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Fremont County Migrants

I spent today on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River downstream from Ashton and it was a very birdy day. Fly over raptors included a late Swainson’s Hawk, at least five Turkey Vultures (4 in one group), two Sharp-shinned Hawks, a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk and a juvenile Sabine’s Gull. There was a big flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers near Vernon Bridge that numbered at least fifty, a pair of female Western Tanagers and two Blue Jays.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
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Re: Winter Raptor Survey Project

Hi Sarah,

Thanks very much for the help you have offered so far, have not filled any of these routes so far and I do understand the challenge, have dealt with this since the beginning for this area.  With that said, I have attached a map that shows the locations of most of them and another map showing Richfield.  Unfortunately. I dont have maps for Albion and Raft River – Idahome so have attached the data collection forms for those.  One thing to mention about the multiroute map routes, a few of them have been slightly altered since I made the map way back when so it should be used for general orientation only, the data forms that I can provide to prospective takers will display the official route paths to follow:)
I too am going to miss Kathy’s presence in this project, she anchored down that hard to fill area in herculean fashion!  Did she move out of state or someplace else in Idaho?
Okay, let me know if I can be of further help, really appreciate all that you do for me to keep this project humming along!:)
Jeff

Ps – to open either file, double click an icon then click on the Sheet 1 tab that appears on the page that comes up

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Re: Winter Raptor Survey Project

Hi Jeff,

I have put out your plea a couple of times in our Prairie Falcon Audubon News email. Would it be possible for you to share maps of the following routes in our area? Or one map with each of these routes indicated? It might help?? Sadly, most of our members hail from Twin Fall, Gooding, and Jerome Counties. Kathy Eklund (Cassia County) was the exception! Not quite sure what we will do without her. She did several routes for you, compiled and participated in several CBCs, helped teach our community ed birding classes and most importantly, bird-dogged rarities. We will miss her!
Richfield                                 44
Heyburn                                 41
Acequia                                 39
Rupert North                         69
Rupert East – Minidoka         55
Burley East – Lake Walcott   67
Burley SW                            51
Burley SE                             34
Albion                                   36
Raft River – Idahome            65
Best to you,
Sarah

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Winter Raptor Survey Project

Hi Everyone,

My name is Jeff Fleischer and I am project developer / coordinator for the Winter Raptor Survey Project sponsored by the East Cascades Audubon Society based in Bend, OR. Last winter we wound up surveying 551 routes covering more than 32,000 miles of transects throughout all of OR, ID, WA, the northern portions of CA and UT, and western MT. A total of 450+ volunteers survey these routes once a month during December thru February with additional optional survey months available for November and March.

We are about to enter our 20th survey season and I have several routes in your state that need a volunteer to do surveys and I would be grateful if some of you would like to take on a route or two this winter 🙂 I have done these route advertisements on IBLE in past years and have been successful in securing help, hopefully some of you will keep that success going:)

Here is the list of routes with their corresponding lengths:

Culesac 56 miles
Winchester 73
Nezperce 71
Moscow South 56
Troy – Deary 78
Coeur d’Alene 75
Churchill – Oakley 68
Jerome North 63
Richfield 44
Heyburn 41
Acequia 39
Rupert North 69
Rupert East – Minidoka 55
Burley East – Lake Walcott 67
Burley SW 51
Burley SE 34
Albion 36
Raft River – Idahome 65
Lava Hot Springs – Bancroft 54
Lidy Hot Springs 75

There are only a few requirements to participate:

1. I ask that volunteers commit to doing one survey per month for the three primary months of December thru February, surveys can also be done in November and March but these are optional months. More than one survey can also be done for any given month as an additional option

2. Volunteers should be comfortable with IDing the common species of raptors in your chosen area and be willing to increase your knowledge of these regal birds

3. You should have at least a pair of binoculars to help you spot and ID birds, a spotting scope would be nice to have but not a requirement

4. Survey dates are determined by each volunteer based on their monthly life schedules and hopefully to skirt inclement weather when birds can be sheltered and out of view

If this sounds like something you would like to do, please email me as soon as you can with your choice of route(s), to be fair I will fill the routes on a first come first served basis. I will then provide you with the necessary material to get you properly prepared for what you will be doing:)

I would really like to make this 20th season something special and filling these routes will be a big part of that effort, looking forward to hearing from you soon, thank you 🙂

Jeff Fleischer
Project Developer / Coordinator
Winter Raptor Survey Project
East Cascades Audubon Society – Bend, OR

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