Have you reported it to the Intermountain Bird Observatory crew at Boise State? They have had individuals involved with surveys on these birds.
On Jun 26, 2021, at 8:33 AM, M Gregory <alanclarkg@…> wrote:
I was exploring along Mud Flat Rd. in Owyhee County on 22 June when I stopped at a riparian zone of willows, cottonwoods, aspen and other shrubs (chokecherry?) when I heard the repeated calls and notes of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I never actually saw the bird, and tried phishing with my mouth, but to no avail. I recorded the vocalizations with my android mobile phone and later compared them with those available through the Cornell Lab’s allaboutbirds.org web site. Here are two pictures of the habitat.
I have twice tried to report my observation through Idaho Fish and Game’s website, but the site went down each time.
My coordinates for the site are: N430632.7 and W1154142.5
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home
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Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member
Member, North American Butterfly Association
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Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
I was exploring along Mud Flat Rd. in Owyhee County on 22 June when I stopped at a riparian zone of willows, cottonwoods, aspen and other shrubs (chokecherry?) when I heard the repeated calls and notes of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. I never actually saw the bird, and tried phishing with my mouth, but to no avail. I recorded the vocalizations with my android mobile phone and later compared them with those available through the Cornell Lab’s allaboutbirds.org web site. Here are two pictures of the habitat.
I have twice tried to report my observation through Idaho Fish and Game’s website, but the site went down each time.
My coordinates for the site are: N430632.7 and W1154142.5
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home
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Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member
A friend has asked me to post the link below. It takes you to a web page that has a live nest cam for Black Swifts. I’ve checked it out a couple of times, but I haven’t seen a lot of activity, but I thought I’d pass it along anyway.
A friend and I took it into our heads to hike to the Chukar Butte frog ponds early this morning. Mallards, a crow passing overhead off in the distance, a chukar, RW blackbirds, a GBH, unidentified singers and a bullfrog rewarded our expedition. We were too tuckered out to hike up to the smaller pond, so we claimed victory enjoying the main pond.
Lots of mountain bikers coming and going on the trail. If you’re a mountain biker you could pause to take in the pond then head off like some of them to Peggy’s Trail or the Daniel’s Creek Trail.
I was told by a fisherman that they recently stocked the pond where Mr. Loon is hanging out. Has he been enticed by a generous food supply? Not sure why he’s still there, but he has become part of my daily biking routine. I’ve only seen a few C. Loons along the Boise River, and this guy has stayed the longest.
