Myself and others have seen the following birds for count week so far. These birds were found and relocated by several different individuals that I won’t take time to mention. I wanted to make people aware for count day on Saturday with the knowledge that I have. My eBird checklists include details for the rarities that I’ve seen.
Hyatt Hidden Lakes – Swamp Sparrow, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Spotted Towhee, Red Crossbill (flyover). Also seen recently: Lincoln’s Sparrow & Marsh Wren
Five Mile & Victory Wetland – Varied Thrush, Townsend’s Solitaire
Dry Creek Cemetery – Seen recently – Anna’s Hummingbird (listen for it in the morning at the southeast entrance off Hill Rd). Townsend’s Solitaire
Dallas Hall Memorial Pathway – Swamp Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Bewick’s Wren
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Grounds – Barred Owl, Bewick’s Wren (we may not need to mention Bewick’s Wren anymore – I see them everywhere in Boise now)
Hulls Gulch – Seen recently – Northern Goshawk, Hermit Thrush, Townsend’s Solitaire
Esther Simplot Park & vicinity – Brant
I’ve also noticed a couple Say’s Phoebe’s and White-breasted Nuthatches in the valley recently.
Good luck and Happy Birding!
Jason
another adventure, far and away, not long ago……..
LA
Barred Owl (Strix varia) (1)
– Reported Dec 11, 2019 16:00 by Emmett Iverson
– Barred Owl, Davis (General Location, not exact address), Yolo, California
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=38.53856,-121.703461&ll=38.53856,-121.703461
– Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62238079
– Media: 2 Photos
– Comments: “Our story starts with step-brother-of-emmett Gregory’s casual flipping through of Instagram and spotting of a post by emmett’s-sister’s-mother-in-law of an owl roosting in her barn in Davis. A simple text of the photo to Emmett was followed by some frantic phone calls, a smidge of ID second-guessing, and a mad dash to south Davis, where Emmett and Gregory met Holly and Zane. We had just been granted permission to poke around the barn (after another half dozen phone calls to various family members), and within a short while we spotted it still roosting in the same location. We had yet to get a chance to chat with the homeowners about extending access, but managed to get Bart on the bird shortly before it flew out for the evening and perched on a nearby eucalyptus (where it both spat out a pellet and curiously watched some scrub-jays and known rat stomping grounds). We finally got to chat with the homeowners, who were delighted to have such a rare bird show up on their property, and happily invited Emmett to return with a group in the morning (visit being arranged for tomorrow AM only as of this time—feel free to contact Emmett at email listed on his ebird profile. If bird continues, we may be able to arrange more visits.). Pin was dropped not at the actual address of bird so as to protect the privacy of the homeowners.”
I know it doesn’t sound too exciting but we just had a N Flicker pass through the yard. Pretty unusual for this elevation/date. They’re around in early Nov but by now they pretty much depart for lower elevation. Maybe not exciting but pretty cool to see one toughing it out up here. Or maybe it was making a run for Ashton…
Cliff
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
@cliffweisse
What time of day did u see the swamp and American tree?? Thx
our local eBird rarity list is growing as CBC is looming….!!! =)
*** Species Summary:
– Brant (4 reports)
– Barred Owl (5 reports)
– Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (1 report)
– Swamp Sparrow (2 reports)
– Ovenbird (1 report)
– Common Yellowthroat (3 reports)
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