And they don’t know where/when it will be attached to the island again. But
a parks employee told me they are accepting bids to fix the path where it
goes under Veterans Parkway. Slowly we are returning to normal.

On another note, I again saw a Caspian Tern at the back pond at Esther
Simplot Park. This time he appeared to make a single pass before continuing
down river.

Tom McCabe, Boise

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For those of us who bike/bird the greenbelt —

Missy says water has been removed from the Glenwood underpass, so we no
longer need to cross the street when going eastward from our hood to the
fairgrounds and beyond. More progress! =)

But.. the foot bridge to Plantation Island has not yet been replaced

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The birdiest parts of our eBird patch (the greenbelt west of our hood) are
still inaccessible. As of this morning we could only go about 0.7 miles
west of SW 6.4. The sandbags, bladders, and some of the other temporary
dike materials have been removed, and they are out there with equipment
clearing gravel off the path at the “new” Garden City west foot bridge,
which is still closed as well. Progress! =)

Larry and Missy

For those of us who bike/bird the greenbelt —

Missy says water has been removed from the Glenwood underpass, so we no
longer need to cross the street when going eastward from our hood to the
fairgrounds and beyond. More progress! =)

But.. the foot bridge to Plantation Island has not yet been replaced

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ‘Larry
Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 1:13 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Boise River Greenbelt access

The birdiest parts of our eBird patch (the greenbelt west of our hood) are
still inaccessible. As of this morning we could only go about 0.7 miles
west of SW 6.4. The sandbags, bladders, and some of the other temporary
dike materials have been removed, and they are out there with equipment
clearing gravel off the path at the “new” Garden City west foot bridge,
which is still closed as well. Progress! =)

Larry and Missy

The birdiest parts of our eBird patch (the greenbelt west of our hood) are
still inaccessible. As of this morning we could only go about 0.7 miles
west of SW 6.4. The sandbags, bladders, and some of the other temporary
dike materials have been removed, and they are out there with equipment
clearing gravel off the path at the “new” Garden City west foot bridge,
which is still closed as well. Progress! =)

Larry and Missy

Hi Chuck, IBLE, and others,

Here’s a short video of one of my Colorado birding buds – Jason Beason –
when he was heading up Black Swift studies using geolocators to determine
their over-wintering locations. This is just for fun; he is no longer
working for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, so pls disregard the plea for
$$. Eh? =)

Larry, Boise

I live in Idaho falls and on the morning of the Fourth of July I had two
rufous hummingbirds check out my feeder. It was a surprise to me since I’ve
only seen one other hummingbird briefly all year. I left soon after and am
still gone so I do not know if they have been hanging around. I was
surprised by their appearance.

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Tue Jul 4, 2017 10:10 am (PDT) . Posted by: lcarrigan_55

An interesting one this AM. I’ve had a female Rufous Hummingbird coming
into the feeder for about 5 days now. She came again this AM, followed by
the female Black-chinned. Then, a male Rufous came in and has taken over
the feeder for the past 1 1/2 hr. Living up to the male Rufous’ aggressive
nature!

What’s interesting is, we have had Rufous migrate through in the spring &
again late Aug/early Sept on their clockwise migration pattern. But, I
don’t have a yard record for one in July. Let alone 2, & male & female at
that. I looked up Rufous & it could be that they are already headed back
south for their winter migration. In Latilong 21, Rufous is listed as
transient. So, I suspect the 2 are migrating south & have just located a
ready, man-made nectar source & are lingering. But interesting to observe.

Also, have been watching my Black-headed Grosbeaks switch from a fully
sunflower seed diet to fewer seeds & more insects now. Even to the point of
ticking off the resident Western Wood-Pewee, who was hot on the tail of a
male Grosbeak earlier today. The Grosbeaks are even doing some fly-catching
although with nowhere near the grace of the Pewees! I mainly see them
stalking through the lawn, scaring & snapping up insects.

Otherwise, Happy 4th!
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
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Tue Jul 4, 2017 7:07 pm (PDT) . Posted by: “Larry Arnold” larrybarnold1967

Brian, please keep your hummer reports coming, need input! =)

Happy 4th you too, need firecrackers (Rufous hums)

LA, Boise

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An interesting one this AM. I’ve had a female Rufous Hummingbird coming
into the feeder for about 5 days now. She came again this AM, followed by
the female Black-chinned. Then, a male Rufous came in and has taken over
the feeder for the past 1 1/2 hr. Living up to the male Rufous’ aggressive
nature!

