I was curious about that also… getting the same activity of display flight here?
=)kim

On Jun 30, 2017, at 12:22 PM, lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:

This AM, I’ve been watching the Hummingbird activity at my feeder. A male Black-chinned has been making display flghts for a female which comes into feed, then perches at the feeder watching his displays. Another pair? Same pair, maybe going to nest again? Did read where sometimes, hummers will have two broods a summer. Certainly, more summer still present, after the one successful nesting.

Also, I had a female Rufous Hummingbird come into the feeder earlier, before the Black-chinned Hummingbirds took over. Also, found a male Lazuli Bunting & male Western Tanagers on the place.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

=)kim liebich
Boise Idaho

Our dogs didn’t want to get in the truck this morning! Probably thought it would be another ride, like that ride on the Frenchglen road, they had yesterday.

I did forget to mention that Malhuer HQ is very dog friendly. Even can go in the visitor center. Must be on 6′ or shorter leads.

Also, the museum is totally worth going into. Many many stuffed birds representative of the birds seen at Malhuer. And the list of homestead chores made me smile in remembrance of my grandmother and her weekly routine!

MaDWhitham
It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!

On Jul 1, 2017, at 12:09 PM, ‘Larry Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible] wrote:

Too bad they don’t blade those washboardy roads, because that’s what turned me back when I was there a few years ago.

I had wanted to experience Steens Mountain, but not at the hassle/expense of replacing all the shocks on my vehicle, not to mention my neck, back, etc.

FWIW, Larry, Boise

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of MaDWhitham climb_on2002@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 9:10 AM
To: telemark22@sbcglobal.net; Yahoo! Inc.
Subject: [IBLE] Re: Malhuer

We actually received 3 replies, headquarters/visitors center, the narrows, the campground near Frenchglen. We had good luck at the first two and didn’t make it to the last.

The mosquitoes are atrocious! We probably would have seen a few more birds had we not been mobbed by those.

Tried to drive down to Frenchglen on the “two hour” self guided tour. Four hours later after 20 miles of washboard gravel road and seeing 10 of the stops, we were at the turn for French’s round barn. We went there and headed back to the Good Sam campground near the narrows.

MaDWhitham

It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!

On Jun 30, 2017, at 11:25 PM, telemark22@sbcglobal.net [ible] wrote:

It appears that no one had a chance to answer this before the OP’s visit, but we will be at Malheur in a week and a half, so we would welcome the information about the best birding spots on the refuge.

Thank you,

Larry Montgomery

Sacramento, CA

In mid June the S Steens Mountain Rd was in great condition to the first
campground about 18 miles in where it was still closed due to snow.
Beautiful scenery, views that seemed to extend forever. N Steens Mountain
Rd was OK, but open only to the Page Springs Campground, which is open for
camping.

On Jul 1, 2017 12:10 PM, “‘Larry Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible]” < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Too bad they don’t blade those washboardy roads, because that’s what turned
me back when I was there a few years ago.

I had wanted to experience Steens Mountain, but not at the hassle/expense
of replacing all the shocks on my vehicle, not to mention my neck, back,
etc.

FWIW, Larry, Boise

*From:* ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf
Of *MaDWhitham
climb_on2002@yahoo.com [ible]
*Sent:* Saturday, July 1, 2017 9:10 AM
*To:* telemark22@sbcglobal.net; Yahoo! Inc.
*Subject:* [IBLE] Re: Malhuer

We actually received 3 replies, headquarters/visitors center, the narrows,
the campground near Frenchglen. We had good luck at the first two and
didn’t make it to the last.

The mosquitoes are atrocious! We probably would have seen a few more birds
had we not been mobbed by those.

Tried to drive down to Frenchglen on the “two hour” self guided tour. Four
hours later after 20 miles of washboard gravel road and seeing 10 of the
stops, we were at the turn for French’s round barn. We went there and
headed back to the Good Sam campground near the narrows.

MaDWhitham

*It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!*

On Jun 30, 2017, at 11:25 PM, telemark22@sbcglobal.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

It appears that no one had a chance to answer this before the OP’s visit,
but we will be at Malheur in a week and a half, so we would welcome the
information about the best birding spots on the refuge.

Thank you,

Larry Montgomery

Sacramento, CA

Too bad they don’t blade those washboardy roads, because that’s what turned me back when I was there a few years ago.

I had wanted to experience Steens Mountain, but not at the hassle/expense of replacing all the shocks on my vehicle, not to mention my neck, back, etc.

FWIW, Larry, Boise

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of MaDWhitham climb_on2002@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 9:10 AM
To: telemark22@sbcglobal.net; Yahoo! Inc.
Subject: [IBLE] Re: Malhuer

We actually received 3 replies, headquarters/visitors center, the narrows, the campground near Frenchglen. We had good luck at the first two and didn’t make it to the last.

