Monthly Archives: December 2020

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Raptors

I birded along U.S. Hwy. 20 from Mountain Home to Fairfield, Camas County, yesterday. Many birds of prey perched on roadside utility poles. The variability in the plumage of Red-tailed Hawks is striking, especially between Redtails of the mid-Atlantic (I lived and birded in Pennsylvania for 21 years) and those of the Great Basin.
The best find for me yesterday was a Rough-legged Hawk (photo attached).
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home

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Alan C Gregory
Lt. Col., USAF, Ret.
Mountain Home, ID
Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member
Member, North American Butterfly Association

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A very happy / beautiful / birdie / family day to each and every one of us !!

 

I had recently written a limerick to our oldest granddaughter, Olivia age 7, hinting that she might some day write her own book.  Yesterday during our brief visit with her and family in Twin Falls to exchange gifts and holiday wishes, she showed us two “books” she had just “published” – one about her favorite birds and what they eat – very cute and much fun !!    =)

 

Hoping for safe and memorable holidays for all of us on IBLE, stuff that brings us lasting smiles, eh?

 

Larry and Missy

Boise

 

 

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Common Redpoll

I want to report a very probable sighting of a Common Redpoll near Victory Rd and Cloverdale. If you turn east off Cloverdale a few blocks to the intersection of Hollandale Dr. and Sumpter you will note a large school on the NE corner. On the SE corner you will note a large ravine/ditch (Eightmile Creek) that courses SE with an adjacent gravel path. This is in Area #7 for Ann Swanson and myself. If you go, you will note the beginning of bird feeders along the fence on your right (houses). This is the area where I saw a small finch with a light head and a pink/red oval crown spot. It was a brief look with no chance for a photo but I have seen several redpolls in the past (most recently in Nov. near Glacier Park) and I immediately said “Redpoll”. It had a small light bill with dark lores and the pink/red was confined to that one crown spot so it was most definitely not a House Finch. I did not see a pink breast. We couldn’t relocate it but I will try tomorrow and the 27th. I thought others might be inclined to look for it.
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