If you haven’t seen the NOVA episode entitled “The Fastest Animal on Earth,”
you’re missing a great presentation. Lots of science and lots of great video
of Peregrines doing some amazing things. It aired last night on Channel 4,
but I’m sure it will air again on one of the other PBS stations. If you have
the PBS app for your smart phone, I’m sure you can find it that way. It’s
truly a “Don’t miss it!” show.

BTW, for those of you in the Boise area, there were 2 Bald Eagles cruising
the river today. Plus the weather brought in some more ducks.

Tom McCabe, Boise

Even on this mixed rainy/snowy Thanksgiving Day, always have to check out the feeder birds. While getting dinner prep done, keeping an eye out on the feeder from the kitchen window. In the midst of dozens of House Finches, one bird just looked “off” from the rest. Binocs revealed a first-winter Harris’ Sparrow! Haven’t pulled my backyard records yet, but it’s been many years since my last yard sighting of one. A nice Thanksgiving surprise.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Have been taking advantage of the sunshine today before some winter weather hits in time for Thanksgiving. And, watching a Rocky Mt Juniper windrow I planted years ago. There’s a bumper crop of juniper berries on several of the trees this season & the birds have been taking full advantage of the bounty for several days now.

Most numerous have been Am Robins & Cedar Waxwings. I’ve counted as many as 30 Robins & 10 Waxwings coming in at once. Also present are: BC Chickadees, House Finches, Townsend’s Solitaires, N Flicker, a lone Blue Jay and a rooster RN Pheasant. All making for some colorful & natural ornaments, as they glean through the branches picking berries.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

This a.m.outlet canal 7 great blue Heron1California gull field other side
canal

From Biology Letters (Sept 15) – Bite a mouse on the back of the neck and don’t let go. Now shake your head at 11 turns per second, as if saying “no, no, no, no, no!” You have just roughly imitated a hunting Loggerhead Shrike, imposing about 6g on the little beastie (six times the acceleration of Earth’s gravity). How does the shrike manage not to shake its own brain to mush? (And for that matter, how do woodpeckers avoid headaches, or do they?) Video analysis of this “buckling” of the mouse’s body vs. head that are twisting at different speeds, suggests that it’s similar to what a person’s head would feel in a car crash of as much as 16 km/hr. Allegedly

Wetlands may survive rising seas ( Nature , Sept 13) – A recent study suggests that salt marshes and other wetlands could accumulate soil quickly enough to avoid becoming fully submerged. And if humans are willing to allow wetlands to move inland as the seas rise, the coastal fringes might not only survive but could substantially increase their global area, e.g., by as much as 60%. Recommended human adaptations include moving seawalls, rerouting roads, and giving up waterfront real estate. eh?

eBird patch lists – I see that 143 Idaho eBirders have lists for a “patch” that they have created in eBird. I’ve often thought that having a patch in our immediate hood made sense because we are living in this space, usually 24/7. But I see that Jason has designated the Boise CBC Circle as one of his patches, and this strikes me as an awesome idea, both fascinating and inspired!

Hey Tom, we really enjoyed seeing you among “your birds” this morning! 😉

Larry

Fyi, the long tailed duck was still present today Sun 18th at Lake Cascade, Sugarloaf campground area, S Bay. Good looks with scope, appears to be sub adult male.

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> On Nov 18, 2018, at 1:00 PM, Diann Stone dstoneak2id@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
>
> I sure didn’t proofread my last book title. The Crossley ID Guide to Raptors Lots of excellent photos! You can quiz yourself with pages of photo views of multiple raptors on a page.
>
> Diann
> “The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
>
>
>
>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:05 PM Diann Stone wrote:
>> Golden Field Guide (1966) in which I recorded sightings beginning 1971.
>>
>> I often refer to The Birder’s Handbook by P. Ehrlich, D. Dobkin, and D. Wheye
>>
>> Beautiful Beachcombers Shorebirds by Arthur Morris for photography and text.
>>
>> The Crisskwy ID Guide Raptors by Richard Crossley, J Liguori, B. Sullivan for photography to help hone raptor ID immature to adult, perched and in flight. A fabulous tool!
>>
>> Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench
>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:53 PM Diann Stone wrote:
>>> How about my Golden Field Guide Birds of North A
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 2:59 PM lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for starting this thread, Larry. I’ve birded Belize on several occasions & visited the Belize Zoo founded by Sharon Matola. Bruce Barcott authored a non-fiction book about Sharon’s environmental attempt to preserve the “Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw”, the book’s title. I won’t give the spoiler alert.
>>>>
>>>> Others are more field guide oriented: my grandmother’s “Audubon Guide All Birds of East & Central North America” by Richard Pough 1953 ed, for sentimental reasons. Although, it does have interesting info on Eskimo Curlew, Ivory-billed WP & Kirtland’s Warbler. Also, a Christmas gift from my parents the yr I got my BS in Wildlife Biology: the 2 vol “The Bird Life of Texas” by Oberholser & illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Packed with great bird biology info from a time when field studies were, indeed, hands-on.
>>>>
>>>> Not, a bird oriented book but I also enjoy books about the Rocky Mt fur-trapper era. And an Idahoan, Vardis Fisher, who wrote the popular “Mountain Man”, also wrote a now out-of-print book “Pemmican” about the Canadian Rockies fur-trapper era when North West trappers were competing with Hudson Bay trappers. A great read & can sometimes locate on secondary market.
>>>>
>>>> Brian Carrigan
>>>> Blackfoot
>>>>
>
>

I sure didn’t proofread my last book title. The Crossley ID Guide to
Raptors Lots of excellent photos! You can quiz yourself with pages of photo
views of multiple raptors on a page.

Diann

*”The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” – Pierre Teilhard
de Chardin*

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:05 PM Diann Stone wrote:

> Golden Field Guide (1966) in which I recorded sightings beginning 1971.
>
> I often refer to The Birder’s Handbook by P. Ehrlich, D. Dobkin, and D.
> Wheye
>
> Beautiful Beachcombers Shorebirds by Arthur Morris for photography and
> text.
>
> The Crisskwy ID Guide Raptors by Richard Crossley, J Liguori, B. Sullivan
> for photography to help hone raptor ID immature to adult, perched and in
> flight. A fabulous tool!
>
> Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:53 PM Diann Stone wrote:
>
>> How about my Golden Field Guide Birds of North A
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 2:59 PM lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] < >> ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for starting this thread, Larry. I’ve birded Belize on several
>>> occasions & visited the Belize Zoo founded by Sharon Matola. Bruce Barcott
>>> authored a non-fiction book about Sharon’s environmental attempt to
>>> preserve the “Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw”, the book’s title. I won’t
>>> give the spoiler alert.
>>>
>>> Others are more field guide oriented: my grandmother’s “Audubon Guide
>>> All Birds of East & Central North America” by Richard Pough 1953 ed, for
>>> sentimental reasons. Although, it does have interesting info on Eskimo
>>> Curlew, Ivory-billed WP & Kirtland’s Warbler. Also, a Christmas gift from
>>> my parents the yr I got my BS in Wildlife Biology: the 2 vol “The Bird Life
>>> of Texas” by Oberholser & illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Packed
>>> with great bird biology info from a time when field studies were, indeed,
>>> hands-on.
>>>
>>> Not, a bird oriented book but I also enjoy books about the Rocky Mt
>>> fur-trapper era. And an Idahoan, Vardis Fisher, who wrote the popular
>>> “Mountain Man”, also wrote a now out-of-print book “Pemmican” about the
>>> Canadian Rockies fur-trapper era when North West trappers were competing
>>> with Hudson Bay trappers. A great read & can sometimes locate on secondary
>>> market.
>>>
>>> Brian Carrigan
>>> Blackfoot
>>>
>>>
>>

It’s hard to tell from a picture of a picture. Can you upload the actual image?

> On Nov 17, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Robert Kiernan photobirder@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
>
> [Attachment(s) from Robert Kiernan included below]
>
> Not a very good pic for id.i did send to Cornell the said lesser black back this was seen this a.m.8: 15 lower dam lake lowell it’s either that or western. Any how hope someone gets closer look
>
>

Nice sighting Bob! they’re almost delinquent in departing…… per eBird bar chart (Canyon + Ada Counties)

Larry

From: “Robert Kiernan photobirder@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 11:39:31 AM
Subject: [IBLE] Lower dam lake lowell

This a.m.outlet canal 3 greater yellow legs

This a.m.outlet canal 3 greater yellow legs