Lower dam lake Lowell w.of Nampa it cruising close to dam now

Beyond Idaho…… 😉

Birders, if you aren’t busy chasing state birds, county birds, year birds, life birds, patch birds, flying birds, swimming birds, surfing birds, walking birds, talking birds, humming birds, birdie birds, or busy with yard work, why not just for fun check out the list of birds posted below by Jim, and/or his eBird entry with photos of Connecticut vs. Mourning Warbler, eyiyi!!

Also for fun….. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farallon_Islands

Autumnal equinox approaching already!
Larry

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Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1) CONFIRMED

– Reported Sep 05, 2018 06:25 by Jim Tietz

– Southeast Farallon Island – restricted access, San Francisco, California

– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=37.69852,-123.002789&ll=37.69852,-123.002789

– Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48321597

– Media: 8 Photos

– Comments: “Photos; doc to CBRC”

From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Tietz jimtietz@yahoo.com [CALBIRDS]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 8:09 PM
To: calbirds@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Farallon highlights

Hi birders,

Over the last few days, the Point Blue crew experienced ideal weather ( overcast skies, limited visibility, and light winds) for sending migrants to Southeast Farallon Island. And oh my, how they came. In addition to the normal western birds, we found the following: Red-footed Booby-1 (1st record since 1975), Scripps’s Murrelet-1, Least Flycatcher-2, Eastern Warbling Vireo-1, Red-eyed Vireo-1, Green-tailed Towhee-1, Bobolink-2, Ovenbird-1, Tennessee Warbler-4, Connecticut Warbler-1, Mourning Warbler-1, American Redstart-3, Magnolia Warbler-1, Blackburnian Warbler-1, Chestnut-sided Warbler-2, Blackpoll Warbler-1, and Canada Warbler-1 (our 4th this fall).

Southeast Farallon Island, a part of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, is off limits to the public, but the juvenile Red-footed Booby, which was seen yesterday and today, may be visible on a whale watching boat to the island. Although there have been 3 Brown Boobies on Sugarloaf Islet lately, we have yet to see the Red-footed Booby land there. Yesterday afternoon it landed briefly on Saddle Rock before the Western Gulls chased it off. It then flew around the island with the pelicans for a couple hours before sunset. Today we saw it briefly around 2:15 PM. The booby could be roosting somewhere else on the island that we are unaware of.

To see full checklists of the birds we’re seeing with photos, check out our profile in eBird: https://ebird.org/profile/MTYwOTAz

John Garrett, Sarah Hecocks, Kurt Ongman, Amanda Spears, James R Tietz
Southeast Farallon Island, CA

Posted by: Jim Tietz

Had a beautiful Ferruginous Hawk fly over my house, and then start circling in the hills above me; so I got to watch it for awhile. The flashes in its wingtips were especially cool.
I think it’s my favorite buteo in Idaho…. Happy birding, everyone…Jonathan

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

This adult male (non-breeding plumage) Chestnut-sided Warbler was captured, banded, & released earlier this morning at IBO’s Lucky Peak field station (Ada Co).

Sent from my iPhone

This juvenile jaeger was seen near Hells’s Canyon last weekend. I don’t know the exact location as this photo was taken by a hunter and he isn’t revealing his hunting area.

I just saw a posting for a juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger in Utah. Keep your eyes open folks. It’s jaeger time!

Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho

How about an Idaho Hummer day??

Mid August or tied into Rudene’s hummer fest at Memorial Day???

Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom

> On Sep 4, 2018, at 3:26 PM, LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] wrote:
>
>
> Zeeeee-chuppity chup! This would be our Rufousoidal Hums speaking to all y’all on IBLE…… 😉
>
> Forwarding this a few days late, but still of interest to some of us, yes?
>
> Folks mentioned herein are HumBuds of mine, long ago and far away.
>
> Larry, Boise
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast [mailto:HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU ] On Behalf Of Nancy L Newfield
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:12 PM
> To: HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
> Subject: [HUMNET-L] International Hummingbird Day
>
>
> In 1996, I casually mentioned to the late Olga Clifton that 15 August was
>
> going to be International Hummingbird Day and we are going to celebrate
>
> here at your place in Abita Springs LA. And Olga in her own inimitable way
>
> said, “Great, I’ll get out a press release!”
>
>
> Olga was a great promoter. That first year, with a couple of week’s
>
> notice, the Clifton yard hosted 92 eager hummingbird watchers. Numbers of
>
> hummingbird lovers nearly tripled the next August and very soon, the ad hoc
>
> festival outgrew Walter & Olga’s splendid property. The festival then moved
>
> to Mizell’s nursery in Folsom LA, where it was a huge success.
>
>
> At some point, the event shifted to September and my own attentions shifted
>
> elsewhere. Linda Beall very ably held down the fort at that very busy
>
> event.
>
>
> I have lost the time line, but recently, Ross Hawkins asked me about
>
> International Hummingbird Day and even amidst so many early fall
>
> activities, I want to say: 1 September is International Hummingbird Day.
>
>
> Celebrate these unique birds by putting out a feeder, or another feeder.
>
> Keep ’em clean and filled through the southward migration and beyond. Make
>
> a list of nectar-producing plants to get started.
>
>
> At my place, a major push of southbound Ruby-throateds began yesterday and
>
> I’ve gotten calls from other humfolks commenting on increasing numbers.
>
> Feel free to pass this along to any other venues where it might be
>
> appropriate. WOOHOO! Enjoy!
>
>
> NLN
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Nancy L Newfield
>
> Casa Colibrí
>
> Metairie, Louisiana USA
>
> nancy@casacolibri.net
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>
>

Like Joel says, “Phew!!”

But hey, maybe a few techies / birders / on IBLE will munch their way thru this like I’m doing!? =)

Otherwise, it’s just for fun……

Larry, Boise

—–Original Message—–
From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line) [mailto:BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Weintraub, Joel
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 8:02 AM
To: BIRDCHAT@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Ocular-Binocular Manual Revision 22 years later

BirdChatters

Over two decades ago, seeing there was a lack of a binocular lab for field biology students comparable to what biology students get for microscopes, I put together a workshop to fill that void. I posted my initial attempt in Aug 1996 to BirdChat and revised the document the next month.

I think it’s time for a revision!!!

I hope this is of value to students, teachers, nature guide leaders, docent trainers, birders, and anyone interested in binoculars.

Feel free to share this and use it!!

The 32 page manual can be found on my Dropbox account at https://www.dropbox.com/s/839lpkpg28zebt6/Ocular%20Binoc%20Manual%20Revision.docx?d1=0 or http://tinyurl.com/ycznbcvw

Dropbox may show you a message trying to get you to join after a few seconds, if so, scroll down and just click on “No thanks, continue to view”, then hopefully you will see on the upper right in blue a “Sign in” and next to it “Download”, … open the Download and click on “Direct download” to get a copy, and then you either can open with Word or Save File and go from there. Phew!!

Thanks

Joel

Joel Weintraub

Dana Point, CA

Zeeeee-chuppity chup! This would be our Rufousoidal Hums speaking to all y’all on IBLE…… 😉

Forwarding this a few days late, but still of interest to some of us, yes?

Folks mentioned herein are HumBuds of mine, long ago and far away.

Larry, Boise

—–Original Message—–
From: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast [mailto:HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Nancy L Newfield
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:12 PM
To: HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [HUMNET-L] International Hummingbird Day

In 1996, I casually mentioned to the late Olga Clifton that 15 August was

going to be International Hummingbird Day and we are going to celebrate

here at your place in Abita Springs LA. And Olga in her own inimitable way

said, “Great, I’ll get out a press release!”

Olga was a great promoter. That first year, with a couple of week’s

notice, the Clifton yard hosted 92 eager hummingbird watchers. Numbers of

hummingbird lovers nearly tripled the next August and very soon, the ad hoc

festival outgrew Walter & Olga’s splendid property. The festival then moved

to Mizell’s nursery in Folsom LA, where it was a huge success.

At some point, the event shifted to September and my own attentions shifted

elsewhere. Linda Beall very ably held down the fort at that very busy

event.

I have lost the time line, but recently, Ross Hawkins asked me about

International Hummingbird Day and even amidst so many early fall

activities, I want to say: 1 September is International Hummingbird Day.

Celebrate these unique birds by putting out a feeder, or another feeder.

Keep ’em clean and filled through the southward migration and beyond. Make

a list of nectar-producing plants to get started.

