Howdy,
This afternoon there was a Pacific Loon and about 13 Common Loons on the reservoir near the dam. Also present on the NW side were one Black Scoter and about 5 Surf Scoters. All were either females or juveniles. Many Eared Grebes and Am. Coots were also present, but no sign of the WWSC.
Good Birding,
Chuck Trost

Always forward, never straight…

No luck from 1440 – 1545. Red-breasted Nuthatches and Juncos were busy
after Heidi tossed fresh seed on the ground.

Diann Stone. Boise

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 12:04 PM Heidi Ware heidithebirdnerd@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi IBLE,
>
> Hopefully this post comes through? I just got a batch of Magnolia Warbler
> posts from a few days ago that didn’t get to me until this morning.
>
> As many have seen on eBird and Facebook, we have an Ovenbird currently
> coming to our house and a number of birders have been able to see it.
> Location/info here: eBird Checklist – 1 Nov 2019 – Bitteroot House – 2
> species (+1 other taxa)
>
> For those who would like to see it, all are welcome to come any time.
>
> We’d like to stress that if you would like to see the bird it is best to
> stay quiet and best to view from inside your vehicles. When there was a lot
> of birder activity this morning the bird was not spotted for about 2 hours.
> Once birders moved into their cars and kept voices down it’s been seen
> twice in the span of about half an hour, each time the junco flock comes in.
>
> The bird is coming to the bark chips and leaves by our front door where we
> have some rosemary and lavender planted. It comes in with the neighborhood
> flock of juncos. Best viewing is from near the street corner by the fire
> hydrant or the entrance to our driveway.
>
> Good birding all!
> ~Heidi and Jay
> Boise
>
>

I spent some time early afternoon at Discovery Park and after looking around and then
wandering up to beach by the dam, finally saw the Magnolia right next to my car. I
think it must have been the same area as Jason first saw it as the tree in one of the
videos looks like the one which was being worked by a nuthatch and flicker while I
was watching the warbler.

Thanks,
Chris

On 11/1/2019 2:41 PM, Danette H danette444@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
> Hi all,
> Spent over 2 hours this morning looking but no luck. It was “birdier” closer to
> Sandy Point, where the paved walking trail enters the south end of the park. All
> the birds that were reported hanging out with the Magnolia were there but couldn’t
> find the rare visitor. Quite a few birders out, didn’t hear of anyone sighting the
> Magnolia today. Good luck to those searching. Made a quick check at Foote Park as well.
> Danette Henderson
> Boise
>

Just looking at INaturalist. The flycatcher was seen on 9/21/19 in Fremont County.

Charles Swift made a comment asking the person who saw the bird to post it to Ebird.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

> On Nov 1, 2019, at 3:43 PM, Eric Rude rudeeric@isu.edu [ible] wrote:
>
> 
> Hi
>
> Not my observation, but I saw on iNaturalist a photo of what looked like a scissor-tailed flycatcher found a few miles north of Harriman State Park just off of Highway 20.
>
> Eric
>
> —
> Eric Rude
> Teacher: Forensic Science, Dual Credit Biology
> Pocatello High School
> Pocatello, Idaho
>

Hi

Not my observation, but I saw on iNaturalist a photo of what looked like a
scissor-tailed flycatcher found a few miles north of Harriman State Park
just off of Highway 20.

Eric

—
Eric Rude
Teacher: Forensic Science, Dual Credit Biology
Pocatello High School
Pocatello, Idaho

Hi all,
Spent over 2 hours this morning looking but no luck. It was “birdier”
closer to Sandy Point, where the paved walking trail enters the south end
of the park. All the birds that were reported hanging out with the Magnolia
were there but couldn’t find the rare visitor. Quite a few birders out,
didn’t hear of anyone sighting the Magnolia today. Good luck to those
searching. Made a quick check at Foote Park as well.
Danette Henderson
Boise

While Cliff and I come up with a solution to this, note that yahoogroups emails are taking up to a day, sometimes more, to make it to the list. Since this isn’t useful for getting the word out on unusual observations, we will be moving quickly to find another host.

Jane & Cliff,
co-owners of IBLE

For those of you that don’t get OBOL postings, the morning buzz is the possibility of a frigatebird along the Columbia. It was seen between Arlington and Biggs, flying between I-84 and the railroad tracks. It was reported as: “It was a pelagic bird that was uniformly dark brown all over, had a five foot wingspan, a fairly long tail, a heavy stout bill that came down to a point. The wings at the elbow came back at a fairly Sharp angle from the rest of the wing and had pointed wing tips. The body looked like a long torpedo shape.”

Again, this is only a POSSIBLE, unconfirmed sighting at this time, but in case there are people feeling close enough to the general area to go take a look, I thought I’d forward.

Jane

Hi IBLE,
Hopefully this post comes through? I just got a batch of Magnolia Warbler posts from a few days ago that didn’t get to me until this morning.
As many have seen on eBird and Facebook, we have an Ovenbird currently coming to our house and a number of birders have been able to see it. Location/info here: eBird Checklist – 1 Nov 2019 – Bitteroot House – 2 species (+1 other taxa)
For those who would like to see it, all are welcome to come any time.
We’d like to stress that if you would like to see the bird it is best to stay quiet and best to view from inside your vehicles. When there was a lot of birder activity this morning the bird was not spotted for about 2 hours. Once birders moved into their cars and kept voices down it’s been seen twice in the span of about half an hour, each time the junco flock comes in.
The bird is coming to the bark chips and leaves by our front door where we have some rosemary and lavender planted. It comes in with the neighborhood flock of juncos.  Best viewing is from near the street corner by the fire hydrant or the entrance to our driveway.
Good birding all!~Heidi and JayBoise

Yes, same for me from Horseshoe Bend – hoping to be out there about 3pm if the bird is there, thanks!

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Richard Rusnak rarusnak62@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 9:35:16 AM
To: John Powell
Cc: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [IBLE] RE: Magnolia Warbler in Boise

Same for me, making an attempt about 5 pm, please post sightings today, Cheers Rich, Nampa

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On Nov 1, 2019, at 6:49 AM, John Powell johnpowell20@hotmail.com [ible] <ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I will be in the Boise area today. I would really appreciate any updates on the Magnolia Warbler if anyone goes looking.

Thanks in advance!

John in Cascade

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com <ible@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] <ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 6:45:10 AM
To: Jason Talbot <jason.talbot1@yahoo.com>
Cc: IBLE <ible@yahoogroups.com>; Larry Arnold <larnold47@cableone.net>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Magnolia Warbler in Boise

great find, Jason !!
looks like a 3rd report / will be accepted record / for Ada County, but a * first * for our collective Boise River Greenbelt database, woohoo !!
and it looks like other birders are finding it and adding photos to eBird….. Ceredig’s are amazing !!!
sincere thx for quick reporting JT…. =)

Larry

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From: “Jason Talbot jason.talbot1@yahoo.com [ible]” <ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com>
To: “IBLE” <ible@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:48:24 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Magnolia Warbler in Boise

See checklist for details eBird Checklist – 30 Oct 2019 – Lucky Peak SP–Discovery Unit – 23 species

eBird Checklist – 30 Oct 2019 – Lucky Peak SP–Discovery Unit – 23 species

Submitted by Jason Talbot.

Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Jason