Sugarloaf campground, birding trail , seen and photographed today at mud flats at the old road bed that goes into Cascade reservoir. I was submitted eBird list, rated “rare@, let me know if you need more details
Rich Rusnak m, cheers
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[IBLE] Hummingbird Report, West Boise, Spring 2019 [1 Attachment]
Hummer peoples,
We’ve fed hummingbirds for nearly 35 years, although I refer to it as playing Kubikschach ( 3D chess ) with them 😉 We’ve fed these Lilliputians annually except for the few years we lived in Europe (UK and GE), mostly in states where we’ve lived and/or visited, however briefly: AK, OR, CA, AZ, NM, TX, FL, NV, UT, CO, and ID since 2012.
Every year brings surprises, but nothing as crazy as this year has in west Boise! So far, every arriving hummer (species and gender) has been a record early date for our yard, or a first record seasonal sighting, e.g., we’ve never entertained Rufous (RU) or Calliope (CA) in spring!! Our only expected summer resident and breeder has been Black-chinned (BC), and we’re still looking for this year’s first fBC. Please refer to chart below, wherein I hope these notes are apparent and not ambiguous.
This morning, both male and female CA were using our feeders often, and at 0943 hrs a male was displaying to a female in one of our small trees, e.g., dives, hovers, and buzzing or “shuttle-displays.” (ref: BNA species account, Calder and Calder, 1994)
What’s next? It shouldn’t surprise us, eh?
Larry
HUMMINGBIRD SPRING ARRIVAL DATES
WEST BOISE 83714
m or f refers to gender
NH – not home for obs
NA – no spring obs, not expected
year
mBC
fBC
mRU
fRU
mCA
fCA
BT
AN
2013
1-May
NH
NA
NA
2014
2-May
27-May
”
”
2015
29-Apr
18-May
”
”
2016
3-May
NH
”
”
2017
3-May
16-May
”
”
2018
28-Apr
11-May
”
”
2019
25-Apr
30-Apr
2-May
2-May
4-May
”
”
Re: [IBLE] Lewis’s Woodpecker
nice finds Janet !!
maybe we were there too early this morning? ( which i never thought to be possible! who’s ever heard of such a thing? too early! ha )
we heard plenty of orioles and kingbirds and wobblers and such but missed the others….. must return soon!
Larry and Missy
From: “Janet Phillips janet.misty11@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 12:37:26 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Lewis’s Woodpecker
Lewis’s Woodpecker at Lucky Peak Discovery Unit off Hwy #21. Hanging out by restrooms. Warbling Vireo and several Bullock’s Orioles and Western Kingbirds
[IBLE] Access to Meadow Creek Pond
Craig Johnson Re: White Winged Scoter at Meadow Creek Pond. Question: Is the pond accessible without getting into trespassing issues? Paul Plante run4ity@ yahoo.com
[IBLE] Lewis’s Woodpecker
Lewis’s Woodpecker at Lucky Peak Discovery Unit off Hwy #21. Hanging out by restrooms. Warbling Vireo and several Bullock’s Orioles and Western Kingbirds
[IBLE] A Few More
Another visit by the Blue Jay this morning. And, White-crowned Sparrows have replaced juncos around the place. A surprise was an adult Harris’ Sparrow to the feeder.
House Wrens, Am Goldfinches, Am Robins, BC Chickadees, Red-naped Sapsuckers, House Finches & N Flickers are all busy with song & nesting prep. The Red-winged Blackbirds have their territories established & are just waiting for the females to arrive. As of yet: no warblers, vireos, orioles, BH Grosbeaks nor hummers.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Re: [IBLE] Blue Jay
Thank you Brian… more and more interesting! is it claiming Idaho residency and has it paid taxes on time? 😉
LA
From: “lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 5:58:28 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Blue Jay
Yesterday on May 1, first visitor in the AM was…the Blue Jay. The start of month #7, so has been present for at least one day of 8 different months. When I first saw the jay, figured it would be good for a handful of sightings. Proved me wrong!
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
[IBLE] Blue Jay
Yesterday on May 1, first visitor in the AM was…the Blue Jay. The start of month #7, so has been present for at least one day of 8 different months. When I first saw the jay, figured it would be good for a handful of sightings. Proved me wrong!
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
[IBLE] Fwd: [BIRDCHAT] a kidnapper, literally
as one of my birding buddies says, unreal!!!
see “behavior” in wiki link
Larry
—–Original Message—–
From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line) [mailto:BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Paulo Boute
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2019 11:52 AM
To: BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] White-winged chough – Wikipedia
What a surprise!
This bird can kidnap!
See:
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_chough | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_chough ]
Paulo Boute.
Obter o Outlook para Android
[IBLE] Inkom Hummers
Black Chinned and Broad tailed showed up today. The Chickadees and Siskens are insistent that sunflower seed feeder should go back up vs the hummer feeder, trying to eat from hummer feeder. Too bad. They have a really big feeder supply out back.
Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom