The grosbeak that Austin Young found yesterday is still at Fort Boise WMA. He showed up about 9:30 this morning and is singing away.

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

I am visiting my son for the eclipse and am looking for the best birding/camping sites that might be in the path of the total eclipse. Any suggestions?

BTW, I am enjoying all the postings and excitement about Indigo Buntings. Here they are common, but will certainly keep my eye out for them while there!

Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI
(Frequent visitor to Boise)

Moose night visits! Who knew?

We had them in our yard in Anchorage, during daytime, but that was middle of winter, a record snowfall winter (132”), and they had nowhere else to go.

Brian, your posts are fun and informative.

Thank you! =)

Larry

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 6:48 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Past Week

This past week, I’ve had visits by all my favorites. I am still getting feeder visits (& also hitting the begonias) by a female Black-chinned Hummingbird. I have at least 4 pr of Black-headed Grosbeaks coming in for seeds, as well. There are 2 pr & maybe more of Lazuli Buntings on the place. And I get early morning visits by Bullock’s Orioles.

One of my favorites, was a male Western Tanager which came through early AM the other day. I have to pull my seed feeders each evening, as a moose keeps making night visits and nearly destroying my feeders. So, I put them back out early mornings & the W Tanager flew right overhead and landed in a nearby cottonwood, allowing me a very satisfying observation.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

This past week, I’ve had visits by all my favorites. I am still getting feeder visits (& also hitting the begonias) by a female Black-chinned Hummingbird. I have at least 4 pr of Black-headed Grosbeaks coming in for seeds, as well. There are 2 pr & maybe more of Lazuli Buntings on the place. And I get early morning visits by Bullock’s Orioles.

One of my favorites, was a male Western Tanager which came through early AM the other day. I have to pull my seed feeders each evening, as a moose keeps making night visits and nearly destroying my feeders. So, I put them back out early mornings & the W Tanager flew right overhead and landed in a nearby cottonwood, allowing me a very satisfying observation.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

I’m passing through the area and stopped by Fort Boise WMA. In the last 45
minutes I have observed 1 singing male Blue Grosbeak and 2 male Indigo
Buntings (one singing male and one male foraging nearby). These were all
~100 meters or less from the big dip in the road.
It’s hot and the birds shortly stopped singing, I got here in the nick of
time.

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

For what it’s worth American Falls is down to 86% and dropping but still
well above the average for the date. Here’s a graph for anyone interested:
https://www.usbr.gov/pn-bin/graphwy.pl?amf_af

Cliff

On 07/26/2017 02:40 PM, Austin Young austinyoung234@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
> For what it’s worth, I was told by other fish and game folks that A.F.
> Reservoir will probably be full well into August.
>
> Austin Young
> Twin Falls, ID
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 14:36 Chuck Trost trostchuck@cableone.net
> [ible] > wrote:
>
> Howdy,
> AFR is still full, with little mud exposed. But there are a couple
> spots worth watching. One is Pacific Pond, which is on Pacific
> Rd., turn left after the train tracks on the way to Willow Bay. It
> is drying up and I’ve had Western Sandpipers and Black-necked
> Stilts there. Another good spot is near Seagull Bay, about 5 miles
> east of American Falls. There is a drying impoundment at the upper
> end of the bay with lots of exposed mud. Yesterday I counted 2
> Great Egrets, 40 White-faced Ibis, 3 Killdeer, 2 Willets, 5
> Western Sandpipers, 15 Wilson’s Phalaropes, and 15 Long-billed
> Dowitchers on the mud at the upper end. I’ll keep you posted on
> the migration.
> Good Birding,
> Chuck Trost
>
> Always forward, never straight…
>
> —
> Austin Young
> Twin Falls, ID
> austinyoung224@gmail.com
>

—
Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

For what it’s worth, I was told by other fish and game folks that A.F.
Reservoir will probably be full well into August.

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 14:36 Chuck Trost trostchuck@cableone.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Howdy,
> AFR is still full, with little mud exposed. But there are a couple spots
> worth watching. One is Pacific Pond, which is on Pacific Rd., turn left
> after the train tracks on the way to Willow Bay. It is drying up and I’ve
> had Western Sandpipers and Black-necked Stilts there. Another good spot is
> near Seagull Bay, about 5 miles east of American Falls. There is a drying
> impoundment at the upper end of the bay with lots of exposed mud. Yesterday
> I counted 2 Great Egrets, 40 White-faced Ibis, 3 Killdeer, 2 Willets, 5
> Western Sandpipers, 15 Wilson’s Phalaropes, and 15 Long-billed Dowitchers
> on the mud at the upper end. I’ll keep you posted on the migration.
> Good Birding,
> Chuck Trost
>
> Always forward, never straight…
>
>
—
Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

Howdy,
AFR is still full, with little mud exposed. But there are a couple spots worth watching. One is Pacific Pond, which is on Pacific Rd., turn left after the train tracks on the way to Willow Bay. It is drying up and I’ve had Western Sandpipers and Black-necked Stilts there. Another good spot is near Seagull Bay, about 5 miles east of American Falls. There is a drying impoundment at the upper end of the bay with lots of exposed mud. Yesterday I counted 2 Great Egrets, 40 White-faced Ibis, 3 Killdeer, 2 Willets, 5 Western Sandpipers, 15 Wilson’s Phalaropes, and 15 Long-billed Dowitchers on the mud at the upper end. I’ll keep you posted on the migration.
Good Birding,
Chuck Trost

Always forward, never straight…

Birders,

Monday 24 July was our 42nd anniversary and this is where Missy and chose to
enjoy it. We had an extraordinary day in this breath-taking area, witnessed
a dazzling array of wildflowers and got a fun list of birds, mostly between
5500 and 8500 ft elevation.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38311127

Cheers!

Larry Arnold, Boise ID

I just downloaded & cropped my 2 digi-bino pics and added them to my eBird list (http://ebird.org/ebird/pnw/view/checklist/S38249334).   I didn’t notice any hint of white in the field but these pictures suggest a bit of white on the lower wing and on the flank.   Sign of a hybrid or an artifact of photos?

(The original bird is certainly a pure Indigo – my question is only about the 2nd individual I noticed today)

I welcome any thoughts and would love it if future visitors would try for a better picture of this second bird.
Thanks,
Jay

On Friday, July 21, 2017 10:51 AM, “Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible]” <ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

[Attachment(s) from Jay Carlisle included below] There are 2 male Indigo Buntings @ Fort Boise WMA (near Parma)!! One (with a very simple song) continues ~100 yards after the big dip in the road and then I just saw this male singing a more normal song another 150 or so yards west of that. Denise Hughes & I could hear both at same time!

Jay