Henry,

Your bird reports from Sun Valley are such fun to read. This one especially
conveys your excitement and enthusiasm for birding while hiking the trails.
That is quite a varied list of birds. Thanks for posting it.

Diann Stone. Boise Depot Bench

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 4:07 PM Henry Griffin trumpetswan@comcast.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Today, my last day in Idaho this year, I hiked down Mt Baldy in Ketchum
> ID. I had two obvious highlights. First, was an absolute fallout of migrant
> passerines along the Bald Mountain Hiking Trail uphill from the Traverse
> Trail (the upper-elevation section). Highlights included multiple
> NASHVILLE, ORANGE-CROWNED, WILSON’S, MACGILLIVRAY’S, over 40 Y-RUMPED, & 26
> (!) TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS. BROWN CREEPERS were prolific. DUSKY & HAMMOND’S
> FLYCATCHERS were present and common species such as nuthatches and
> chickadees numbered in the dozens, possibly up to a hundred individuals of
> a few species. It was INCREDIBLE — birds were just dripping off the trees!
> Secondly, near the lowest heavily-wooded switchback on the Warm Springs
> Bike Trail much closer to the base of the mountain, I had my best looks
> ever of a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. I spent 45 minutes photographing the
> beauty. So if you are in the area, get up on Mt. Baldy! Today was truly one
> of those birding days to remember.
> -Henry
>
> Henry Griffin
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Today, my last day in Idaho this year, I hiked down Mt Baldy in Ketchum ID. I had two obvious highlights. First, was an absolute fallout of migrant passerines along the Bald Mountain Hiking Trail uphill from the Traverse Trail (the upper-elevation section). Highlights included multiple NASHVILLE, ORANGE-CROWNED, WILSON’S, MACGILLIVRAY’S, over 40 Y-RUMPED, & 26 (!) TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS. BROWN CREEPERS were prolific. DUSKY & HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHERS were present and common species such as nuthatches and chickadees numbered in the dozens, possibly up to a hundred individuals of a few species. It was INCREDIBLE — birds were just dripping off the trees! Secondly, near the lowest heavily-wooded switchback on the Warm Springs Bike Trail much closer to the base of the mountain, I had my best looks ever of a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. I spent 45 minutes photographing the beauty. So if you are in the area, get up on Mt. Baldy! Today was truly one of those birding days to remember.
-Henry

Henry Griffin
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yeah…. this bit of weather has shifted our hums around a bit….. still quite a few black-chins and at least one rufous this morning cussing out all the others
our numbers might be about 30% of max, and from prior history we expect both BC and RU for another 3-4-5 weeks
this morning felt “fallish”…… =)
Larry
W Boise

From: “Diann Stone dstoneak2id@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “lcarrigan_55”
Cc: “IBLE”
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 2:11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Fall Hummingbirds Closing?

Two young Black-chinned were in my back yard this morning, bug catching, sipping from salvia, and using feeder. Hiking the lower Foothills trails a little later, I saw a hummer in flight but couldn’t identify it.

Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 12:29 PM [ mailto:lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com | lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com ] [ible] < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] > wrote:

First real cool front of season moving in now. And, yesterday AM, noted a change in hummingbird feeder activity. In past 48 hr have only seen a 3 oz drop in nectar. Very sporadic early AM visits yest & today by 2 immature Black-chinneds only. So, looks like bulk of fall hummingbird migration may be done? Might give my feeder another week for stragglers.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Two young Black-chinned were in my back yard this morning, bug catching,
sipping from salvia, and using feeder. Hiking the lower Foothills trails a
little later, I saw a hummer in flight but couldn’t identify it.

Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 12:29 PM lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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>
> First real cool front of season moving in now. And, yesterday AM, noted a
> change in hummingbird feeder activity. In past 48 hr have only seen a 3 oz
> drop in nectar. Very sporadic early AM visits yest & today by 2 immature
> Black-chinneds only. So, looks like bulk of fall hummingbird migration may
> be done? Might give my feeder another week for stragglers.
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
>
>

First real cool front of season moving in now. And, yesterday AM, noted a change in hummingbird feeder activity. In past 48 hr have only seen a 3 oz drop in nectar. Very sporadic early AM visits yest & today by 2 immature Black-chinneds only. So, looks like bulk of fall hummingbird migration may be done? Might give my feeder another week for stragglers.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Every day of birding brings a surprise or two, yes? Yesterday at dawn I was biking our usual patch of the Boise Greenbelt when this chatty gal appeared along side of me, travelling in the same direction, heading to work. I love a good chat in the morning, and several topics flew by but we quickly settled on birds… whereon she said she grew up in Kansas and loved meadowlarks. Without warning, or introduction, she whistled a perfectly bright & cheery rendition of Western Meadowlark!

Whoa, Nellie!! That was extraordinary!!!!

I added her to my eBird list 😉

Larry

Today my Dad and I hiked 13.9 miles (whew!) in and out of Hyndman Basin in the Pioneers. We found my target bird, six BLACK ROSY-FINCHES. Yay! These were all the way up in Hyndman Basin, at the tree line. Also present along the trail at various lower elevations were an adult & young SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a young NORTHERN GOSHAWK, & a female DUSKY GROUSE. Good stuff!
Happy birding,
Henry

Henry Griffin
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We get lots of Garage “birds”. The garage is a three bay one attached to the house, with third bay for yard equipment and wood. The only time the doors get shut is in depth of cold winter time as a heat break.

We get all sorts of birds trapped in garage, flying around the ceiling and too dumb for quite a while to fly out garage doors. We’ve had sapsuckers, wrens, siskens, goldfinches, chickadees, robins and many, many hummers (incomplete list). In the Summer it seems the garage is an indicator of what has fledged lately, because I think it is mostly juveniles that get trapped. Adults don’t seem to stay in garage long at all. I even bought a large butterfly net to try and catch really dumb ones and free outside; I’m 0 for 25 so far.

We’ve had wrens nest behind a plywood sheet protecting the windows from shifting wood piles for a couple years. We also had a winter snow storm Saw Whet and a Spring Sharpie hanging out for quite a few hours. Once weather calmed down they left.

Our mammalian “birds include feral cats, raccoons and skunks, but once we stopped feeding our cats in the garage, these unwelcome visitors are much, much less frequent.

No moose yet.

Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom
> On Aug 19, 2019, at 2:58 PM, lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
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> Had to respond to Bob’s garage birding list. His post just brought back some fond & funny memories. Before building a barn with a portion for a dog kennel, used to leave a garage door open for our first hound that led to an enclosed outdoor area. During those days garage bird visitors included: House Wren, House Finch & nesting Rough-winged Swallow pr. But best two were during some winter blizzards: first was a Saw-whet Owl that took refuge in the rafters & another storm pushed a Mt Chickadee in.
>
> The final straw, as far as my wife was concerned, was when a small colony of Little Brown Bats moved into the rafters. I got my barn, next dog moved out to the barn kennel & garage door became…closed.
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
>
>

That’s a pretty good garage list!

> On Aug 19, 2019, at 2:58 PM, lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
>
> Had to respond to Bob’s garage birding list. His post just brought back some fond & funny memories. Before building a barn with a portion for a dog kennel, used to leave a garage door open for our first hound that led to an enclosed outdoor area. During those days garage bird visitors included: House Wren, House Finch & nesting Rough-winged Swallow pr. But best two were during some winter blizzards: first was a Saw-whet Owl that took refuge in the rafters & another storm pushed a Mt Chickadee in.
>
> The final straw, as far as my wife was concerned, was when a small colony of Little Brown Bats moved into the rafters. I got my barn, next dog moved out to the barn kennel & garage door became…closed.
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
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Had to respond to Bob’s garage birding list. His post just brought back some fond & funny memories. Before building a barn with a portion for a dog kennel, used to leave a garage door open for our first hound that led to an enclosed outdoor area. During those days garage bird visitors included: House Wren, House Finch & nesting Rough-winged Swallow pr. But best two were during some winter blizzards: first was a Saw-whet Owl that took refuge in the rafters & another storm pushed a Mt Chickadee in.

The final straw, as far as my wife was concerned, was when a small colony of Little Brown Bats moved into the rafters. I got my barn, next dog moved out to the barn kennel & garage door became…closed.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot