hitting Ted Trueblood, Jack’s Creek, Bruneau Duck Ponds, AFR dam to Willow Bay last Thursday……

the only bird we had to verify in eBird across S Idaho was GT Grackle, but this has been a break-out year for them !!??

1000s of gulls and terns at AFR dam to Willow Bay, whoa Nellie!!

Yes, GT Grackles have been spreading across southern Oregon too! They used to only be at Summer Lake, but now they have shown up in several more locations, and spread out a bit too. Really neat!

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ruddy Duck

California Quail

Ring-necked Pheasant

Pied-billed Grebe

Western Grebe

Clark’s Grebe

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Virginia Rail

Sora

American Coot

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Killdeer

Marbled Godwit

Least Sandpiper

peep sp.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson’s Snipe

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Bonaparte’s Gull

Franklin’s Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Caspian Tern

Common Tern

Forster’s Tern

Double-crested Cormorant

American White Pelican

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret 21 at Seagull Bay

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White-faced Ibis

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Bald Eagle

Swainson’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Belted Kingfisher

American Kestrel

Western Kingbird

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

Barn Swallow

swallow sp.

Marsh Wren

European Starling

American Goldfinch

Song Sparrow

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Red-winged Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle 10 near Grand View

Yellow Warbler

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