Tom,
I thought I saw an osprey sitting on the cell tower by the water treatment plant off Veterans Parkway, late this morning. Since I was driving, I didn’t get a clear look, but figured it had to
be an osprey or bald eagle.
Tom Soniville
Boise West Bench
I’m not sure how many folks have already seen an Osprey this year, but my FOY came by yesterday as I was biking the greenbelt. Some other birds have become harder to find, and today I had to extend my ride to Hulls Gulch in order to keep my string of 40-bird days going. (33 days and counting)
I agree with Larry Arnold that birding is perfect during this Covid crazy time, but the greenbelt was more like a weekend yesterday because of all the closures. Today the cold seemed to reduce the numbers.
Tom McCabe, Boise
Yesterday afternoon there were well over a thousand swans in a field on the northeast corner of the north Menan butte. Many geese (Canada) and ducks. To date I’ve seen no Snow Geese in the general Menan/Roberst area.
and we’d take a corvid over a covid any old day 😉
we’ve been relishing in the thought that birding is a perfect fix for our current dystopian reality, since we’re usually in the outback where we see few hominids of any origin
if gas stations close we’ll bike-bird the Boise greenbelt even more…
eh?
here hummer hummer hummer…
Larry
To serenade us during Covid isolation the Sandhill Cranes arrived yesterday morning, about 5 days earlier than in the past.
Come on Bluebirds and Hummers!
Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom
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