Ellen and I refound the bird as well between 8:40 and 9:00. We heard it singing as soon as we crossed the bridge and it just took ten minutes for it to move into view. It darted off after a blackbird right before we left but we could still here it so it didn’t seem to go far.

Thanks Karen for the cool find, and thank you Cheryl for confirming the location details.

Good birding!
Stoddard and Ellen Davenport
Boise

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

——– Original message ——–
From: “Cheryl Huizinga bchuizinga@cableone.net [ible]”
Date: 7/17/17 6:48 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Fw: [eBird Alert] Idaho Rare Bird Alert

Just refound the indigo bunting reported earlier today at Ft Boise in canyon co. I used the coordinates with this mornings checklist and bird was right there singing. And it still is! I parked just after crossing the bridge- watch for the dip!- and walked a little west with trees on both sides! Thank you Karen Knoling!

Cheryl Huizinga
Caldwell, Idaho

On Jul 17, 2017, at 6:19 PM, Kathleen Lopez kathylopez80@yahoo.com [ible] > wrote:

Me too!

Kathy Lopez
Nampa, ID

On Jul 17, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Stoddard Davenport s_g_davenport@hotmail.com [ible] > wrote:

This just hit my eBird rare bird alert. I probably won’t head out for it tonight but I’m very interested to hear updates if others go looking.

________________________________
From: ebird-alert@cornell.edu >
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 5:13 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Idaho Rare Bird Alert

*** Species Summary:

Indigo Bunting (1 Canyon)

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Thank you for subscribing to the Idaho Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Idaho. View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35737
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
– Reported Jul 17, 2017 07:00 by Karen Noling
– Part of Fort Boise WMA, Canyon, Idaho
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.8209254,-117.0133531&ll=43.8209254,-117.0133531
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38193184
– Media: 3 Photos
– Comments: “Observed singing high in the tree tops”

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Just refound the indigo bunting reported earlier today at Ft Boise in canyon co. I used the coordinates with this mornings checklist and bird was right there singing. And it still is! I parked just after crossing the bridge- watch for the dip!- and walked a little west with trees on both sides! Thank you Karen Knoling!

Cheryl Huizinga
Caldwell, Idaho

> On Jul 17, 2017, at 6:19 PM, Kathleen Lopez kathylopez80@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
>
> Me too!
>
> Kathy Lopez
> Nampa, ID
>
>> On Jul 17, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Stoddard Davenport s_g_davenport@hotmail.com [ible] wrote:
>>
>>
>> This just hit my eBird rare bird alert. I probably won’t head out for it tonight but I’m very interested to hear updates if others go looking.
>>
>>
>> From: ebird-alert@cornell.edu
>> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 5:13 PM
>> Subject: [eBird Alert] Idaho Rare Bird Alert
>>
>> *** Species Summary:
>>
>> Indigo Bunting (1 Canyon)
>>
>> ———————————————
>> Thank you for subscribing to the Idaho Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Idaho. View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35737
>> NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated
>>
>> Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
>> – Reported Jul 17, 2017 07:00 by Karen Noling
>> – Part of Fort Boise WMA, Canyon, Idaho
>> – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.8209254,-117.0133531&ll=43.8209254,-117.0133531
>> – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38193184
>> – Media: 3 Photos
>> – Comments: “Observed singing high in the tree tops”
>>
>> ***********
>>
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird’s Idaho Rare Bird Alert
>>
>> Manage your eBird alert subscriptions:
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/alerts
>
>

Me too!

Kathy Lopez
Nampa, ID

> On Jul 17, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Stoddard Davenport s_g_davenport@hotmail.com [ible] wrote:
>
> This just hit my eBird rare bird alert. I probably won’t head out for it tonight but I’m very interested to hear updates if others go looking.
>
>
> From: ebird-alert@cornell.edu
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 5:13 PM
> Subject: [eBird Alert] Idaho Rare Bird Alert
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Indigo Bunting (1 Canyon)
>
> ———————————————
> Thank you for subscribing to the Idaho Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Idaho. View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35737
> NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated
>
> Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
> – Reported Jul 17, 2017 07:00 by Karen Noling
> – Part of Fort Boise WMA, Canyon, Idaho
> – Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.8209254,-117.0133531&ll=43.8209254,-117.0133531
> – Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38193184
> – Media: 3 Photos
> – Comments: “Observed singing high in the tree tops”
>
> ***********
>
> You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird’s Idaho Rare Bird Alert
>
> Manage your eBird alert subscriptions:
> http://ebird.org/ebird/alerts
>

This just hit my eBird rare bird alert. I probably won’t head out for it tonight but I’m very interested to hear updates if others go looking.