What’s interesting is, we have had Rufous migrate through in the spring &
again late Aug/early Sept on their clockwise migration pattern. But, I
don’t have a yard record for one in July. Let alone 2, & male & female at
that. I looked up Rufous & it could be that they are already headed back
south for their winter migration. In Latilong 21, Rufous is listed as
transient. So, I suspect the 2 are migrating south & have just located a
ready, man-made nectar source & are lingering. But interesting to observe.

Also, have been watching my Black-headed Grosbeaks switch from a fully
sunflower seed diet to fewer seeds & more insects now. Even to the point of
ticking off the resident Western Wood-Pewee, who was hot on the tail of a
male Grosbeak earlier today. The Grosbeaks are even doing some fly-catching
although with nowhere near the grace of the Pewees! I mainly see them
stalking through the lawn, scaring & snapping up insects.

Otherwise, Happy 4th!
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

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Quite familiar with Spar Canyon & area. If you do fill your Hummer feeder, Wendy, I think within a few days, you’d definitely have Rufous & probably Broad-tailed & Black-chinned, as well. Might be fun with lots of action. If you do so & get some sightings, please report back.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

As temporary Idaho residents, we are spending a lot of time exploring our local area. We don’t tend to drive more than an hour from where we are staying in our RV and we rarely chase after rarities, especially if it means a long drive. Custer County has tremendous diversity of habitat and therefore birds.
Yesterday, we drove Spar Canyon Road. Not hugely birdy, but a beautiful drive. At the summit, we paused to enjoy the view and I was glassing a distant patch of trees on a mountain ridge. A male Rufous Hummingbird flew into my field of view and I was able to follow it as it zoomed away. Pure serendipity! 
We keep forgetting to put out our hummingbird feeder at the Land of the Yankee Fork State Park where we are volunteering and staying but with all these hummer reports, it sounds like a good time to see if I can get a Rufous on my yard list. 🙂
Wendy McCradyChallis, ID

What is a breeding bird to do with her chicks?

How does she explain this?

Curious George

Brian, please keep your hummer reports coming, need input! =)

Happy 4th you too, need firecrackers (Rufous hums)

LA, Boise

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Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2017 11:10 AM
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Subject: [IBLE] Another Hummer Report

An interesting one this AM. I’ve had a female Rufous Hummingbird coming into the feeder for about 5 days now. She came again this AM, followed by the female Black-chinned. Then, a male Rufous came in and has taken over the feeder for the past 1 1/2 hr. Living up to the male Rufous’ aggressive nature!

What’s interesting is, we have had Rufous migrate through in the spring & again late Aug/early Sept on their clockwise migration pattern. But, I don’t have a yard record for one in July. Let alone 2, & male & female at that. I looked up Rufous & it could be that they are already headed back south for their winter migration. In Latilong 21, Rufous is listed as transient. So, I suspect the 2 are migrating south & have just located a ready, man-made nectar source & are lingering. But interesting to observe.

Also, have been watching my Black-headed Grosbeaks switch from a fully sunflower seed diet to fewer seeds & more insects now. Even to the point of ticking off the resident Western Wood-Pewee, who was hot on the tail of a male Grosbeak earlier today. The Grosbeaks are even doing some fly-catching although with nowhere near the grace of the Pewees! I mainly see them stalking through the lawn, scaring & snapping up insects.

Otherwise, Happy 4th!
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

An interesting one this AM. I’ve had a female Rufous Hummingbird coming into the feeder for about 5 days now. She came again this AM, followed by the female Black-chinned. Then, a male Rufous came in and has taken over the feeder for the past 1 1/2 hr. Living up to the male Rufous’ aggressive nature!

What’s interesting is, we have had Rufous migrate through in the spring & again late Aug/early Sept on their clockwise migration pattern. But, I don’t have a yard record for one in July. Let alone 2, & male & female at that. I looked up Rufous & it could be that they are already headed back south for their winter migration. In Latilong 21, Rufous is listed as transient. So, I suspect the 2 are migrating south & have just located a ready, man-made nectar source & are lingering. But interesting to observe.

Also, have been watching my Black-headed Grosbeaks switch from a fully sunflower seed diet to fewer seeds & more insects now. Even to the point of ticking off the resident Western Wood-Pewee, who was hot on the tail of a male Grosbeak earlier today. The Grosbeaks are even doing some fly-catching although with nowhere near the grace of the Pewees! I mainly see them stalking through the lawn, scaring & snapping up insects.

Otherwise, Happy 4th!
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot