On Dec 15, 2019, at 10:31 AM, Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad@…> wrote:

This morning I found a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS at the “Pump Station Overlook” (check the eBird hotspot for exact location) on the Clearwater River a few miles east of Lewiston on US-12.  They flew down river, but Katie Sorenson refound them back at the overlook at 9:15, and half a dozen of us are currently enjoying them for the Lewiston CBC.  Photos will be up on eBird, later.

Good Birding,

Carl Lundblad 

Moscow, Idaho

Good Birding,

Carl Lundblad 

Moscow, Idaho

Eamon Harrity, Lukas Grossfurthner, and I thoroughly covered the University of Idaho campus for today’s Moscow-Pullman CBC.  Despite snow showers and dense fog for much of the day, we had pretty good luck.  Our best bird was a female PURPLE FINCH in the UI Arboretum (pictures on ebird:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S62295686 and (better) by Kas Dumroese, also on eBird).  We returned to the Arboretum at the end of the day and had great views of the continuing immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK and two Merlins.  Other highlights included one EVENING GROSBEAK, 11 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at 2 locations (rare in winter on the Palouse), 3 day-roosting Great-horned Owls, and 8 BREWERS’S BLACKBIRDS.  The full eBird day list from our territory is below.  Sounds like it should be a good count with many rare species, lots of water birds afforded by the open water, and also some interesting misses.

Congratulations all on the Count. 

I love how the eBird app summarizes my day for the Boise CBC!

j.talbot
eBird Checklist Summary for: Dec 14, 2019

Number of Checklists: 5
Number of Taxa: 64

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): CBC Area 9 Neighborhoods
Date: Dec 14, 2019 at 11:46 AM
(2): Peggy’s Trail
Date: Dec 14, 2019 at 12:30 PM
(3): Boise River Greenbelt at Garden City West Bridge
Date: Dec 14, 2019 at 8:26 AM
(4): Sage Glenn Culdesac (Pierce Park Ln)
Date: Dec 14, 2019 at 4:35 PM
(5): Dry Creek Cemetery
Date: Dec 14, 2019 at 5:02 PM

1 Snow Goose — (3)
264 Canada Goose — (1),(2),(3)
15 Wood Duck — (1),(3)
1 Northern Shoveler — (3)
8 Gadwall — (3)
8 American Wigeon — (1),(3)
150 Mallard — (1),(3)
13 Green-winged Teal — (3)
1 Redhead — (3)
8 Ring-necked Duck — (1),(3)
11 Bufflehead — (3)
17 Common Goldeneye — (1),(3)
1 Barrow’s Goldeneye — (3)
14 Hooded Merganser — (3)
13 Common Merganser — (3)
154 California Quail — (2),(3),(4)
19 Wild Turkey — (4)
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) — (3)
17 Mourning Dove — (1),(3)
2 American Coot — (3)
2 Ring-billed Gull — (3)
40 gull sp. — (3)
4 Double-crested Cormorant — (3)
3 Great Blue Heron — (3)
1 Golden Eagle — (2)
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk — (2),(3)
2 Cooper’s Hawk — (2),(3)
3 Bald Eagle — (3)
4 Red-tailed Hawk — (2),(3)
2 Western Screech-Owl — (5)
1 Great Horned Owl — (5)
6 Belted Kingfisher — (3)
7 Downy Woodpecker — (1),(2),(3)
1 Hairy Woodpecker — (3)
8 Northern Flicker — (1),(2),(3)
4 American Kestrel — (2),(3)
1 Merlin — (5)
30 Black-billed Magpie — (1),(2),(3)
70 American Crow — (1),(3)
6 Common Raven — (2),(3)
30 Black-capped Chickadee — (1),(2),(3)
1 Horned Lark — (2)
2 Bushtit — (2)
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet — (2)
11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet — (1),(2),(3)
4 Red-breasted Nuthatch — (1),(3)
2 White-breasted Nuthatch — (3)
1 Brown Creeper — (3)
1 Canyon Wren — (2)
6 Bewick’s Wren — (3)
30 European Starling — (3)
4 Townsend’s Solitaire — (1),(2)
2 American Robin — (3)
7 Cedar Waxwing — (3)
7 Evening Grosbeak — (2),(3)
9 House Finch — (1),(3)
11 Lesser Goldfinch — (1),(3)
20 American Goldfinch — (2),(3)
35 Dark-eyed Junco — (1),(2),(3)
7 White-crowned Sparrow — (3)
13 Song Sparrow — (1),(3)
1 Western Meadowlark — (2)
400 Red-winged Blackbird — (3)
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler — (3)

This trip summary was created using the eBird app for iPhone and iPad.
See eBird for more information.