I could see it from my deck in the boise Highlands. 
Re: Comet
Get away from city light pollution and wait until 11 pm or so. You also need a low horizon and no trees or structures. I saw it in Donnelly but not in Boise. Perhaps between Hidden Springs and 55.
Dean
Re: Comet
I’ve seen it every night for the last 4 nights from my front yard in the North End of Boise. A better vantage point was part way up Bogus Basin Road, but you’ve got to be alert because every turnout seemed to be occupied by people with binoculars. The darker the sky, the better the view, obviously.
Once I can see the Big Dipper, then I can find the comet.
Tom McCabe
Re: Comet
A friend in Boise mentioned viewing it from the top of Pierce Park Road. We couldn’t see it here in Emmett until it was slap dark. After 11:00 p.m.
Liz
Re: Comet
Craters was good last night. We found three good locations.
Comet
Has any One found a good location in s.w. idaho to view neowise i’ve tried 3 locations no luck
Re: Nighthawk nap
He’s a dandy, Elizabeth. A beautiful photo.
Nighthawk nap
This handsome fella, usually found up in our front maple, was taking it easy in the 92 degree heat on our road. I got too close and he flew back up to his roosting spot, where he’s still calling. Hope the pic shows up correctly.
Liz
Emmett ID
Re: [eBird Alert] Ada County Rare Bird Alert
Thanks as well Carl for the explanation. I am not sure I have ever seen the High vs Low filters explained before. This also may explain why sightings of birds like Yellow-breasted Chats and Black-headed Grosbeaks from high up in the Boise foothills are flagged as rare even though essentially every list submitted at the specific locations have the birds. So, the bird may be common at the location but rare in the overall area.
Scott Tuthill
Re: Comet Neowise and rarefied air….
Golly, great photo MaDWhitham!
Larry, c’était un plaisir.
Anyone else think that Clark’s Nutcrackers are the magpies of higher elevations?… kinda noisy, crafty, persistent thiefs of songbird territory? Inquiring minds want to know.
So, back up at Ola Summit today and things have quieted down; a handful of Lewis woodpeckers, rock wrens, no sapsuckers, beaucoup meadowlarks, lazuli buntings persist but songs are changing yet again. Swear I heard a canyon wren but birding partner demures.
Leaving you with a little humor from the NYer – https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/oh-to-be-a-migratory-bird
Liz Medes
Emmett (the east side)