Looks like at least some of them are red-winged blackbirds. Could be a mixed flock of several species of blackbirds. In the second photo, I think I’m seeing the red epaulets on some of the birds.
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Unknown sp.
Anyone have an idea of what species these birds are? I photographed the flock over sage flats a mile or so from Old Highway 30 in Elmore County this afternoon. When I think of songbirds flocking in winter, I think of House Sparrows. No human activity in this area. Just sagebrush
Alan in Mountain Home
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Covid – birding
Happy New Year
Dear Birders,
Hope you all are fine; we are doing a short study how COVID-19 has changed birding. Please help us and answer a few questions, that take some minutes. You can also forward the link to others.
https://www.soscisurvey.de/birdwatchers/
The study is in several languages and we would be happy for your participation. The study is hosted by the University of Tübingen, and run by a team of people, also being birders.
Stay healthy and good birding,
Christoph
Christoph Randler eBirdprofile: https://ebird.org/profile/NTM0NTM1/world
Re: Great gray owl is still at Montour
Well, I thought I attached the image. I’ll try again with it pasted in.
Re: Great gray owl is still at Montour
I have found the Crossley ID Guide for Raptors to be a great resource. The format is too big to be considered a field guide, but I like to compare photos taken in the field with the photos in the book.
I’ve attached a poorly scanned image from the spread on Bald Eagles in flight — adult, subadult, and immature.
Leanne Lloyd-Fairey
Emmett, ID
Re: Great gray owl is still at Montour
Thanks to all of you for the education. I had no idea there was such a thing as wing pits. I wondered about the smaller raptor being a red tail, but it seemed too white underneath. I may just go back to small, medium and large for classifying raptors.
Tom Soniville
Re: Great gray owl is still at Montour
Good pointer on ID of the Bald Eagle.
I never even looked at the hawk … your correct … dark pataglia and there is actually a belly band all that point to a Red-tailed Hawk.
On Jan 6, 2021, at 5:33 PM, Dave & Brenda Pace <dbpace@q.com> wrote:
Tom,Some very knowledgeable raptor ID people shared with me many years ago that if there is any white in the birds wing pits it is an immature Bald Eagle. Immature goldens can have white out on their wings but never in their wing pits. In your second photo with the smaller raptor coming in inline and behind the eagle you can see the white wing pits very well.On a side note the other bird looks more like a Red-Tail to me than a harrier with the dark leading edges on his wings and the belly band.Seems like the white wing pits cue isn’t well known so I thought I would share what I had learned.Dave PaceIdaho Falls, IDFrom: Tom & Susan SonivilleSent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 10:04 AMTo: IBLE@groups.ioSubject: Re: [IBLE] Great gray owl is still at MontourThanks to some kind guidance from an IBLEer, we were able to see the Great Gray yesterday. It was a great treat. If you are out that way, don’t miss all the other raptors in the area. We saw a Kestrel, a Sharp-Shinned hawk, multiple Red Tails, at least one Harrier, and what I believe is an immature Golden Eagle. A Harrier and the eagle were involved in some aerial jousting. I would appreciate any feedback on whether this is a Golden or a Bald. We also saw an adult Bald between Sweet and Ola.Combine that with great weather and some kind people and was a wonderful day.Tom SonivilleWest Bench BoiseFrom: IBLE@groups.io <IBLE@groups.io> On Behalf Of Ken Miracle via groups.io
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2021 8:01 AM
To: IBLE@groups.io
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Great gray owl is still at Montour🙂 a number of us were there Saturday afternoon and did not find it … how dare those birds have wings and move around and hide from us.…and was still there yesterday (Sunday) PM.John ShortisOn Friday, January 1, 2021, 06:48:29 PM MST, Louisa Evers <elouisa603@…> wrote:At least one great gray remains in the vicinity of the Montour Road-Main Street intersection<LE4_2309.jpg>
—Louisa Evers<LE4_2309.jpg>Ken Miracle
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“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
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Tom Soniville
Boise. North End
Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
Re: Great gray owl is still at Montour
Tom,
Some very knowledgeable raptor ID people shared with me many years ago that
if there is any white in the birds wing pits it is an immature Bald Eagle.
Immature goldens can have white out on their wings but never in their wing
pits. In your second photo with the smaller raptor coming in inline and
behind the eagle you can see the white wing pits very well.
if there is any white in the birds wing pits it is an immature Bald Eagle.
Immature goldens can have white out on their wings but never in their wing
pits. In your second photo with the smaller raptor coming in inline and
behind the eagle you can see the white wing pits very well.
On a side note the other bird looks more like a Red-Tail to me than a
harrier with the dark leading edges on his wings and the belly band.
harrier with the dark leading edges on his wings and the belly band.
Seems like the white wing pits cue isn’t well known so I thought I would
share what I had learned.
share what I had learned.
Dave Pace
Idaho Falls, ID
Kestrel
I watched an American Kestrel catch prey yesterday along Old Highway 30, Elmore County. Here are pics of the raptor eating atop a utility pole and another shot of the gird after its meal.
Alan Gregory
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Re: Great gray owl is still at Montour
Ken,
Thanks for the pictures, I had not known about the wing patches from other pictures I looked at.
Tom