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

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:

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> 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
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> 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.
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> It was singing across the river barely upstream from the last big
> Cottonwood at the bewicks wren spot: 43.2243, -114.3547
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> There is better access to the bird across the river from the wren spot.
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> Austin Young
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> Twin Falls, ID
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> Austin Young
> Twin Falls, ID
> austinyoung224@gmail.com
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>
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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
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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!

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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

With the return of a RB Nuthatch to the neighborhood, and the continued
expansion of the EC Doves, I was able to start my ride today with 9 birds.
The neighborhood Swainson’s juvenile hasn’t left the nest yet, so that was
#10. At Esther Simplot I found the usual suspects, minus the W. Grebes, but
that was compensated for by a flyover of a GB Heron(#21). Just before I
entered Ann Morrison, I found a family of A. Kestrels for #30. A loop of the
park produced 6 more birds, and I headed downriver towards Remington St., on
the Garden City side. Near the railroad trestle I found a Cedar Waxwing
(#37), and an Osprey (#38)was noisily complaining just west of Veteran’s
Parkway. As I turned onto Remington, I heard and then saw one of the local
W. Kingbirds (#39), and while I was looking at him, I realized there was a
Red-tail Hawk (#40)high in the sky beyond him. I almost quit at that point,
but some chattering in the Russian Olives halfway down Remington produced a
juvenile Bullock’s Oriole (#41). Final birds were Bank Swallows (#42) all
along Remington and NRW Swallows (#43)back at Esther Simplot. Not bad for a
15 mile cruise.

My numbers have been hovering right around 40 birds for the last week or so
(since the river went down enough to bike to Remington St.), but I continue
to be amazed at the diversity and numbers in light of the high temps and the
fact that it’s mid-July.

On another note, I do burn gas to cruise Lucky Peak in our boat. (I just
don’t add the birds to my day list.) Last night was a real treat with a Bald
Eagle, 2 Osprey, 2 Red-tails, 2 GB Herons and numerous other birds that I
don’t find in the valley. Plus it is quite peaceful up the Mores Creek arm
in the no-wake zone.

Tom McCabe, Boise

Thanks Ken, RL, Denise and Jason for your help with my grouse id.
Well Dusky seems to be the consensus between you, and although these birds were smaller than adult Dusky, we know that most birds from this group (quail, partridge, grouse etc) can fly before they’re full grown, so I must conclude that all those we saw were juveniles. None of those we saw were big enough to be adults. As you say, Spruce would be wrong for this location and habitat, and there was no sign of a crest on the one bird I had a reasonable view of.
Thanks again!John Shortis 

On Monday, July 10, 2017 7:39 AM, John Shortis wrote:

Hi birders, yesterday we stumbled upon and flushed about 8 or 9 grouse species right by the trail at Upper Hulls Gulch. I was unable to get a positive id on them, but they could only have been Ruffed or Spruce. I guess they were a family group. My thoughts are that it was the wrong habitat for Spruce, however, I could see no sign of a crest on the head which you’d normally expect for Ruffed Grouse. But I’m still leaning towards Ruffed, the birds did not vocalize, and I only had a brief look at the top half of the body of one bird, which was dark barring. Can anyone suggest which of these 2 species would be most likely there?         Thanks!John Shortis