I’ve got people who have taken up my offer on my $2000 hopefully we will
get enough for the trip without my having
To spend too much.you can be on list as backup you will have to register @
rock jumper bird tour Brazil October 4=11. $ 800 deposit by end of this
month which will be refunded if you don’t go

Have you got any dates for fishing this year would be great to get some
good fishing and some great pizza in Roberts with you cliff

Fo

I sent this Saturday but it didn’t go out as far as I can tell. I was in awe today at what I witnessed.
I walked outside this afternoon and noticed 20 butterflies flying through my yard in Eagle in the time I walked out to my truck. I then drove up to Avimor (a foothills community north of Boise along hwy 55). In the five or so miles I noticed 1000’s of butterflies  including 100’s dead on the road. Later in the evening I was at Dry Creek Cemetery and still noticed 100’s of Butterflies passing through. I’ve never witnessed anything like this before.
I was in the foothills on a long hike early this morning in the Five-mile Gulch vicinity and witnessed hundreds of birds. The sound was almost deafening early in the morning with all the singing from the birds. I counted 53 species and my checklist only included a five mile loop. My hike included a 10 mile loop up to tree line and back but I didn’t enter all numbers due to the 5 mile eBird limit. There were large numbers of Chats, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Spotted Towhees, Lazuli Buntings and warblers (7 species of warblers). I love doing this hike each spring. I’m amazed every time I do it.
I was at Dry Creek Cemetery yesterday and had a flock of 15 Western Tanagers. I had never seen this many before just standing there for a minute. A singing Anna’s Hummingbird male continues. I’ve just seen the 1 male so far.
It’s a great time to be in the outdoors!

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well of course our daughter graduating from Law School at UI Moscow, and her two girls, plus Missy’s sibs – these dudes are tall !!!

My heroes include Ardith Fichter, Edson Fichter, Sarah Fichter, and Dr. Chuck Trost,

do you have Idaho heroes?

Robert tell them not to cancel
money is nothing
i did one of those trips

From: “Robert Kiernan photobirder@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:09:00 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Brazil birding

Because of my limited mobility this is my best chance for a great trip so I will pay $2000 to some one please help an old man 208 318 3085 we need more people or they will cancel

At Roberts sewage pond.

Kit

Kit Struthers
kit619@centurylink.net
Idaho Falls ID
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I was fortunate to find a snowy plover in Bannock County yesterday. There
is a large alkaline playa at the upper reaches of Oxford Slough, southeast
of the intersection of Oxford and Coulam Roads. The bird was at the north
end.

Interestingly, I have been drooling over this playa all spring because of
extensive mud/wet sand flats. It was superb for waterfowl back in late
March and early April, but has largely been disappointing for shorebirds.
I was hoping for lots of stilts, long-billed dowitchers, and maybe a peep
or two. But when I arrived it only harbored 1 killdeer, 1 American avocet,
and 4 Wilson’s phalaropes. I was scanning it a 3rd time in disbelief that
it was so empty when the plover flew in. I took notice of it right away as
something that could be interesting because of it’s overall small size and
light coloration. Wasn’t expecting this species though!

Other noteworthy sightings include a steady stream of hundreds of
white-faced ibis flying back and forth out of their nesting colony at
Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area, out toward Swan Lake Slough and
Marsh Valley. Displaying and calling long-billed curlews, willets, and
Wilson’s snipe were a treat to enjoy. There was also a daytime short-eared
owl along Coulam Road and a great-tailed grackle at Swan Lake Slough.

Steven F. Kahl
Deputy Project Leader
Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex
4425 Burley Dr., Ste. A
Chubbuck, ID 83202
C (208) 252-0805
P (208) 237-6615 ext 112
F (208) 237-8213

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Because of my limited mobility this is my best chance for a great trip so
I will pay $2000 to some one please help an old man 208 318 3085 we need
more people or they will cancel

Carl, you rock! thank you man! =) laughing at the plug for FB, yeehah

bird was mostly snoozing among actively foraging COGO about 100 ft above dam, and white wing patches were visible esp on L side, with overall structure of scoter face plus bill obvious, a sleepy bird “grounded” by this wx?

we love you Heidi =)

LA

From: “Carl Lundblad carl.lundblad@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 12:20:12 PM
Subject: [IBLE] FWD: White-winged Scoter continues at Swan Falls, Ada County

Larry Arnold reports (via Heidi Ware on Facebook) that the White-winged Scoter is still present today on the Snake River at Swan Falls Park in southwest Ada County (location details available on eBird and Google).
Thanks to Larry and Heidi for the report!

Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID

Larry Arnold reports (via Heidi Ware on Facebook) that the White-winged
Scoter is still present today on the Snake River at Swan Falls Park in
southwest Ada County (location details available on eBird and Google).

Thanks to Larry and Heidi for the report!

Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID