The background noise is still and issue but at least with my new hearing aides I can hear a Song Sparrow for the first time since 1965.

My biggest challenge is trying to figure out what that new sound is, somebodies loud car radio a half mile away or a bird 🙂

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 11:46 AM, LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] wrote:
>
>
>
> (apologies if I’ve previously posted this stuff)
>
> Because Treasure Valley has so much ambient noise… birding by ear is too much of a challenge, and/or maybe I need those hearing aids that allow you to tune in birds and tune out noise (traffic, aircraft, yada, yada, yada).
>
> eh?
>
> I grew up (in retirement) doing bird and vegetation transects for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory in *remote* areas of N Arizona and W Colorado (shhh, please, they’re still best kept secrets I think), where I could actually Hear the Birds! Little did I know how fast that particular ten years would fly by, nor did I fully appreciate these three basic necessities for birding… decent eyes, ears, brain.
>
> So, where exactly is that fountain of youth, and does Medicare cover it? Please send GPS coordinates…….
>
> Happy November birding, folks!
> S’s and G’s 😉
> Larry
>
>
>
>
>
>

Ken Miracle
chukar28@icloud.com
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

(apologies if I’ve previously posted this stuff)

Because Treasure Valley has so much ambient noise… birding by ear is too much of a challenge, and/or maybe I need those hearing aids that allow you to tune in birds and tune out noise (traffic, aircraft, yada, yada, yada).

eh?

I grew up (in retirement) doing bird and vegetation transects for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory in *remote* areas of N Arizona and W Colorado (shhh, please, they’re still best kept secrets I think), where I could actually Hear the Birds! Little did I know how fast that particular ten years would fly by, nor did I fully appreciate these three basic necessities for birding… decent eyes, ears, brain.

So, where exactly is that fountain of youth, and does Medicare cover it? Please send GPS coordinates…….

Happy November birding, folks!

S’s and G’s 😉

Larry

Thanks for reporting! Planning to try again Saturday.
Diann Stone. Boise

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 5:54 PM Danette H danette444@gmail.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi all,
> The Ovenbird appeared at 5:20 tonight.. I was watching for over an hour
> when it made a brief appearance before flying back up into the Spruce. As
> Heidi and Jay mentioned, best spot to look for bird is to view from your
> car parked on either side of their driveway.
> Thanks for finding such a great bird Heidi.
> Danette Henderson
> Boise
>
>

Missy and I spent many hours in the canyon today with no cell phone coverage, and just now have email to report that we got a brief look at the Magnolia at about 1105 hrs in trees just below the restroom parking area……..

in the ambient light and viewing angle that we had, two features stood out – broad dark undertail band and complete/narrow eyering ; wing bars were barely visible to us. Behaviorally, this warbler did not appear to forage, move around nor fly like a yellow-rumped, of which there were several in the area.

Earlier at Jay and Heidi’s we had dipped on the Ovenbird, and since that was about our last yard bird in Colorado before moving here, we wondered if Jay and Heidi will be moving soon? 😉

Larry and Missy
W Boise

From: “Danette H danette444@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 2:41:26 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Magnolia Warbler – No

Hi all,
Spent over 2 hours this morning looking but no luck. It was “birdier” closer to Sandy Point, where the paved walking trail enters the south end of the park. All the birds that were reported hanging out with the Magnolia were there but couldn’t find the rare visitor. Quite a few birders out, didn’t hear of anyone sighting the Magnolia today. Good luck to those searching. Made a quick check at Foote Park as well.
Danette Henderson
Boise

Hi all,
The Ovenbird appeared at 5:20 tonight. I was watching for over an hour when
it made a brief appearance before flying back up into the Spruce. As Heidi
and Jay mentioned, best spot to look for bird is to view from your car
parked on either side of their driveway.
Thanks for finding such a great bird Heidi.
Danette Henderson
Boise

Howdy,
This afternoon there was a Pacific Loon and about 13 Common Loons on the reservoir near the dam. Also present on the NW side were one Black Scoter and about 5 Surf Scoters. All were either females or juveniles. Many Eared Grebes and Am. Coots were also present, but no sign of the WWSC.
Good Birding,
Chuck Trost

Always forward, never straight…

No luck from 1440 – 1545. Red-breasted Nuthatches and Juncos were busy
after Heidi tossed fresh seed on the ground.

Diann Stone. Boise

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 12:04 PM Heidi Ware heidithebirdnerd@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi IBLE,
>
> Hopefully this post comes through? I just got a batch of Magnolia Warbler
> posts from a few days ago that didn’t get to me until this morning.
>
> As many have seen on eBird and Facebook, we have an Ovenbird currently
> coming to our house and a number of birders have been able to see it.
> Location/info here: eBird Checklist – 1 Nov 2019 – Bitteroot House – 2
> species (+1 other taxa)
>
> For those who would like to see it, all are welcome to come any time.
>
> We’d like to stress that if you would like to see the bird it is best to
> stay quiet and best to view from inside your vehicles. When there was a lot
> of birder activity this morning the bird was not spotted for about 2 hours.
> Once birders moved into their cars and kept voices down it’s been seen
> twice in the span of about half an hour, each time the junco flock comes in.
>
> The bird is coming to the bark chips and leaves by our front door where we
> have some rosemary and lavender planted. It comes in with the neighborhood
> flock of juncos. Best viewing is from near the street corner by the fire
> hydrant or the entrance to our driveway.
>
> Good birding all!
> ~Heidi and Jay
> Boise
>
>

I spent some time early afternoon at Discovery Park and after looking around and then
wandering up to beach by the dam, finally saw the Magnolia right next to my car. I
think it must have been the same area as Jason first saw it as the tree in one of the
videos looks like the one which was being worked by a nuthatch and flicker while I
was watching the warbler.

Thanks,
Chris

On 11/1/2019 2:41 PM, Danette H danette444@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
> Hi all,
> Spent over 2 hours this morning looking but no luck. It was “birdier” closer to
> Sandy Point, where the paved walking trail enters the south end of the park. All
> the birds that were reported hanging out with the Magnolia were there but couldn’t
> find the rare visitor. Quite a few birders out, didn’t hear of anyone sighting the
> Magnolia today. Good luck to those searching. Made a quick check at Foote Park as well.
> Danette Henderson
> Boise
>

Just looking at INaturalist. The flycatcher was seen on 9/21/19 in Fremont County.

Charles Swift made a comment asking the person who saw the bird to post it to Ebird.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

> On Nov 1, 2019, at 3:43 PM, Eric Rude rudeeric@isu.edu [ible] wrote:
>
> 
> Hi
>
> Not my observation, but I saw on iNaturalist a photo of what looked like a scissor-tailed flycatcher found a few miles north of Harriman State Park just off of Highway 20.
>
> Eric
>
> —
> Eric Rude
> Teacher: Forensic Science, Dual Credit Biology
> Pocatello High School
> Pocatello, Idaho
>

Hi

Not my observation, but I saw on iNaturalist a photo of what looked like a
scissor-tailed flycatcher found a few miles north of Harriman State Park
just off of Highway 20.

Eric

—
Eric Rude
Teacher: Forensic Science, Dual Credit Biology
Pocatello High School
Pocatello, Idaho