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

A fun little article found by Missy, at link below.
I appreciate that birding can also lead folks toward the importance of conservation…. eh?

Larry

—– Forwarded Message —–
From: “Missy Arnold”
To: “Larry Arnold” , “GRAVES, ELIZABETH” , “Kathleen Arnold”
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 6:37:29 AM
Subject: Birding for health

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/health/sw-birding-for-health/index.html

They became common in our vineyard among the vines and trellising, but now
less so. This was taken December 5 2015.

The book I mentioned the other day states that tyrant flycatchers have been
known to eat fruit .when I was still hiking in the winter along the snake
river i have seen swarms of gnats go figure

I know – I wonder the same thing – I think my Say’s Phoebe stays around my house year round…for several years now…just when I think it’s gone, it pops up again…

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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:09:13 PM
To: ‘Elizabeth Medes’; ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [IBLE] Re: Says phoebe

I’m not sure what they eat in the dead of winter, but I have seen Say’s Phoebes at Esther Simplot Park and Les Bois race track throughout the winter in past years. Last week I was biking under the Veterans Parkway bridge when I encountered one sitting on the railing of the greenbelt path. They are always a pleasant surprise.
Tom McCabe, Boise

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I saw one this past weekend off Frozen Dog Rd here in Gem County. I have pictures of one perched on our porch rail in the dead of winter a few years back. Guess they didn’t get the memo.
Liz Medes
Emmett ID

I’m not sure what they eat in the dead of winter, but I have seen Say’s Phoebes at Esther Simplot Park and Les Bois race track throughout the winter in past years. Last week I was biking under the Veterans Parkway bridge when I encountered one sitting on the railing of the greenbelt path. They are always a pleasant surprise.

Tom McCabe, Boise

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Medes liz.medes@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 6:16 PM
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Subject: [IBLE] Re: Says phoebe

I saw one this past weekend off Frozen Dog Rd here in Gem County. I have pictures of one perched on our porch rail in the dead of winter a few years back. Guess they didn’t get the memo.

Liz Medes

Emmett ID

I saw one this past weekend off Frozen Dog Rd here in Gem County. I have
pictures of one perched on our porch rail in the dead of winter a few years
back. Guess they didn’t get the memo.
Liz Medes
Emmett ID

I thought I was mistaken this am at canal of lower dam the bird flew off
before I got a good look for positive id.i see someone reported it on E Bird

This a. m.tons of snow geese several pie bill grebes 4 common golden eyes

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
>>
>>
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