Thank Godwit (marbled)

Still adding photos from a morning birding at Sugarloaf in Valley County.  https://ebird.org/checklist/S71298275

 But, the big surprise – which wouldn’t have happened without a bored spouse benched from the ice rink due to Covid 19, an electric trolling motor, and a startling view of them lifting off 200 yards away, was 100+ Marbled Godwits, parked on the east side near HWY 55 among Canadian geese, pelicans, and other waterfowl.  What gorgeous critters.

Liz Medes
Emmett (the east side)

Re: Idaho Birds and IBRC AOS/Website updates

Yes. I’m to blame. I took on the task of updating the checklist. I found the abundance codes far too cumbersome for readability on a small field checklist and made the choice to eliminate the codes because they are located in the list of Idaho review species, which can also be found on the IBRC website. This downloadable excel file can be found at – ibrc.idahobirds.net/review-species.
Thanks for the feedback
Darren Clark
Rexburg, ID