Impressive group of Eagles! Reminds me of Alaska days. Continue to enjoy your deck sitting. And thanks for the report.
Diann Stone
Boise Depot Bench
Sitting on Back Deck
Sitting on back deck as I write this & in past 15 min: 2 new spring arrivals: 1 ea: adult male Black-headed Grosbeak & a Yellow Warbler. Also, overhead, 7 Bald Eagles (6 adult, 1 imm, 4 in one group), 1 adult Golden Eagle, 1 Red-tailed Hawk & 75 White Pelicans in various groupings. 5 Wild Turkey in backyard, including a displaying tom. Reason I always have my binocs handy, even when reading a book on the deck.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Re: Forster’s Tern
Thanks so much for the info Louisa and Ken! Very helpful and I appreciate it.
Virginia
Re: Murphy ‘s law
isn’t that always the case! I’m still learning the Canon 9D and in the process of trying to change the settings I missed a close up of an osprey at the park near the snake river in Marsing. Osprey flew over me ! Would have been a great close up.
Re: Black-chinneds
I had a similar result here in the North End of Boise. No visitors except for one UFO, cleaned the feeders, and today had a Calliope. Happy, happy.
Tom McCabe, Boise
Re: Forster’s Tern
I am glad Louisa got to this first. I would have forgot to mention the slippery and sticky.
Two times I wear my “muck” boots there when it has been raining a lot and when the water is receding and leaving a lot of fresh mud around the lake.
On May 5, 2023, at 9:12 PM, Louisa Evers <elouisa603@…> wrote:
The mud can be quite bad. The soils there have a lot of clay in them so can become quite slippery and sticky. I suggest staying on the high ground until things dry out. A lot depends on how much rain we actually get.On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 10:16 Virginia Rivers <riverscapes@…> wrote:A general question to IBLE members about Black’s Creek Reservoir. How bad is the mud after a week or so of rain, as is predicted for our area?I’m somewhat of a ‘newbie’ to this area, so looking for info to help plan my photo days there.Thank you,Virginia🌿🌿🌿On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 8:55 PM John Shortis via groups.io <john_shortis=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:Hi birders everyone,Today, Amy Bechtel & I observed a Forster’s Tern swimming at Black’s Creek Reservoir, way over to the left of the entrance in the widest part of the now quite extensive lake. The bird was not feeding, just sitting there on the water.My question is, I wonder if this swimming habit is particular to this species. Having observed Common & Arctic Terns (or Comic Tens as the British often refer to them collectively), on & off over the last 60 years or so, I have never seen either of these species swimming. Always actively feeding & plunge diving into the water as you would expect from terns.Can anyone confirm if this is indeed peculiar to the Forster’s Tern? Is it merely their way of resting having completed their migration?Fun birding,John Shortis.—
Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
Re: Forster’s Tern
The mud can be quite bad. The soils there have a lot of clay in them so can become quite slippery and sticky. I suggest staying on the high ground until things dry out. A lot depends on how much rain we actually get.
Black-chinneds
Put out the nectar feeder last WK. No visitors. Cleaned out & refilled this AM. Just had my first-of-yr male black-chinned hummingbird come into the feeder this afternoon.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Re: Forster’s Tern
A general question to IBLE members about Black’s Creek Reservoir. How bad is the mud after a week or so of rain, as is predicted for our area?
I’m somewhat of a ‘newbie’ to this area, so looking for info to help plan my photo days there.
Thank you,
Virginia
🌿🌿🌿
Murphy ‘s law
I did not take my camera today it was not acting right we drove past Owyhee dam to.mcormac state camp gr.isaw 2 says phoebe w.king brds.on nest.2 Robin’s & 2lesser gold finches that I needed for .my photo list