The group of 4-5 ibis were seen as late as 630 pm today, but no confirmation on glossy via initial optics. I have digiscope pics I will review and post the best for review by this community and on FB. The birds were seen in heavy weedy vegetation on central N bank of the reservoir. Seeming to prefer a very narrow stretch of open mud/water with thick tall weeds in the near field, all on far N bank. Best seen 200 yards E. of bathroom on top of cheat grass covered embankment.
Good luck, Rich, Nampa

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> On Jul 9, 2018, at 12:23 PM, Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
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Folks:

I hope this is kosher to share. A friend sent me a link to this article and since it’s about hawks and Burrowing Owls, I thought I’d pass it along. Mother Nature in action.

Tom McCabe, Boise

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2018/07/the-hawks-attacked-and-the-owls-went-awol/

Not sure of the current status but before Heidi & I left, the Glossy flew with 4 adult White-faced to the N edge of the reservoir – presumably joining 4 other ibis we’d seen over there from a different angle.  There was a single juvenile ibis (presumably White-faced but ???) that stayed behind on the S shore – of course, that was 2+ hours ago and birds can fly so they’ve likely traded places a few times since then 🙂
Jay

On Monday, July 9, 2018, 10:24:25 AM MDT, Bob Perata wrote:

Glossy Ibis is still out there by itself.  Am parked st the overflow where the cut is on the large berm.  On the road that goes all around to the east end. 

Bob,Boise, Idaho 

On Jul 9, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:

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Adult present right now – preening/roosting with 5 WFIB below eastern edge of dam (~250 yards W of bathroom). Here’s a picture of Heidi’s camera screen:

Face looks right for a pure Glossy plus other pics show leg color (pink joints on gray legs).

Jay

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Thanks, saw you guys drive out so I hi-tailed in. Thanks again.

Bob,
Boise, Idaho

> On Jul 9, 2018, at 10:24 AM, Bob Perata wrote:
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>> Adult present right now – preening/roosting with 5 WFIB below eastern edge of dam (~250 yards W of bathroom). Here’s a picture of Heidi’s camera screen:
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Glossy Ibis is still out there by itself. Am parked st the overflow where the cut is on the large berm. On the road that goes all around to the east end.

Bob,
Boise, Idaho

> On Jul 9, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
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> Adult present right now – preening/roosting with 5 WFIB below eastern edge of dam (~250 yards W of bathroom). Here’s a picture of Heidi’s camera screen:
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> Face looks right for a pure Glossy plus other pics show leg color (pink joints on gray legs).
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Adult present right now – preening/roosting with 5 WFIB below eastern edge of dam (~250 yards W of bathroom). Here’s a picture of Heidi’s camera screen:

Face looks right for a pure Glossy plus other pics show leg color (pink joints on gray legs).

Jay

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A few minutes ago, a bird flew onto an open branch of my crabapple tree outside my window, and it was obviously different than the usual Eastern Meadowlark, Brewer’s Blackbird, Western Kingbird, American Robin, Bullock’s Oriole or Cedar Waxwing that frequent the tree. So, I grabbed my nearby binoculars and – to my huge surprise – I was looking at a Red-eyed Vireo – first time I’ve ever seen one come up from Porter Creek to my yard! It didn’t stick around long enough for me to get a pic, unfortunately.

Oh – there’s the Bullock’s Oriole back – carrying food for it’s young…

Everyone have a great day…Jonathan Barnett, Horseshoe Bend

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The three young Cooper’s Hawk are calling for food. Bkack-capoed Chickadees
are chittering frequently and visiting my tube feeder. Meanwhile, one of
the he Cooper’s Hawks is stealthily moving limb to limb and tree to tree in
my yard. I love Chickadees and don’t want the hawk to win this one.

Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

I just had an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Foote Park. See details: eBird Checklist – Foote Park, Ada County, Idaho, US – Tue Jul 03, 2018 – 20 species

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Jason Talbot

Every year as I watch hummingbirds visit my feeders I wonder “How many different birds are coming by each day?” Of course, at this time of year this means “I wonder how many Black-chinned Hummingbirds are coming by my feeders each day?” as that is the only species I see during the summer. This year I finally decided to move beyond wondering and see what I could do to actually figure it out.

A little searching on the internet found a few estimation methods. The best way is to do local banding to create an identifiable sample of the birds, but that approach is not available for me. The easiest estimation method is to count the maximum number of birds you see at one time and multiply by 6. This was created by someone who had done local banding and discovered this was a reasonable and simple estimate. In my case I often see 4 birds at once, especially in the sunset feeding frenzy. I once saw 5 but 4 seems like a consistent maximum. So, this would get me to somewhere around 24 different hummingbirds coming by during the day. The other estimation method is based on several people’s studies that hummingbirds drink between 0.25 and 0.50 ounces of sugar water a day (based on the typical 1 part sugar to 4 parts water mix). During the last week, birds have been drinking around 12 to 15 ounces of sugar water a day. This approach results in a range of between 24 and 60 different birds coming by each day – and the numbers will be even higher if they are also visiting other feeders in the neighborhood. And there are many neighbors also with feeders.

Where does that leave me? It seems like based on these estimates that I have at least 24 different Black-chinned hummingbirds visiting each day and it would be plausible for this number to be 30 or even a little more. I find that pretty amazing that this many of them are around. A number which will jump dramatically in a few weeks as the young of the year fledge and join their parents in feeder visits.

Scott Tuthill/Boise