Pair of Black Headed Grosbeaks At feeder. Beautiful and hungry birds!

My friend Bob and I drove the road to pearl this morning from Mike’s place
to pearl about 3 miles we heard a min.of 15 +chats protecting nest area.
Drive out after noon still very vocal did get some photos. about 4 miles
from highway 16 saw and photoed swainsons hawk

Here’s a link to a page that was posted on Facebook.

https://www.birdguides-cdn.com/cdn/LegacyBirdwatchArticles/velvet%20and%20white-winged%20scoters%20id%20photo%20guide_birdwatchfeb14lr.pdf

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

> On Jun 24, 2019, at 1:58 PM, LARRY ARNOLD wrote:
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>
> thank you Denise… =) eeeeek, a three-way split-splat of WW Scoter
>
> but, overall, nothing like last year’s craziness? i’m still trying to get my head around some of those phylo rearrangements, e.g., whereto the hummingbirds were “pushed” and speaking of which, i’ve absolutely given up on keeping up with splits, lumps, and name changes of hummingbirds.
>
> these AOS thingies always catch me by surprise, even tho I know they’re coming….
>
> LA
>
> From: “Denise Hughes deniseh449@gmail.com [ible]”
> To: “IBLE”
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 1:12:54 PM
> Subject: [IBLE] Summary of AOS supplement
>
> White-winged Scoter was split.
>
> http://blog.aba.org/2019/06/aos2019.html
>
> Denise Hughes
> Caldwell, Idaho
>
>

White-winged Scoter was split.

2019 AOS Supplement is Out!

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

I think it’s a Palm Cockatoo. They’re supposed to be very smart and I think they’re native to Australia. Kristin
——– Original message ——–From: “Robert Kiernan photobirder@gmail.com [ible]” Date: 6/21/19 1:28 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Cliff Wiese Subject: [IBLE] Bird id. [1 Attachment]
 

[Attachment(s) from Robert Kiernan included below]

Can anyone Id.this bird 

We found a mockingbird on Mud Flat Road today, near Grand View. It had quite the song, Robin, Curlew, Flicker, says phoebe, nighthawk and several other bird songs were part of its song.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57601106

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

With reports to my East & SW, I keep watching but no Rufous Hummingbirds my way, as of yet. Still getting Black-chinned & watched a male doing a display flight to a female for 30 minutes on Thu evening. Like Susan reported, the Black-headed Grosbeaks & Bullock’s Orioles are hitting their respective feeders hard. Going through 4-5# black oil sunflower seed a day & a jar of grape jelly every 5 days.

Have seen fledglings of House Wren, House Finch & Am Robin. Did have a Dusky Flycatcher calling yesterday AM. And there’s at least a pr or 2 of Lazuli Buntings nesting on the place. Western Wood Pewees are here & saw a W Kingbird mid-week. Yellow Warblers are numerous this “summer”. No snow at our river elevation but frost yesterday & today. As we’re on our 3rd starts of tomatoes, 2nd of peppers & 2nd of wife’s ornamental flowers…if they got bit too badly, we give up for this season! I have one set of tomato plants that have been in a state of suspended animation for 3 wks now…just sitting there, not dead but not growing. Maybe I could sell to NASA!

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Re: continuous singing….. is outrageous, oui? still in a crescendo maybe?

I’m usually sleepless by 0400 or 0430 (is this a geezer thing?), grab a cup of tea, open my office window while fiddling around with eBird or email on this silly computer… noting that robins are still singing earlier and earlier, sometimes by 0510 hrs, and that’s my cue to go bike the greenbelt, with plenty of lighting of course (headlamps, etc), with a goal of reaching my usual “nighthawk viewing site” by 0600 because they only put on a 5-10 minute show

along the way (three miles), i.e., before 0600, I’ve recently been hearing about 15 other species sound off in a diminutive “battle of the bands” =)

will be interesting to compare when July arrives……

Larry

From: “Elizabeth Medes liz.medes@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 7:17:29 PM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Bewick’s Wrens (BEWR) ~ ~ ~

Great thread. Never thought I’d be lucky enough to have Bewicks wrens in my hood but here they are. Yes, the song variation keeps throwing me, such virtuosos!

And I am curious about the continuous singing. This has been going on for a month. When these guys hook up, does it stop? Typically with yellow breasted chats in the same thicket, they halt their calls once they find a mate. I don’t hear a peep from them after 7/1.

And where the heck have all the buteos gone? Plentiful gophers and mice abound here, fabulous habitat, fully fledged Kestrels are hunting, but no big guys in the air. Typically I can see 3 different fledglings of red tails, at least one Swainson fledge, and last year the big bonus of a Golden Eagle and young one.. But now? Nada.

When Montour WMA opens up again 7/1, I hope to explore and see who’s hunting whom.

Buteo-less in Emmett,
Liz Medes

Can anyone Id.this bird

yikes, snow!!!

we had hummers in the snow one year in NM, and they had a tough time navigating, kept dropping with the snow flakes as they gently fell, like their navigational / guidance / system was based on falling snow flakes as opposed to fixed objects like the ground or vegetation, all survived just fine, but kind of funny to watch……..

Larry

From: “Susan Patla susan_patla@hotmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:42:41 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Rufous Hummer in Teton Valley

I saw the first Rufous Hummingbird of the season at my feeder today. A bright, flashy male. Bird song has certainly decreased recently. Western Tanagers, Black-headed Grosbeaks, and Bullock’s Orioles are still hitting the feeders hard in the neighborhood. As well as the Calliope and Broad-tailed hummingbirds.

I did hear one Western Wood-Peewee near the creek also today. Bert Raynes in Jackson claims that is always the true start of summer. However, tonight it is snowing again.

Susan in Packsaddle Estates, Teton Valley