Whimbrel Birders Club was founded at the first annual Illinois Young Birders Symposium in August 2016. Our first walk was in October 2016 when we went to Nelson Lake FP and Fermilab in Batavia, IL. That trip was great as we saw over 60 species and four species of geese (pretty good for Northern Illinois in October). We are a birding club truly meant for all ages, meaning that we offer walks for anyone 0 to 100. In fact, our motto is “a birding club for all ages”. We have kept growing our club by starting competitions, offering two or more bird walks a month, by blogging, and now by having other young birders start their chapter of WBC in their part of the country (or world). Visit us atwhimbrelbirders.org http://whimbrelbirders.org/.

We have created competitions such as the Whimbrel Patch Birding Competition (WPBC) – when trip leaders lead people around their local patches, and at the end, the winning team will be revealed. Another, the Backyard Migratory Bird Count Competition (BMBCC) is a contest where people bird in their yard for a weekend and submit their counts through the website. Our final competition is the Whimbrel Big Day Competition (WBDC) in which a few birders from each chapter will go around their state trying to find as many birds as possible! Although the WBDC does have a $10 entry fee (which will pay for a prize and the leftover money will go to a charity of the winning team’s choice), in my opinion, it is the most exciting contest that we offer.

We do not want this great opportunity to be limited to birders just in northern Illinois. So we are asking birders everywhere if they would like to start their chapter of Whimbrel Birders Club in their part of the country or the world.
We are looking for (preferably young) birders that can:
– ID the birds by sight and sound in their area
– That feel comfortable leading bird walks with everyone including adults.
– Can keep an up-to-date upcoming trip list.
– And can write trip reports.
If you meet the criteria, please fill out the form (see below), and I will get your chapter of WBC up and running ASAP.

Benefits of becoming a WBC chapter founder:
– You will meet many new birders who share your passion.
– This is the easiest way to start a birding club.
– You can chat on our site with every other member of every chapter!
– You get to compete in all of our competitions.
– and many other great benefits.
If you are interested in starting your chapter of WBC, please fill out the form at https://whimbrelbirders.org/start-your-wbc-chapter/ https://whimbrelbirders.org/start-your-wbc-chapter/

If you have any questions please contact me at lrot@ mailto:lrot@…bsd220.org

=)

From: Austin Young [mailto:austinyoung234@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 5:39 PM
To: Larry Arnold; ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Alder flycatcher-big wood river

Oh yeah, I did not mean to make it seem I would leave IBLE information less! Thanks for the heads up.

Austin

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 17:36 Larry Arnold wrote:

So, would all y’all please copy us on IBLE? Re: your discussion on FB……… Thank you. =)

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Austin Young austinyoung234@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 8:42 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Alder flycatcher-big wood river

Hello everyone,

this morning my girlfriend and I heard the Bewick’s Wren singing south of Hailey and we also heard a bird that sounded good for Alder Flycatcher. I was able to get decent recordings of the song, but I have no experience with this species and I will be posting to Facebook later today when I can, to get some discussion going.

It was singing across the river barely upstream from the last big Cottonwood at the bewicks wren spot: 43.2243, -114.3547

There is better access to the bird across the river from the wren spot.

Austin Young

Twin Falls, ID

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Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

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Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

So, would all y’all please copy us on IBLE? Re: your discussion on FB……… Thank you. =)

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Austin Young austinyoung234@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 8:42 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Alder flycatcher-big wood river

Hello everyone,

this morning my girlfriend and I heard the Bewick’s Wren singing south of Hailey and we also heard a bird that sounded good for Alder Flycatcher. I was able to get decent recordings of the song, but I have no experience with this species and I will be posting to Facebook later today when I can, to get some discussion going.

It was singing across the river barely upstream from the last big Cottonwood at the bewicks wren spot: 43.2243, -114.3547

There is better access to the bird across the river from the wren spot.

Austin Young

Twin Falls, ID

—

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

Oh yeah, I did not mean to make it seem I would leave IBLE information
less! Thanks for the heads up.

