Has anyone seen the Common Crane Today? 11/20/20
Tim Teal
Payette, ID
Common Crane Continues: 20 November
Jacob Briggs reports (on Facebook) that the Common Crane was still present (and eventually flew elsewhere) near Fairfield this morning. Jacob’s full post follows:
“My father and I found the crane just after 9am today at about these coordinates: 43.300005,-114.732729 . We observed him feeding in a field for about 25 minutes. He eventually flew high out of the field and headed southwest.
I watched the bird in my binoculars until it was no longer visible in some fog. Quite a few birders showed up after that so hopefully it will be relocated.”
Thanks to Jacob and everyone for the continued updates.
Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, Idaho
Re: ah, the new improved eBird……
Thanks for the eBird tips, Carl.
Find if I just type “Ada” and add a comma it prompts for Ada, Idaho. Bingo! Like Larry, I noticed the “Top100” button is there on the Explore page.
Re: ah, the new improved eBird……
thx 10^6 Mr. Carl =)
have always accessed it thus:
at opening dashboard…
touch “Explore”
then “top 100”
start entering “ada” into region
et voila !!! it’s back already, 5th line down, hmmmmm……
fortune cookie say ” Carl is Magician !! “
Re: ah, the new improved eBird……
Ah, the way that regions are sorted when searching “Explore Regions” has apparently changed since the database migration. I just type “Ada, ID” and it comes right up. I also have the page for my home county bookmarked in my browser, so that I can always access it with one click.
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, Idaho
Re: ah, the new improved eBird……
Sigh! I know what you mean Larry about Cornell kind of messing with ebird just for the sake of change it would seem. You have to type in Ada as normally but when the scroll of places pops up you have to scroll waaaaay down the line to find Ada Co. We’re behind Alaska and Alabama now but still ahead of the other US places that start with AD.
Re: ah, the new improved eBird……
Hi Larry,
It’s not clear to me what page you are looking at, but from the Ada County overview page (Explore Regions -> Ada County) the Top 100 (now labeled “Top eBirders”) is on the right hand side underneath “Top Media” and “Recent Visits”.
I’m happy to help more if you can provide additional clarification.
Best,
Carl🙂
ah, the new improved eBird……
looks like the ” dashboard ” is continually changing, which is a serious distraction for geezers who have limited patience searching for / actually finding / once-common functions, e.g.,
looks like Ada County was lost somewhere in the belly of the beast, e.g., #2
where did the ” Top 100 ” for said county disappear to ? is it hidden somewhere new ? or did we simply fall off the edge, into an abyss ? ? ?
whereas, other counties in other states have not similarly disappeared………
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ H~E~L~P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Re: Common Crane photo’d on private land in Camas Prairie area (SW of Fairfield) yesterday
A regular sedan is probably fine. High clearance is not needed but the road can be muddy in the afternoon so the traction from a 4×4 or all-wheel drive would be more secure.
Bob Davis
Idaho Falls
Re: Common Crane photo’d on private land in Camas Prairie area (SW of Fairfield) yesterday
really cool that you found the Snow Buntings … I lost our messenger call but was 20 miles aways and decided that since it was late and not a lifer not to turn around 🙂
On Nov 19, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Robert Mortensen <birdingisfun@…> wrote:
The Common Crane was still being seen at 2:30pm. Ken Miracle helped get me on it and I was able to get a couple other birders on it before I left. On my way out, at the intersection of the first road off the highway I found a large mixed flock of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings. Snow Bunting has been a 15-year nemesis bird for me… until today!
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