Today I found Scoters in a number of locations. I found a juvenile Surf Scoter on Gem Lake below Idaho Falls and on American Falls reservoir North of the Silo. I also had a Pacific Loon there. At the pipeline boat ramp below the American Falls dam I found an adult male white-winged Scoter and three juvenile surf scoters. There were also 5 Wood Ducks on the opposite shore.
Steve Butterworth
Idaho Falls
2 Great Horned Owls in the mess hall at the Old Idaho Pen in Boise, today. Here’s some pics
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49121974
Ken PahlasBoise
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It was a great frosty fall morning in the University of Idaho Arboretum and
Botanical Gardens in Moscow. The highlight was my latest-for-Idaho
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER. I’ve repeatedly broken that personal record in the
last couple of weeks, but this one will become the latest eBird record for
all of North Idaho (pending acceptance). Other nice birds included a
minimum of 2 MYRTLE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 3 late CHIPPING SPARROWS, a
small flock of Western Bluebirds, an intergrade Northern Flicker, a
Slate-colored/Cassiar-type junco, and the first Pine Siskin I’ve around
Moscow this fall. Still decent numbers of Audubon’s Warblers and both
Kinglets, but many of these flew over to forage in ash trees in the SE
corner of the golf course after sunrise.
Full list on eBird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49117851.
Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID
Attention Birders!
We need your help. The Intermountain Bird Observatory, Idaho Bird Conservation Partnership and Golden Eagle Audubon Society are partnering with the Boise River Enhancement Network to measure how a new Boise restoration project will benefit birds.
Cottonwood Creek is currently buried in a flume under Julia Davis Park ending in a concrete and stone outlet at the Boise River. The goal of the Cottonwood Creek Daylighting Project is to bring the stream back to the surface, or “daylight” the creek. This will provide bird and fish habitat and help filter stormwater.
We are recruiting citizen scientists (that’s you!) to record bird sightings and submit their observations to eBird. This will give us important data on the project before and after restoration occurs.
Oh, and did we mention there are prizes?! Check out the google doc to learn more, and find out how you can participate to win the first prize: an invite to the BREN Annual Member Appreciation Party this November!
More info:
https://goo.gl/4uaYPZ
You can contact me with any questions about this project.
Thanks!Heidi Ware CarlisleBoise
I love your poetry Tom!
Rear-view-mirror attacking Yellow-rump
As he says, I’ve seen towhees do this, but not warblers, eh?
For the fun of it
Larry
From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aviduetsky@yahoo.com [CALBIRDS]
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2018 10:12 PM
To: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Yellow-rumped Warbler self-attack
Hello birders,
On Sunday, Oct. 07, I tried in vain to find a previously reported Indigo Bunting at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia (after hours of searching, I still was unable to locate it).
While I was at the parking lot, I noticed a Yellow-rumped Warbler was attacking its own reflection at a car’s mirror. I’ve seen California Towhees doing that numerous times, but never seen a Warbler displaying such self-destructing aggression.
If interested, here’s a link to some of my photos of the incident: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmrqUY6R
Good birding,
Alexander Viduetsky
Valley Village, CA
Hey all,
In case you haven’t yet peeked at this, the hawkcount.org site includes count data and site profiles for over 300 North American hawkwatch sites, including Veracruz River of Raptors. Check out some of those numbers, eh?! =)
LA, Boise
SWEET !!!
and a great count for this time of year here, ye hear ?!!
LA
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From: “‘Tom McCabe’ tmccabe9@cableone.net [ible]”
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 11:08:52 PM
Subject: [IBLE] A great day on the greenbelt
Autumn Rhyme
Jaegers are impressive, Parasitic or otherwise,
But you know I’m enamored with anything that flies.
My ride started out with Mourning Dove and Starling,
And the Goldfinch and Nuthatch were really quite darling.
Then came a Junco, first of the season,
And the song of the Kinglet was definitely pleasing.
Then Cormorants and Gulls and a Grebe of the West
But the stunning Bald Eagle was truly the best.
With Robin, Downy and Sparrow of Song
Getting to thirty wouldn’t take long.
Especially with Wood Duck and Gadwall and Ruddy,
And the Hawk with Red Tail was surely my buddy.
By Remington Street, I had found thirty-six,
With Crows and Waxwings entering the mix.
Then came the Sparrow with his special White Crown,
Followed by Kestrel and Wigeon, and I was homeward bound.
But then I saw a Phoebe, he of Mister Say,
Which was upstaged quickly by a gorgeous Osprey.
At Veterans, a Merlin was superb as he sat,
But a Cooper’s in my yard topped even that.
The final tally was forty-five,
And take my word, that ain’t no jive.
Tom McCabe, Boise
Autumn Rhyme
Jaegers are impressive, Parasitic or otherwise,
But you know I’m enamored with anything that flies.
My ride started out with Mourning Dove and Starling,
And the Goldfinch and Nuthatch were really quite darling.
Then came a Junco, first of the season,
And the song of the Kinglet was definitely pleasing.
Then Cormorants and Gulls and a Grebe of the West
But the stunning Bald Eagle was truly the best.
With Robin, Downy and Sparrow of Song
Getting to thirty wouldn’t take long.
Especially with Wood Duck and Gadwall and Ruddy,
And the Hawk with Red Tail was surely my buddy.
By Remington Street, I had found thirty-six,
With Crows and Waxwings entering the mix.
Then came the Sparrow with his special White Crown,
Followed by Kestrel and Wigeon, and I was homeward bound.
But then I saw a Phoebe, he of Mister Say,
Which was upstaged quickly by a gorgeous Osprey.
At Veterans, a Merlin was superb as he sat,
But a Cooper’s in my yard topped even that.
The final tally was forty-five,
And take my word, that ain’t no jive.
Tom McCabe, Boise
Well, looks like fall songbird migration is coming to an end in my neck of the woods. I saw my first fall Swainson’s Thrush this AM, which in past years has always been the last songbird to push through. I found a handful of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, as well. Not a single warbler.
This fall migration was just “off” for warblers through my area this season. I can usually count on MacGillivray’s showing first & within a few weeks, a multitude of mixed flocks, including Townsend’s. Just didn’t materialize this season. My best fall migrants were early season Gray Catbirds, sometimes 3-4 at a time. Had a few Orange-crowneds, Wilson’s &, most numerous, Yellow-rumpeds. But even the YR’s were sparse, maybe 8-10 in a group, at most. Now, just waiting for juncos to start showing.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot