Still present this morning, doesn’t seemed phased at all. =)

On Nov 20, 2019, at 8:27 AM, Jonathan Barnett jrb4jc@hotmail.com [ible] wrote:

Well, he certainly wasn’t spooked at all by joggers running past him or cars driving past him yesterday…

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com > on behalf of LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] >
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:42:11 AM
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Subject: [IBLE] Re Brant in Boise…..

Brant Peoples,

Hoping this graphic survives cyberspace for its visual effects……

I pulled the trigger too soon when I posted the 1997-98 bird, for which all sightings were at Duck Island in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, and those ebird dates were:
15 Nov 1997, 22 Nov 1997 (RL), 20 Dec 1997, 28 Jan 1998…. all IBRC reports/records except for RL’s sighting as noted

Odds are that this was one and the same bird, considering all were seen at precisely the same location, and considering the BNA annual cycle below for migration (outer darker blue shell).
Suggesting our current bird could be here much of this winter, maybe? hedge-hedge-hedging….

Just for fun,
LA

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Figure 5. Annual cycle of migration, breeding, and molt of Brant in North America.
Thick lines show peak activity; thin lines, off-peak.

Reference – Lewis, T. L., D. H. Ward, J. S. Sedinger, A. Reed, and D. V. Derksen (2013). Brant (Branta bernicla), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA… https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.337

We have had 3 Blue Jays and 3 Steller’s Jays feeding in our yard for about a month now. Haven’t ever seen them here either. Saw a couple Steller’s Jays up at the Box Canyon campground in Island Park this summer which was fun. Interesting to see how the two species interact.. They seem to be together often. The blue jays work over the hanging feeders gobbling up black oil sunflower seeds whole then flying off. I am assuming they are caching them near by as they come back fairly quickly for another crop full. I suppose this bodes well for having them spend the winter, they seem to have stored enough already for a month or two. After storing a few rounds they get a seed and move up to a perch and crack it open just like a chickadee, then back for another. The Steller’s Jays stay on the ground under the feeders. None of them seem to understand what the whole peanuts I leave out are all about. They don’t last long as the magpies sure know what they are.

Does anyone have any suggestions on their favorite feeder foods. The black oil seems to work well just wondering what else they might enjoy. Fun seeing them.

Dave Pace
Idaho Falls

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I have been seeing Blue Jays in my neighborhood now for at least a month and today I was taking pictures of one in my yard when it was joined by another and then another until I had six feeding in my front yard with others calling from the back yard. I looked that way only to see a Steller’s on my roof when it was joined by another and then another until there were four which joined the six Blue Jays in the front yard but not feeding with them. I continued hearing other Blue Jays calling from behind my house. It was pretty amazing.

Steve Butterworth

Idaho Falls

Well, he certainly wasn’t spooked at all by joggers running past him or cars driving past him yesterday…

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:42:11 AM
To: IBLE
Subject: [IBLE] Re Brant in Boise…..

Brant Peoples,

Hoping this graphic survives cyberspace for its visual effects……

I pulled the trigger too soon when I posted the 1997-98 bird, for which all sightings were at Duck Island in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, and those ebird dates were:

15 Nov 1997, 22 Nov 1997 (RL), 20 Dec 1997, 28 Jan 1998…. all IBRC reports/records except for RL’s sighting as noted

Odds are that this was one and the same bird, considering all were seen at precisely the same location, and considering the BNA annual cycle below for migration (outer darker blue shell).

Suggesting our current bird could be here much of this winter, maybe? hedge-hedge-hedging….

Just for fun,

LA

Figure 5. Annual cycle of migration, breeding, and molt of Brant in North America.

Thick lines show peak activity; thin lines, off-peak.

Reference – Lewis, T. L., D. H. Ward, J. S. Sedinger, A. Reed, and D. V. Derksen (2013). Brant (Branta bernicla), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.337

Ah, yes. Thanks! I got another email suggesting a Mallard x Domestic hybrid as well.

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> On Nov 19, 2019, at 10:46 PM, karaki wrote:
>
> Hi Jason,
> I’m fairly familiar with domestic duck breeds, and my guess is that’s a hybrid. Based on the bird’s coloring and size, my thought is a Campbell Duck x Mallard. Look up images of Campbells, and you’ll see that the body coloring is very similar to the bird you saw.
> Hope this answers your question.
> Kristin Araki
>
> ——– Original message ——–
> From: “Jason Talbot jason.talbot1@yahoo.com [ible]”
> Date: 11/19/19 8:17 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: IBLE To Post
> Subject: [IBLE] Mallard Hybrid?
>
> I can’t figure this one out. Any idea what I have here? https://ebird.org/checklist/S61595556
>
> Jason
>

Brant Peoples,

Hoping this graphic survives cyberspace for its visual effects……

I pulled the trigger too soon when I posted the 1997-98 bird, for which all sightings were at Duck Island in Ann Morrison Park in Boise, and those ebird dates were:

15 Nov 1997, 22 Nov 1997 (RL), 20 Dec 1997, 28 Jan 1998…. all IBRC reports/records except for RL’s sighting as noted

Odds are that this was one and the same bird, considering all were seen at precisely the same location, and considering the BNA annual cycle below for migration (outer darker blue shell).

Suggesting our current bird could be here much of this winter, maybe? hedge-hedge-hedging….

Just for fun,

LA

Figure 5. Annual cycle of migration, breeding, and molt of Brant in North America.

Thick lines show peak activity; thin lines, off-peak.

Reference – Lewis, T. L., D. H. Ward, J. S. Sedinger, A. Reed, and D. V. Derksen (2013). Brant ( Branta bernicla ), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.. [ https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.337 | https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.337 ]