Greetings, IBLE: Today in Valley Count 3/31: 2 Tundra swans, on frozen pond (S. side of road) about 2 miles E. on Warm Lake Rd, from Highway 55.
Also fun Snow geese sighting, from Big creek summit while snowshoeing, 2 large multilayered V formations, about 600+ geese heading NE, elevation 9000+.. We saw 3 waves of high flying snow geese today from this Big creek summit area.
Happy trails, Rich

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From: ‘Tom McCabe’ tmccabe9@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:54 PM
To: ‘IBLE’
Subject: [IBLE] Sandhill Cranes

 
While out in the yard completing my “honey-do’s” I suddenly heard Sandhill Cranes. But looking up, I couldn’t see any birds. I grabbed binos, but still no luck. Finally, while up on a step ladder, I saw a flock of 40-50 Sandhills pass in front of a puffy white cloud. Only then could I see them. They were way up, so they took a long time to traverse the open sky above my yard. After they got beyond the cloud, without binos they were just dark dots against a blue sky. When the surrounding trees cut off my view, I could still hear them. Way cool.
Tom McCabe, Boise