Austin

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 17:36 Larry Arnold wrote:

>
>
> So, would all y’all please copy us on IBLE? Re: your discussion on FB………
> Thank you. =)
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Austin
> Young austinyoung234@gmail.com [ible]
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 16, 2017 8:42 AM
> *To:* ible@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [IBLE] Alder flycatcher-big wood river
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> this morning my girlfriend and I heard the Bewick’s Wren singing south of
> Hailey and we also heard a bird that sounded good for Alder Flycatcher. I
> was able to get decent recordings of the song, but I have no experience
> with this species and I will be posting to Facebook later today when I can,
> to get some discussion going.
>
>
>
> It was singing across the river barely upstream from the last big
> Cottonwood at the bewicks wren spot: 43.2243, -114.3547
>
>
>
> There is better access to the bird across the river from the wren spot.
>
>
>
> Austin Young
>
> Twin Falls, ID
>
> —
>
> Austin Young
> Twin Falls, ID
> austinyoung224@gmail.com
>
>
>
—
Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

Hello everyone,
this morning my girlfriend and I heard the Bewick’s Wren singing south of
Hailey and we also heard a bird that sounded good for Alder Flycatcher. I
was able to get decent recordings of the song, but I have no experience
with this species and I will be posting to Facebook later today when I can,
to get some discussion going.

It was singing across the river barely upstream from the last big
Cottonwood at the bewicks wren spot: 43.2243, -114.3547

There is better access to the bird across the river from the wren spot.

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
—
Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

anyone heading that way this evening?

=)kim liebich
Boise Idaho

On Jul 15, 2017, at 6:16 PM, Jason Talbot jason.talbot1@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:

RL called and said there is a good variety of about 300 peeps at Blacks Creek right now. He recommends parking in the east parking lot and walking the north shore with your scope. A great opportunity to learn your sandpipers!

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RL called and said there is a good variety of about 300 peeps at Blacks Creek right now. He recommends parking in the east parking lot and walking the north shore with your scope. A great opportunity to learn your sandpipers!

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

This might not be a good year for mudflats at the reservoir. According to water managers they passed the peak water period on July 12 with a full water system. ☹️. The managers think they will still be at 60% of capacity by the end of the farming season

Good for farmers, not so good for shorebirds

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

Brian

We’ve had 1 Calliope male, 2 Black-chinned males, 2 rufous males this week so far since Sunday. Quite a few females and young hummers.

Rufous were very territorial – one full male colors, second was less fully colored.

Also quite a few females. I’m not sure if any females are nesting again but the black-chinned and rufous males were doing some dives/shutter movement in addition to being territorial about the feeders and flowers.

May have time to watch more closely tomorrow.

Nancy Miller

Viola, ID

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 7:15 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Hummingbirds Continue

At this point, I saw a male Black-chinned that came in on Tues and both a female Black-chinned & female Rufous, are coming to the feeder on a daily basis. I haven’t seen any male or juvenile Rufous in some days now. Also, appears the juvenile Black-chinned has moved on, unless I get a new hatchling.

Of note, is the female Rufous is a more consistent visitor than the Black-chinned, and her infrequent feeder visits & straight-as-an-arrow flight to the willows, make me believe that she’s nesting. I really have no way to know if this is the same bird that gave all original indications of nesting or a different bird, but cool nonetheless.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

At this point, I saw a male Black-chinned that came in on Tues and both a female Black-chinned & female Rufous, are coming to the feeder on a daily basis. I haven’t seen any male or juvenile Rufous in some days now. Also, appears the juvenile Black-chinned has moved on, unless I get a new hatchling.

Of note, is the female Rufous is a more consistent visitor than the Black-chinned, and her infrequent feeder visits & straight-as-an-arrow flight to the willows, make me believe that she’s nesting. I really have no way to know if this is the same bird that gave all original indications of nesting or a different bird, but cool nonetheless.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot