Recently, we returned from a trip to Teton Village & Teton Nat’l Pk with our son, daughter-in-law &, most importantly, our grandson! It was our grandson’s birthday & they had flown into Jackson Airport where we all met, then started our daily adventures. Spent part of our time at Teton Village riding tram & gondolas.
We took the Wildfire Trail to Sweetwater Gondola top, to ride back down. Along the way, Pop-pop (me) was getting a bit pooped-pooped! So, sat down on a bench & started glassing slope & trees. Behind me, heard, so blurted out, “Quick, three beers!” My son stated he thought Pop-pop had lost it & that he only had water to offer. About then, the Olive-sided Flycatcher landed on a nearby perch.
Had been a few yrs since hearing & observing one, so a fun sighting! And, son & 6-y/o grandson were glad that Pop-pop wasn’t “losing it”, afterall! Nana did what all Nanas do, & just rolled her eyes…
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
It was great to see you yesterday and thanks for being a beacon to the Baird’s.
It was a bit warmer than the time Pat and I met you at the cemetery in Caldwell chasing White-winged Crossbills 🙂
I did the circumnavigation of the reservoir and found the Bairds in several small flocks on their own and mostly mixed in with Western Sandpipers. I found them all the way to the toe the far end by the dam.
I did see you and Pat out there birding together as I got back and met my wife. Margie said she got to talk to Pat and Ruby.
It was a cool day of birding and amazing to see how the water levels have held up into August.
When I got home I saw Carter Strope post to FB Idaho Rare Birds page and his input on the 4 juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers he saw early yesterday morning.
I had seen a small flock of 4 Dowitchers that looked a bit different but since I was looking for Bairds I took a few shots and moved on. When I culled through a few thousand images I ran found those and low and behold they were a good match for the 4 birds described by Carter as juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers.
On Aug 10, 2023, at 5:49 PM, jmeredit via groups.io <jmeredit@…> wrote:
Thanks Pat. Good to share findings. Hope you got the chair back. Judy
On 2023-08-10 16:18, Pat McGrane wrote:
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Judy, It was nice seeing you the other day. I saw your eBird checklist with the 17 Baird’s so I decided to take a look yesterday. While sitting on the North shore, a flock of 25 Baird’s landed right in front of me. I counted them three times and watched them for 10 minutes. As I got up, they flew a sort way down the shore. When I got to the South side, I found small groups of Baird’s scattered along the shoreline all the way to the parking lot. They may have been the same birds as on the North side, or there may be more than 25. Good find. Take care.
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
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
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