls). It was there for several days.
> I saw and heard it on the 24^th of that month. I didn’t file a rare
> bird sighting, assuming others who had found it before me had done so.
>
> Michael D. Hunter
>
> Rigby, Idaho
>
> +1-435-830-2285
>
> *From:*ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Charles Swift chaetura@gmail.com [ible]
> *Sent:* 16 June, 2018 9:34 AM
> *To:* inland birders; IBLE
> *Subject:* [IBLE] Boundary County (ID) Alder Flycatcher update
>
> Still present as of Friday (6/15), for more information and precise
> location see eBird checklists:
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46514564
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46573727
>
> —
>
> Charles Swift
>
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> chaetura@gmail.com
>
>
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com