The mosquitoes are atrocious! We probably would have seen a few more birds had we not been mobbed by those.

Tried to drive down to Frenchglen on the “two hour” self guided tour. Four hours later after 20 miles of washboard gravel road and seeing 10 of the stops, we were at the turn for French’s round barn. We went there and headed back to the Good Sam campground near the narrows.

MaDWhitham

It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!

On Jun 30, 2017, at 11:25 PM, telemark22@sbcglobal.net [ible] wrote:

It appears that no one had a chance to answer this before the OP’s visit, but we will be at Malheur in a week and a half, so we would welcome the information about the best birding spots on the refuge.

Thank you,

Larry Montgomery

Sacramento, CA

We actually received 3 replies, headquarters/visitors center, the narrows, the campground near Frenchglen. We had good luck at the first two and didn’t make it to the last.
The mosquitoes are atrocious! We probably would have seen a few more birds had we not been mobbed by those.
Tried to drive down to Frenchglen on the “two hour” self guided tour. Four hours later after 20 miles of washboard gravel road and seeing 10 of the stops, we were at the turn for French’s round barn. We went there and headed back to the Good Sam campground near the narrows.

MaDWhitham
It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!

On Jun 30, 2017, at 11:25 PM, telemark22@sbcglobal.net [ible] wrote:

It appears that no one had a chance to answer this before the OP’s visit, but we will be at Malheur in a week and a half, so we would welcome the information about the best birding spots on the refuge.
Thank you,
Larry Montgomery

Sacramento, CA

We will be in the Boise area in a week and a half, so we would welcome information about the best birding possibilities. We will definitely visit The World Center for Birds of Prey. We were considering one day at Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. It sounds great, but I wonder if the concentration of birds will make it worthwhile, primarily viewing from the car. We also plan on part or all of one day at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge, so any information about that will be appreciated.

Thank you,
Larry Montgomery

Sacramento, CA

This AM, I’ve been watching the Hummingbird activity at my feeder. A male Black-chinned has been making display flghts for a female which comes into feed, then perches at the feeder watching his displays. Another pair? Same pair, maybe going to nest again? Did read where sometimes, hummers will have two broods a summer. Certainly, more summer still present, after the one successful nesting.

Also, I had a female Rufous Hummingbird come into the feeder earlier, before the Black-chinned Hummingbirds took over. Also, found a male Lazuli Bunting & male Western Tanagers on the place.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Best spots for birding at the refuge? We are at the refuge for the day tomorrow.

MaDWhitham
It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!

MaDWhitham
It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!

Thank you to Larry Arnold for posting the Caspian Tern for me yesterday. I
have only seen CATE’s a few times along the river and I got pretty excited
when I realized the large white bird cruising the back pond at ESP was not
just another gull. This was not just a FOY, this was first in several years.

Yesterday’s ride had begun with a slow cruise through Hull’s Gulch, which
was more crowded than usual, but the birds were cooperative. I left there
with over 30 birds, stopped at the house to refuel and headed to the river.
The pair of Western Grebes at Quinn’s Pond were #40 and the Caspian was #41.
I cruised to and through Ann Morrison and found my 2d Cooper’s Hawk of the
day, terrorizing the RWBB’s near the footbridge. By the time I left, I was
up to 49 birds and I was already obsessing about nice round numbers.
Fortunately, #50 came on our evening walk with another noisy flyover by a
Common Nighthawk.

So last week it took 32 miles to get 59 birds, but yesterday it only took 15
miles to get 50. Of course, when it comes to birding from the back of a
bike, I’m not sure cost-benefit analysis is appropriate. They’re all great
days when you’re out there looking for our feathered friends, but some days
you have to work a little harder.

Tom McCabe, Boise

For Latilong 21, I first reported Black-chinned Hummingbird nest building activity on 5/29. This evening, I saw my first juvenile Black-chinned Hummingbird come into the feeder. I looked it up & hummingbirds can go from egg to flying independence in 3-4 wks time. Fast! I believe this one is a male, as it had all the characteristics noted in Sibley’s of a juvenile with about 3 black/dk purple feathers at center base of neck. An adult male & female have been hitting the feeder for a couple of weeks now.

Although, I never saw the nest itself, all the activity centered from spider web gathering to back-&-forth flights by the female Black-chinned to one of our blue spruce trees, until this past weekend, when I watched the female sallying for mid-air insects last Friday. Since then, most flights have occurred to a cottonwood & streamside willows. This progression has been quite fun & rewarding to witness.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot/Latilong 21