Hello folks!
The Boise Christmas Bird Count was today, and we did well with a rough count of 102 species and a few more for count week. Thanks to everyone who counted today! Count week lasts until the end of the day on Tuesday. Count week species don’t count towards our overall numbers, but can be added to the species list. I’ve made a list of birds we missed on the count today. If you’re out birding in Boise in the next three days, please keep and eye out or consider searching for these species:
- Mute Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Redhead
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Chukar
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Short-billed (Mew) Gull
- Northern Goshawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (rare but recently seen along the greenbelt near Veteran’s Memorial Park, in the same area as the Black-and-white Warbler)
- Peregrine Falcon
- Horned Lark
- Marsh Wren
- Rock Wren
- American Pipit
- American Tree Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
If you find one of these within the count area, please report to eBird and email me (lucianjdavis@…).
Thanks and good luck!
-Lucian