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
Amazing encounter and lovely photo! I wish I could make the trip, but I live all the way over near Idaho Falls. Hoping some GGO make their way down here this Winter, too. It is my first year living here, so I am learning all of the good places to go birding 🙂
WOW … great look and photo. I always seem to find them screened by branches etc. 🙂
On Dec 16, 2020, at 5:37 PM, Elizabeth Medes <liz.medes@…> wrote:
 Jeff, I wish! Â
This has to be a one-off due to the heavy fog near the Payette today. I couldn’t believe my eyes, and got so excited I’ll probably need to get my car interior detailed!Â
 I had zero connectivity, in auto route trolling mode, and was watching the hunters leave, the red tails playing, and the fog roll in when I found it. Crikey, what a big owl! Roosting about 3 ft off the ground. I didn’t linger, no longer than the time to get 3 photos. I made a u-turn after the hunters had left and it was still there, preening!
To be as quasi precise as a sensitive species sighting is allowed, this was in Gem County, Montour WMA, about .5 mile or so from the Payette River. Someone tell me if I need to do anything else, or less than.
Liz Medes
Gem County ID
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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
Great sighting. I’ve seen them several times but have struck out the last two years where, what I thought to be, it was a sure thing. A public island of land surrounded by private land in Valley County.
This has to be a one-off due to the heavy fog near the Payette today. I couldn’t believe my eyes, and got so excited I’ll probably need to get my car interior detailed!Â
 I had zero connectivity, in auto route trolling mode, and was watching the hunters leave, the red tails playing, and the fog roll in when I found it. Crikey, what a big owl! Roosting about 3 ft off the ground. I didn’t linger, no longer than the time to get 3 photos. I made a u-turn after the hunters had left and it was still there, preening!
To be as quasi precise as a sensitive species sighting is allowed, this was in Gem County, Montour WMA, about .5 mile or so from the Payette River. Someone tell me if I need to do anything else, or less than.