At my place, a major push of southbound Ruby-throateds began yesterday and

I’ve gotten calls from other humfolks commenting on increasing numbers.

Feel free to pass this along to any other venues where it might be

appropriate. WOOHOO! Enjoy!

NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nancy L Newfield

Casa Colibrí

Metairie, Louisiana USA

nancy@casacolibri.net

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

in case anyone has interest in current CV California birds…….

recently across S Idaho at locations we checked, Barn Swallows were swarming, easily outnumbering other swallow sp
for the fun of birding, =)
Larry

From: central_valley_birds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:central_valley_birds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Manfred Kusch makusch@ucdavis.edu [central_valley_birds]
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2018 6:31 PM
To: Steve Hampton; Steve Hampton stevechampton@gmail.com [central_valley_birds]
Cc: cvbirds
Subject: Re: [CVBirds] Putah Cr Summer Tanager, Lewis’s Woodpecker, warblers

Interesting report, and it builds on similar reports from that location in the past couple of weeks. It is interesting to me because after a short pulse of multiple warblers (Wilson”s, Orange-crowned, Black-throated Gray, Yellow, Nashville, and Common Yellowthroat) plus low numbers of Western Tanagers, I have encountered hardly any warblers along my stretch of the creek, only about 2.5 miles upstream from the location Steve and others have been reporting about. Today, not a single bird came to the traditional bathing spot upstream from my place between 9 and 10:30 when in past years this would be among the busiest times of the fall migration with often over 50 warblers coming to bathe within an hour or an hour and a half. The riparian habitat looks about as good as one could wish for, oaks, cottonwoods, willows, black walnuts, modesto ash, etc.. It feels rather strange not to see warblers moving through this prime habitat.

On a different note, a pair of Barn Swallows on my back porch is attempting a third brood. A total of 9 chicks fledged from the first two broods, but apparently that was not enough for these birds. The young of this third brood hatched only a few days ago and so will not fledge until early in the second half of September when most Barn Swallows will have left for their wintering grounds. If I remember correctly, a pair, probably the same one, raised a late third brood in the same place. I usually remove the mud nests after the breeding season, and this pair rebuilt the nest in exactly the same spot.

On Sep 1, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Steve Hampton stevechampton@gmail.com [central_valley_birds] < central_valley_birds-noreply@yahoogroups.com > wrote:

I saw nine warbler species this morning at Putah Creek, UC Davis (Wilson’s, Yellow, Orange-cr, Black-thr Gray, Hermit, Townsend’s, Nashville, MacGillivray’s, and Common Yellowthroat). I think that’s a first for me. That said, I’ve had five of these in the last few hours at the fountain in my backyard!

I also found the continuing Summer Tanager (not very cooperative — it sang, called, and made a very brief appearance at 11am near the water pipe outflow by Hopkins) and had a flyover Lewis’s Woodpecker (typical Sept behavior for this species– flying high down the creek).

Full list and a few more pics at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48218058

good birding,

—

Steve Hampton

Davis, CA

Manfred Kusch

South bank of Putah Creek

3 miles W of Davis

hitting Ted Trueblood, Jack’s Creek, Bruneau Duck Ponds, AFR dam to Willow Bay last Thursday……

the only bird we had to verify in eBird across S Idaho was GT Grackle, but this has been a break-out year for them !!??

1000s of gulls and terns at AFR dam to Willow Bay, whoa Nellie!!

Yes, GT Grackles have been spreading across southern Oregon too! They used to only be at Summer Lake, but now they have shown up in several more locations, and spread out a bit too. Really neat!

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ruddy Duck

California Quail

Ring-necked Pheasant

Pied-billed Grebe

Western Grebe

Clark’s Grebe

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Virginia Rail

Sora

American Coot

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Killdeer

Marbled Godwit

Least Sandpiper

peep sp.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson’s Snipe

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Bonaparte’s Gull

Franklin’s Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Caspian Tern

Common Tern

Forster’s Tern

Double-crested Cormorant

American White Pelican

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret 21 at Seagull Bay

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White-faced Ibis

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Bald Eagle

Swainson’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Belted Kingfisher

American Kestrel

Western Kingbird

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

Barn Swallow

swallow sp.

Marsh Wren

European Starling

American Goldfinch

Song Sparrow

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Red-winged Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle 10 near Grand View

Yellow Warbler

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