It comes to the only house with feeders on Spartan Street in downtown Eagle.. Right where the position is in eBird. It comes to a bowl of peanuts on a pole in the front yard. You can park on the street with your windows rolled down to hear/see it. It’s very random when it comes. I met the owner who is very nice but I’ve always sat in my car. I’ve tried a couple times with no success but I was only there for 15 minutes at a time when passing by. Good Luck!
Jason

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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, 6:22 PM, Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible] wrote:

 
I will be passing through Boise in the near future (not sure which day
yet) and would like to try for the California Scrub Jay being seen at a
peanut feeder in Eagle. Any advice or specific directions would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance if you can help.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

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Is the Jay still around? If the person who saw it is weloming those who
would like to see it, I’d appreciate directions. I would likely visit Sat.
morning or on Sunday. Hoping for an update.

Thanks,
Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

Mary:

I can’t speak for other folks in the Boise area, but my best birding right
now is happening in Hulls Gulch. This is a small valley (gulch?) behind
Camels Back Park. You can drive north from downtown on 8th St. and the paved
street goes by the lower part (on the left hand side). Then the road turns
to dirt and you reach the first parking lot, which is usually great in the
early morning. Continue up the dirt road to the parking lot for the
Foothills Learning Center, and you can then hike up into the sagebrush
foothills. Since I do all my birding from my bicycle, I’m not sure what the
birding is like higher up the dirt road, but it eventually gets into
Ponderosa pine habitat.

Another parking lot is located at the upper end of 9th St., and you could
park there and hike up to the Foothills Learning Center. It’s a relatively
gradual slope for walking, but some parts are a grunt for an old fart on a
bike.

I hope you enjoy your stay.

Tom McCabe, Boise

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary
Korkor marykorkor@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 7:15 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Birding opportunities

Hi all, I am here in Boise and am wondering if there are any birding outings
this weekend. Any advice on rare birds being seen. Any great hiking trails
that are particularly birds right now. The migration in Wisconsin was pretty
crazy this year with warblers feeding on the ground because the trees are so
late in leafing out. Dozens of Cape May Warblers jumping up out of the grass
grabbing bugs for my May Bird Count. Weird.

Thanks!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

Wow – sounds like we all should head to Wisconsin! That would be as good as a ‘norther’ – which I still haven’t been able to experience yet…

Re your question, I’m not aware of anything, but maybe someone else will have a better answer for you. Have a wonderful time here regardless! Jonathan, HSB

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Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 7:15:12 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Birding opportunities

Hi all, I am here in Boise and am wondering if there are any birding outings this weekend. Any advice on rare birds being seen. Any great hiking trails that are particularly birds right now. The migration in Wisconsin was pretty crazy this year with warblers feeding on the ground because the trees are so late in leafing out. Dozens of Cape May Warblers jumping up out of the grass grabbing bugs for my May Bird Count. Weird.

Thanks!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

Hi all, I am here in Boise and am wondering if there are any birding outings this weekend. Any advice on rare birds being seen. Any great hiking trails that are particularly birds right now. The migration in Wisconsin was pretty crazy this year with warblers feeding on the ground because the trees are so late in leafing out. Dozens of Cape May Warblers jumping up out of the grass grabbing bugs for my May Bird Count. Weird.

Thanks!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

I would love to know also! Had no idea this bird was close by! Thanks…Jonathan

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 6:22:14 PM
To: IBLE
Subject: [IBLE] California Scrub Jay Info / Eagle

I will be passing through Boise in the near future (not sure which day
yet) and would like to try for the California Scrub Jay being seen at a
peanut feeder in Eagle. Any advice or specific directions would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance if you can help.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

I will be passing through Boise in the near future (not sure which day
yet) and would like to try for the California Scrub Jay being seen at a
peanut feeder in Eagle. Any advice or specific directions would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance if you can help.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

I found a Chestnut-sided Warbler at Market Lake this morning. It was originally about half way down the west shelter belt on the west side. It eventually worked its way to the north end.

Darren Clark
Rexburg, ID

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Another update.
Jeanene got a video of a Black-chinned, and described it this way: “Here is a video, but this is not the same bird, her body is longer. I believe this to be a female Black Chinned. Also her movement is sloppy compared to the other female I saw. Ill keep looking for the other. Sorry for the poor lighting.” 
That description of the flight seems to further support Costa’s
Jessica Pollock, IBO’s hummingbird project lead, is going to try to head over tomorrow to see the bird in person. Jeanene has said she is okay with birders accessing the area

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On Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 6:34:36 PM MDT, Cliff and Lisa Weisse wrote:

Looking better all the time…

Cliff

On 05/23/2018 06:13 PM, Heidi Ware wrote:

UPDATE: Costa’s Likely
From Carl Lundblad (comment on Idaho Bird Sightings and Discussion) “From Sheri Williamson, hummingbird expert, bander, and author of A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America: “Costa’s is what I’d call her. The pale eyebrow is a characteristic shared with Anna’s but not with either of the Archilochus, and the apparently “generic” inner primary shapes further eliminate Ruby-throated”. I also sent this to another hummingbird expert/bander in the Las Vegas area (where people are constantly mistaking Costa’s and Anna’s for Archilochus).”

Cliff, to your comments about Anna’s: The thing that gets me is the birder who found it doesn’t have experience w/ costas (she had originally noticed the small size and had been considering Calliope or even Rufous), but she has been able to now consistently photograph this bird among a mix of Black-chinned (she added more photos today)…that tells me it must be extremely small to stand out so much?
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On Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 5:31:31 PM MDT, Cliff and Lisa Weisse wrote:

Interesting bird. Solidly green central rects further eliminate Calliope. Inner primaries look wide so it’s not an Archilochus, which leaves Calypte. As for Anna’s vs Costa’s – tough call. The straight bill actually favors Anna’s but the really short R5 on the photo of the bird hovering more vertically is a good mark for Costa’s. Clean white undertail coverts too? Someone should try to get video, hoping to record call note. And more photos.

Thanks for getting this posted Heidi.

Cliff

On 05/23/2018 02:13 PM, Heidi Ware heidithebirdnerd@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:

  Hi all,
Jeremy Halka and I are sitting in the IBO offices obsessing about this hummer photo on Facebook. Based on description of “very tiny” and field marks including straight short bill, light supercilium, and lack of buffy color (eliminating Calliope from consideration) we are wondering if there’s any chance this is a vagrant female Costa’s?
NOTHING is confirmed yet, but figured I’d get the sighting out there just in case
Near Aubrey Springs Ranch, Picabo. Sighting by Jeanene Parker https://www..facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2411952555497242&set=gm.1892519680792643&type=3&theater&ifg=1

We’ve asked Jeanene for more photos/info
~Heidi

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

Interesting bird. Solidly green central rects further eliminate
Calliope. Inner primaries look wide so it’s not an Archilochus, which
leaves Calypte. As for Anna’s vs Costa’s – tough call. The straight bill
actually favors Anna’s but the really short R5 on the photo of the bird
hovering more vertically is a good mark for Costa’s. Clean white
undertail coverts too? Someone should try to get video, hoping to record
call note. And more photos.

Thanks for getting this posted Heidi.

Cliff

On 05/23/2018 02:13 PM, Heidi Ware heidithebirdnerd@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Jeremy Halka and I are sitting in the IBO offices obsessing about this
> hummer photo on Facebook. Based on description of “very tiny” and
> field marks including straight short bill, light supercilium, and lack
> of buffy color (eliminating Calliope from consideration) we are
> wondering if there’s any chance this is a vagrant *female Costa’s*?
>
> NOTHING is confirmed yet, but figured I’d get the sighting out there
> just in case
>
> Near Aubrey Springs Ranch, Picabo. Sighting by Jeanene Parker
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2411952555497242&set=gm.1892519680792643&type=3&theater&ifg=1
>
> We’ve asked Jeanene for more photos/info
>
> ~Heidi
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com