Re: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Gem County

David,

Apologies, I don’t think it was shared to IBLE (it was posted on eBird and Facebook). Katie Sorenson and I found a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sunday afternoon at the Thornock Ponds in Gem county, just outside of Emmett. Carter Strope and Liz Medes saw it a few hours later, but other attempts have not had luck refinding the bird.
My eBird checklist with details: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120343473
Peter

No Birds

We have an excellent seed and chokecherry/service berry crop, so all my seed customers are up in the woods. The only things flying around here are magpies, turkeys, until someone starts shooting at them (not on my property), the occasional Redtail, Box Elder bugs, and hornets.

Bill Moore
Hoot Owl Rd
Inkom

Re: Parasitic Jaeger Wilson Lake Reservoir 9:13 AM 10-4-22

Not that I saw that time. I did see it take a fish from one way out it in the lake but no good photos too much atmospheric disturbance close to the water with water warmer than the air this morning.

On Oct 4, 2022, at 10:33 PM, Russ Manwaring <rem.lwmanwaring@…> wrote:


Did it actually get something from the gull as result of harassment?

On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 7:19 PM Ken Miracle via groups.io <chukar28=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:
10-4-22 Wilson Lake Reservoir Jerome County, Idaho Parasitic Jaeger and Ring-billed Gull. My favorite sequence of this interaction between another lifer for me a Parasitic Jaeger and the Ring-billed Gull it was harassing. They are called parasitic because they steal the fish or other meals from other birds. This sequence took less than 3 seconds.

It was still there when I left at 9:25 AM
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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



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Russ Manwaring
Emmett,  ID

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

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