No luck from 1440 – 1545. Red-breasted Nuthatches and Juncos were busy
after Heidi tossed fresh seed on the ground.

Diann Stone. Boise

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 12:04 PM Heidi Ware heidithebirdnerd@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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>
> Hi IBLE,
>
> Hopefully this post comes through? I just got a batch of Magnolia Warbler
> posts from a few days ago that didn’t get to me until this morning.
>
> As many have seen on eBird and Facebook, we have an Ovenbird currently
> coming to our house and a number of birders have been able to see it.
> Location/info here: eBird Checklist – 1 Nov 2019 – Bitteroot House – 2
> species (+1 other taxa)
>
> For those who would like to see it, all are welcome to come any time.
>
> We’d like to stress that if you would like to see the bird it is best to
> stay quiet and best to view from inside your vehicles. When there was a lot
> of birder activity this morning the bird was not spotted for about 2 hours.
> Once birders moved into their cars and kept voices down it’s been seen
> twice in the span of about half an hour, each time the junco flock comes in.
>
> The bird is coming to the bark chips and leaves by our front door where we
> have some rosemary and lavender planted. It comes in with the neighborhood
> flock of juncos. Best viewing is from near the street corner by the fire
> hydrant or the entrance to our driveway.
>
> Good birding all!
> ~Heidi and Jay
> Boise
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>