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Hoot Owl Arrivals

Recent birds showing up:

Couple Bald Eagles working the hills off and on, see them every few days,

Juncos returned, don’t see them often in winter,

Flickers,

Rosyfinches returned today, several.

Redwings, Grosbeaks, magpies, goldfinches, Hairy Woodpecker, siskens, chickadees, and fellow travelers gobs of Turkeys.

Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom

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Red-breasted Merganser


I’m not sure how common this bird is for everybody else in the Boise area, but I only rarely see them. So, I was quite pleased and surprised when I found a pair at the back pond at Esther Simplot Park. This
is the pond that parallels the Veterans Park Pond and is divided from VPP by a ditch and a pair of embankments. I first noticed the birds yesterday when looking at a bunch of Common Mergansers and a few Hooded. I can’t remember ever seeing all 3 species hanging
out in the same location, so an even bigger treat.

Anyway, if they’re on your must-see list, you now know where to find them.

Tom McCabe, Boise

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Re: Species calls Identification

Sandhill Cranes.

Cliff

On 3/1/25 09:27AM, Beverly Taylor via
groups.io wrote:

Yesterday I was standing outside with a few people in Eagle,
and we heard a group of birds fly over making calls we could not
identify. No one had Merlin on their phone! One of the people
had an older video she had taken while in McCall of the same
calls. Can anyone identify the bird species?
Many thanks!
Bev
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@...

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