________________________________
From: ebird-alert@cornell.edu
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 5:13 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Idaho Rare Bird Alert

*** Species Summary:

Indigo Bunting (1 Canyon)

———————————————
Thank you for subscribing to the Idaho Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Idaho. View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35737
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1)
– Reported Jul 17, 2017 07:00 by Karen Noling
– Part of Fort Boise WMA, Canyon, Idaho
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.8209254,-117.0133531&ll=43.8209254,-117.0133531
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38193184
– Media: 3 Photos
– Comments: “Observed singing high in the tree tops”

***********

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Greetings, Birders!
Sandpipers are moving through Challisin Custer County. We had Western and Least Sandpipers at the pond onthe way to Pennal Gulch last evening. Plenty of bird activity on theroad in and in the gulch, including voracious mosquitoes. Totalcasual checklist of 46 species here:http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38186528
Bar-D Reservoir is turning out to bequite the hotspot, as well. On Friday, Least and Western Sandpipersthere, along with a couple of Greater Yellowlegs. A PectoralSandpiper last evening was the 101st species recorded forthat HotSpot. Terrible photos of it can be seen here:http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38186270
If you have entered checklists for thispond, please consider merging your ‘personal location’ with the Bar-DReservoir HotSpot. (http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L5718596)It is the pond on the south side of Hwy 93 about 5 miles southeast ofChallis. I see that a number of you have birded there and used GPS coordinatesor names such as Warm Spring Creek Reservoir and Old Ingram RanchPond.
Merging is done under the “Manageyour locations” tab. Gathering all the data input into the public HotSpotwill make it more useful for other birders as well as forresearchers!
While I’m on the subject, pleaseexplore the Challis area and make note of other HotSpots created thisyear (Challis Bridge, Land of the Yankee Fork State Park, McNabbsPoint). Since I bird there frequently, I will probably ask forHotSpots along Bayhorse Creek Road, too.
The birding is great in this area. Ifyou visit during the next two months, I’d be thrilled to meet up withyou to go birding here.
Wendy McCradyChallis, ID

Craig Benkman has added more information about biology and evolution to
the Cassia Crossbill page, plus links to recent articles and a podcast
worth listening to.

Cassia Crossbill

While I’m at it I would like to point out that Zeke Watkins, who helped
with the writing on the site, originally wrote on the Destinations page
that the South Hills had Idaho’s only endemic “species”. We changed it
to “taxa”, but Zeke was right. “Species” it is!

Lisa

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

This morning I believed that I may have had a singing Alder Flycatcher
south of Magic Reservoir. I saw the bird but could only tell it was a
“Triall’s Flycatcher”. However, after researching and analyzing my
somewhat-decent recordings, I have concluded that it is a specific Willow
Flycatcher call of which before today I never knew this call existed! Let
me explain with media.

*To listen to the attached recordings, you need to turn the volume WAY UP,
because my microphone wasn’t great. It also produced white noise so please
disregard that, unfortunately I cannot say that it was just a nearby
waterfall.*

Primary reference:

http://www.appliedbioacoustics.com/…/Empidonaxaln…/bird.html

The spectrogram below is from my recordings, unfortunately the bird was a
little too distant for my mic to get a good sound. Anyway, this is the
recording of the flycatcher call. Pitch is measured on the left (y-axis)
and time is measured on the top (x-axis). NOTE: The pitch of the barely
visible second note, occurring slightly before 0.85 seconds, is lower than
the first portion of the call, which occurs before-at-and-after 0.70
seconds.

​

The below photo is a screenshot from the referenced source. This is a
direct comparison of the Willow Flycatcher (left) vocalization I heard
today and the very similar, but different, vocalization of the Alder
Flycatcher (right). On the website you can click on the spectrograms and
listen to the recording that is depicted. NOTE: In Willow Flycatcher, the
second half of the call is lower than the first (as shown in my spectrogram).
However, in Alder Flycatcher the second half is higher in pitch than the
first half, which is not shown in my spectrogram.

​

Please email me with any questions or comments!

Austin Young

Twin Falls, ID

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 6:54 PM, ‘Larry Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net
[ible] wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Austin, I neglected to say, Alder f/c is a good one, of special interest
> because it’s likely expanding in range (including breeding), or is it just
> grabbing our attention more often? similar to Least f/c situation 10-20 yrs
> ago…… =)
>
>
>
> FWIW
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *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
>
> —
>
> Austin Young
> Twin Falls, ID
> austinyoung224@gmail.com
>
> —
>
> Austin Young
> Twin Falls, ID
> austinyoung224@gmail.com
>
>
>

—
Austin Young

Austin, I neglected to say, Alder f/c is a good one, of special interest because it’s likely expanding in range (including breeding), or is it just grabbing our attention more often? similar to Least f/c situation 10-20 yrs ago…… =)

FWIW

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

—

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

—

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

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

—

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com

—

Austin Young
Twin Falls, ID
austinyoung224@gmail.com