A friend in Boise mentioned viewing it from the top of Pierce Park Road. We couldn’t see it here in Emmett until it was slap dark. After 11:00 p.m.
Liz
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Comet
Has any One found a good location in s.w. idaho to view neowise i’ve tried 3 locations no luck
Re: Comet
Craters was good last night. We found three good locations.
Re: Nighthawk nap
He’s a dandy, Elizabeth. A beautiful photo.
Nighthawk nap
This handsome fella, usually found up in our front maple, was taking it easy in the 92 degree heat on our road. I got too close and he flew back up to his roosting spot, where he’s still calling. Hope the pic shows up correctly.
Liz
Emmett ID
Re: [eBird Alert] Ada County Rare Bird Alert
Thanks as well Carl for the explanation. I am not sure I have ever seen the High vs Low filters explained before. This also may explain why sightings of birds like Yellow-breasted Chats and Black-headed Grosbeaks from high up in the Boise foothills are flagged as rare even though essentially every list submitted at the specific locations have the birds. So, the bird may be common at the location but rare in the overall area.
Scott Tuthill
Re: Comet Neowise and rarefied air….
Golly, great photo MaDWhitham!
Larry, c’était un plaisir.
Anyone else think that Clark’s Nutcrackers are the magpies of higher elevations?… kinda noisy, crafty, persistent thiefs of songbird territory? Inquiring minds want to know.
So, back up at Ola Summit today and things have quieted down; a handful of Lewis woodpeckers, rock wrens, no sapsuckers, beaucoup meadowlarks, lazuli buntings persist but songs are changing yet again. Swear I heard a canyon wren but birding partner demures.
Leaving you with a little humor from the NYer – https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/oh-to-be-a-migratory-bird
Liz Medes
Emmett (the east side)
Re: Comet Neowise and rarefied air….
Larry
Une très jolie citation pour commencer la journée
A very nice quote to start the day
Mark took a great photo last night
MaDWhitham
Suivez vos rêves aujourd’hui!! Demain n’arrivera peut-être jamais
Re: Comet Neowise and rarefied air….
ah….. MaDWhitham, my favorite language…
Le soleil est levé, mm-hmm, ça va
Le monde survit dans un autre jour
Et je pense à l’éternité
Un peu d’extase s’est emparée de moi…
Sun’s up, mm-hmm, looks okay
The world survives into another day
And I’m thinking ’bout eternity
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me…
(Bruce C, “wondering where the lions are” 12 Jan 1979, Ottawa Canada)
and this is my ( overdue ) opportunity to thank you, Liz, for your following suggestion re elevation =)……
gotta love those nutcrackers !!!
Speaking of rarified air, Larry, we were up at the border of Gem and Valley counties, at 8k ft, Wilson’s Peak, across from Snowbank Mtn. Here’s the checklist.
Liz Medes
Emmett
Re: [eBird Alert] Ada County Rare Bird Alert
Tom et al.,
Good question. Ada is one of the rare counties for which the eBird filter has been split into two: a low elevation filter and a high elevation filter for the Lucky Peak area and environs. These Cliff Swallow reports are from the Ada High Elevation filter region, where mid-summer Cliff Swallows are flagged, unlike in the surrounding lowlands. Conversely, the Western Tanager on the same alert would not have been flagged by the Ada High Elevation filter, but is flagged by the low elevation filter until a bit later in July, when southbound migrants become more abundant.
Hopefully these subdivided filters will become more widely-used in the future, but they require a lot of effort to develop. Thanks to Lew Ulrey, Heidi Ware Carlisle, Jay Carlisle, and probably others (apologies to whomever I missed) for making this possible in Ada County.
Best,
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID