check this out, folks! =)
LA
From: nwcalbird@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nwcalbird@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Barron flockfinder@yahoo.com [nwcalbird]
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2017 6:06 PM
To: Nwcalbird
Subject: [nwcalbird] WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL in Del Norte Co. w/photos!
For the first time ever, California now has a photo record of this species.
Congratulations Lucas:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41271472
Does anyone? have inclination/ambition to come photo-document this cool
looking duck that’s been here since Dec 20th (same arrival date as last
year!)??
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=photos+of+mallard+cross+pintail
&fr=yhs-pty-pty_news&hspart=pty&hsimp=yhs-pty_news&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5
..staticflickr.com%2F4027%2F4260475005_e00cc9c105_z.jpg#id=4&iurl=http%3A%2F%
2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-jZtocAJY2OM%2FU7RrQTVSyVI%2FAAAAAAAAAEM%2FJKVjZkyPmRI
%2Fs1600%2Fmallard-pintail.jpg&action=click
It’s in a wee bit of open water across street from our home at 6290 Garrett
St, in west Boise / Garden City, map-spotted here:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B039’46.4%22N+116%C2%B017’46.1%22W/@
43.6628871,-116.2961425,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d43.6628871!4d-116.
2961425
If you come for photos, pls try not to spook this mixed flock of mallards,
wigeons, wood ducks, can geese, and a coot. Our neighbor Bob is trying for
photos, but has only his cell phone…
Yesterday we had c. 100 bohemian with 20 cedar waxwings at our fruiting
trees, all three sp of thistle monsters and we’re presently looking for a
fourth (as in redpolls) at birch catkins in our hood.
Larry and Missy
208-297-2189
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From: Bryan
Subject: [inland-NW-birders] FW: LC CBC
To: inland-nw-birders@uidaho.edu
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*From: *Bryan
*Sent: *Sunday, December 24, 2017 8:30 AM
*To: *jami9197
*Cc: *Barrett, Justin
*Subject: *LC CBC
The 2017 LC Valley CBC was conducted on Sunday, December 17th. Twenty-five
birders (10 teams and 6 feeder watchers) documented 93 bird species in the
count circle. Participants cumulatively spent 56.5 hours, drove 217 miles
and hiked 22.2 miles in pursuit of birds. Although the general impression
of count participants was that overall numbers of birds were lower than in
most years, we had some interesting finds. Highlights include Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, an American Dipper, a Snow Bunting, Gray-crowned Rosy
Finches, and Common Redpolls. The Palm Warbler discovered at Mann Lake in
November was also found on count day. The snow storm preceding the count
apparently pushed many Horned Larks in to the area, with 920 birds being
counted. Count week birds were sparse this year with only Common Loon and
Thayer’s Gull being reported (let me know if I’m missing anything).
Thanks to all those who participated in the count and Happy Holidays!
Bryan Jamison
*Region: Idaho*
Count date: 12/17/2017
*Circle: Lewiston-Clarkston*
*Sector:*
*Participants:*
Ducks and Geese
*Species*
*A*
Canada Goose
5431
Wood Duck
42
Gadwall
30
American Wigeon
539
Mallard
1966
Northern Shoveler
283
Northern Pintail
2
American Green-winged Teal
51
Redhead
4
Ring-necked Duck
70
Bufflehead
463
Common Goldeneye
681
Barrow’s Goldeneye
799
Hooded Merganser
22
Common Merganser
7
Ruddy Duck
2
Lesser Scaup
12
Upland Birds
Chukar
15
Gray Partridge
12
Ring-necked Pheasant
16
Wild Turkey
162
California Quail
110
Common Loon
cw
Pied-billed Grebe
1
Horned Grebe
10
Western Grebe
6
Double-crested Cormorant
51
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
6
Black-crowned Night-Heron
2
Raptors
Northern Harrier
25
Sharp-shinned Hawk
12
Cooper’s Hawk
8
Accipter sp.
1
Red-tailed Hawk
53
Harlan’s Hawk
1
Rough-legged Hawk
2
American Kestrel
63
Merlin
3
Bald Eagle-Adult
13
Bald Eagle-Immature
3
Rails, Coots, and Sandpipers
Virginia Rail
2
American Coot
169
Killdeer
5
Wilson’s Snipe
20
Ring-billed Gull
330
California Gull
152
Herring Gull
62
Thayer’s Gull
CW
Lesser Black-backed Gull
2
Doves
Rock Pigeon
482
Eurasian Collared-Dove
238
Mourning Dove
964
Owls
Barn Owl
1
Western Screech Owl
1
Great Horned Owl
1
Belted Kingfisher
6
Downy Woodpecker
1
Hairy Woodpecker
3
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker
88
Say’s Phoebe
2
Northern Shrike
2
Black-billed Magpie
89
American Crow
145
Common Raven
131
Horned Lark
920
Chickadees, Nuthatches, Wrens, Kinglets
Black-capped Chickadee
46
Mountain Chickadee
1
Red-breasted Nuthatch
9
Canyon Wren
2
Bewick’s Wren
8
Marsh Wren
6
American Dipper
1
Golden-crowned Kinglet
10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
8
American Robin
34
Varied Thrush
1
European Starling
6560
Cedar Waxwing
69
Yellow-rumped Warbler
68
Palm Warbler
1
Spotted Towhee
1
American Tree Sparrow
1
Fox Sparrow
1
Song Sparrow
234
White-crowned Sparrow
338
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
584
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
2
Snow Bunting
1
Red-winged Blackbird
197
Western Meadowlark
6
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
2
House Finch
188
Common Redpoll
41
Pine Siskin
5
Lesser Goldfinch
383
American Goldfinch
30
House Sparrow
455
*Total # Individual Birds*
24088
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Moscow, Idaho
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Despite several inches of fresh snow, I had a prolonged and very satisfying
encounter with the continuing Mann Lake PALM WARBLER late this morning. It
was way up beyond the model airplane area (circling the lake
counter-clockwise), almost to the upper end. In this area are 2 large
stands of cottonwoods, and between the stands is a bit of an opening in the
willows and other dense vegetation. The bird was up in there, near and in
a stand of what I think are white poplar/silver maple. I saw no
yellow-rumps, but the palm was near but not directly foraging with a small
flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets and a Bewick’s Wren. I did not detect any
of the other rarities present earlier this month, but a nice AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW made an appearance. The lake was up to 80% open, but there weren’t
a ton of water birds present.
See rare photos of a Palm Warbler in the snow, in my eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41272284
Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID
The Nampa CBC had a cold, snowy start but ended under sunny skies. Cheryl and I want to thank everyone who participated; we couldn’t do it without you.
The people who supplied food are heroes; what could be better than a bowl of chili or soup, buttered bread and holiday desserts after a cold day of counting birds. Thank you.
The unofficial count day total is 105 birds. There is one gull species that still needs to be confirmed which could put the count at 106. There is also 1 species for count week.
Highlights include 5 blue jays in one place, Swamp Sparrow, Dunlin, Least Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Goldfinch.
There were a few surprise misses: Double crested Cormorant, Black-crowned Night Heron, and Orange-crowned Warbler.
Thanks again. See you next Saturday in Bruneau.
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
Thx for reporting, Jay. Very informative to see sp listed with few appearances over the years, as well as misses, *crazy* misses, eh?
Missy and I marched several miles through a few inches of snow – in the dark – early this morning for the Nampa Count, and found three each Great-horned and Western Screech-owls. We chummed for Barn, Long-eared, and Saw-whet, but dipped on these (not surprising I suppose).
Owls Rock!! =)
Larry
From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 11:37 AM
To: IBLE To Post
Subject: [IBLE] Boise CBC preliminary info
Happy holidays everyone! And thanks to CBC participants in Boise & elsewhere – one of my favorite birding times of year 🙂
We (& by we I mean mostly RL who has done the heavy-lifting on this count for years 🙂 are still collecting data from all the groups and prepping for a #s count on all species but we can report that we encountered 100 species on the dot on count day and an additional 4 count-week species for 104 species in the count period – one of the best years ever. Though we’re still awaiting the #s tally, the impression of many at the post-count dinner (thanks again Libby!) is that #s were down for at least a few species/groups, possibly especially sparrows. TBD.
We had more hikers in the foothills – especially the higher elevation areas – than ever (at least recent memory) and that helped us turn up a several species not found elsewhere, like Clark’s Nutcrackers, as well as more Golden Eagles than usual. Thus, I think we’ll have to keep recruiting adventurous hikers!
Highlights (I’m likely leaving out a few :-):
* Golden-crowned Sparrow – 2nd appearance, found by RL (I think Marianne Williams Park)
* Say’s Phoebe (2nd time)
* Clark’s Nutcracker (4th time)
* Brown-headed Cowbird (4th time)
* Bewick’s Wren (5th time)
* Yellow-headed Blackbird (5th time)
* D.C. Cormorant (6th time)
* Osprey (6th time)
* Canvasback (9th time)
* W.B. Nuthatch (10th time)
* Red Crossbill (10th time)
* likely a record # of Golden Eagles (10 were counted in 1998 & I *think* we beat that)
* Red-naped Sapsucker (6th time) – 2 elusive individuals on the day but good for count week
* American Tree Sparrow – count week
Key “Misses”:
* Ring-necked Pheasant
* American Dipper (lots of human activity at usual spot below diversion dam)
* Western Meadowlark
Good luck on the rest of the CBCs!
Jay
Happy holidays everyone! And thanks to CBC participants in Boise & elsewhere – one of my favorite birding times of year 🙂
We (& by we I mean mostly RL who has done the heavy-lifting on this count for years 🙂 are still collecting data from all the groups and prepping for a #s count on all species but we can report that we encountered 100 species on the dot on count day and an additional 4 count-week species for 104 species in the count period – one of the best years ever. Though we’re still awaiting the #s tally, the impression of many at the post-count dinner (thanks again Libby!) is that #s were down for at least a few species/groups, possibly especially sparrows. TBD.
We had more hikers in the foothills – especially the higher elevation areas – than ever (at least recent memory) and that helped us turn up a several species not found elsewhere, like Clark’s Nutcrackers, as well as more Golden Eagles than usual. Thus, I think we’ll have to keep recruiting adventurous hikers!
Highlights (I’m likely leaving out a few :-):
– Golden-crowned Sparrow – 2nd appearance, found by RL (I think Marianne Williams Park)
– Say’s Phoebe (2nd time)
– Clark’s Nutcracker (4th time)
– Brown-headed Cowbird (4th time)
– Bewick’s Wren (5th time)
– Yellow-headed Blackbird (5th time)
– D.C. Cormorant (6th time)
– Osprey (6th time)
– Canvasback (9th time)
– W.B. Nuthatch (10th time)
– Red Crossbill (10th time)
– likely a record # of Golden Eagles (10 were counted in 1998 & I *think* we beat that)
– Red-naped Sapsucker (6th time) – 2 elusive individuals on the day but good for count week
– American Tree Sparrow – count week
Key “Misses”:
– Ring-necked Pheasant
– American Dipper (lots of human activity at usual spot below diversion dam)
– Western Meadowlark
Good luck on the rest of the CBCs!
Jay
I needed a break from my desk and took an impromptu walk over to the UI
Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Moscow early this afternoon. There were
(finally) many birds in the crabapple area at the upper end, and I quickly
encountered a calling female PURPLE FINCH in the far NE side, feeding in
crab apples east of the trail and kiosk area. Unfortunately, I didn’t have
a real camera with me, but my notes (and a basically-useless cell phone
photo) can be seen in my eBird checklist (
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41218621). Maybe I’ll get back in
there, with a better camera, in coming days. There were up to 200
waxwings, the most I’ve seen around Moscow this winter, dominated by Cedars
but including a couple dozen Bohemians.
Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID
At “my” end of the greenbelt, DC Cormorants have apparently departed. But
the Osprey continues near 50th St., today joined by a Cooper’s Hawk.
And Pine Siskins are trying to take over my yard (and I approve!). Plus the
6 W. Turkeys have become local “ho-hums.” Twice today I pointed out the
Turkeys-in 2 different locations-and each time the response was “Oh yeah,
they’re here all the time.”
Tom McCabe, Boise
P.S. I also would love to see an update on the CBC.
From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ‘Larry
Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 6:47 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] random synapses
Idaho CBCs – Feels like none have happened yet, since I see no reports on
IBLE of numbers tallied, whether above or below recent averages, missing
species, new species for given counts, high counts, rarities to chase, yada
yada. I must be spoilt by counts elsewhere across the country, where count
summaries are often posted immediately, followed by updates as count weeks
come to a close. I suppose it is what it is, eh?
Interesting year in Idaho – 329 sp reported so far, with 172 sp in January
alone, beginning with a lingering “mega” Red-flanked Bluetail (found by John
Hanna in late Dec 2016), a first state record Great-crested Flycatcher
(found by Hilary Turner in late August), lumpage of gulls (Thayer’s into
Iceland), split of crossbills (Cassia from Red), rearrangement of stretches
of phylo (e.g., waterfowl, chicken birds, a lonely chat with no obvious
cousins, icterids, finches, poof! all jumbled up), 35+ great rarities were
reported and this isn’t counting record early or late sightings.
Birds hereabouts this morning – About our norm for this time of year, 39 sp,
in our usual stretch of Greenbelt in west Boise (three miles each way by
bike), with nothing unexpected. Maybe best was a Bewick’s Wren (no longer
rare here), and increasing numbers of thistle monsters – goldfinches and
siskins – storming our feeders between appearances of accipiters.
Good Boid’n!
Larry
Idaho CBCs – Feels like none have happened yet, since I see no reports on
IBLE of numbers tallied, whether above or below recent averages, missing
species, new species for given counts, high counts, rarities to chase, yada
yada. I must be spoilt by counts elsewhere across the country, where count
summaries are often posted immediately, followed by updates as count weeks
come to a close. I suppose it is what it is, eh?
Interesting year in Idaho – 329 sp reported so far, with 172 sp in January
alone, beginning with a lingering “mega” Red-flanked Bluetail (found by John
Hanna in late Dec 2016), a first state record Great-crested Flycatcher
(found by Hilary Turner in late August), lumpage of gulls (Thayer’s into
Iceland), split of crossbills (Cassia from Red), rearrangement of stretches
of phylo (e.g., waterfowl, chicken birds, a lonely chat with no obvious
cousins, icterids, finches, poof! all jumbled up), 35+ great rarities were
reported and this isn’t counting record early or late sightings.
Birds hereabouts this morning – About our norm for this time of year, 39 sp,
in our usual stretch of Greenbelt in west Boise (three miles each way by
bike), with nothing unexpected. Maybe best was a Bewick’s Wren (no longer
rare here), and increasing numbers of thistle monsters – goldfinches and
siskins – storming our feeders between appearances of accipiters.
Good Boid’n!
Larry