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[IBLE] Deer flat [1 Attachment]
This a.m side cove off orchard ave.before river rd. Always nice to see
hooded mergansers.
[IBLE] Fwd: [obol] Re: Zone-tailed Hawk photos
FYI, zone-tailed hawk being seen on Washington coast, location is noted on ebird checklist below.
Jane
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Subject: [obol] Re: Zone-tailed Hawk photos
From: Mike Patterson
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The eBird checklist with photos
http://ebird.org/ebird/pnw/view/checklist?subID=S40346303
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Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
That question…
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=3294
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[IBLE] Another "raptorous" day
While my sightings can’t match Brian’s or Cliff’s or Chuck’s or Carl’s,
today was a pretty good day for birding in Boise, thanks to the storm. My
day began with a flock of Pine Siskins joining all the usual suspects at my
feeders, including one tame guy that may eventually be willing to eat out of
my hand. Then on my bike ride I found a small Merlin down Brumback, near
25th, followed by a large mixed raft of ducks at Quinn’s Pond. It took me a
while but I found Common Goldeneye (FOS), Buffleheads and Ruddy Ducks, plus
all the regulars (Hoodies, Common Mergansers, A. Wigeons, C. Geese, A.
Coots, DC Cormorants, etc.). At Ann Morrison I found Gadwalls and Wood
Ducks,
But it was the raptors that really got the day going. An adult Cooper’s Hawk
at Ann Morrison and an immature later in my back yard. Sharp-shinned near
50th St. on the Garden City Greenbelt, in close proximity to a Red-tail (and
a Great Blue Heron). Plus both A. Kestrel and my favorite dark Merlin at
Esther Simplot.
Along with the 5 raptors, I had 40 species as I returned to the North End.
But of course I wanted more. 😉
So at 23rd and Heron I found my first Brown Creeper of the season for #41.
Later, I glanced at my backyard feeders and realized the finch on the tray
was different. A quick look with the ever present binos showed my FOY
Cassin’s Finch, a bird I haven’t seen in my backyard for some time.
What a great way to spend the day. Tom McCabe, Boise
[IBLE] Snow Buntings / Island Park
This evening I had a small bunch of Snow Buntings fly over the road near
Henry’s Lake in Island Park. Also saw several flocks of swans heading
south and a group of Canada Geese with one very small individual in it
but they were too far away to be sure what it was. I’m assuming a
Cackling Goose.
Cliff
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com
[IBLE] Trumpeter Swans
I finished out yesterday seeing approx 1000 Snow Geese, 300 Tundra Swans & 100 Trumpeter Swans. All were headed SW, in direction of Am Falls Reservoir, as Chuck Trost noted in his post. Also saw a pr of Hooded Mergansers on the Snake River.
This evening, I just saw and heard a group of 28 Trumpeter Swans fly over, as I was filling my feeders for morning. I just had to pause at how beautiful a bird the Trumpeter really is. North America’s largest waterfowl flying with slow & deliberate wing strokes. And unlike the more vocal & chatty Tundra, just occasionally trumpeting. Against a graying sky with snow pellets falling they were, indeed, majestic.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
[IBLE] Hawkins and Wiregrass Reservoirs
Checked these 2 southern Bannock County waterbodies. Hawkins had a common
loon which is hard to get in the county. I’m sure AFR gets many, but the
Bannock County shoreline is all in the Fort Hall Reservation. There were
also 4 common goldeneye, hooded merganser, pied-billed grebe and gadwall. A
very high flock of snow geese flew due south overhead.
Not a waterbird was on Wiregrass but it’s very small. I was surprised by a
flock of 6 American tree sparrows hanging with about 8 Oregon juncos.
There was another flock of 165 snow geese flying due south, so high I
couldn’t see them with the naked eye.
2 northern shrikes were on Hawkins Rd.
An immature sharp-shinned hawk seems to be making my yard and feeders part
of its temporary territory. I have seen it perched here three days in a
row. A merlin blazed through the yard this morning too.
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[IBLE] American Falls Reservoir
Howdy,
This afternoon I drove around the reservoir. The swans and geese that Brian has been posting were sitting on the water just out from Bower Rd. bluffs, which are NE of Sterling. There were several hundred of both TRSW and TUSW, as well as several thousand SNOG. At Aberdeen’s Big Hole there were two COLO, and one flying Pacific Loon. At the Willow Bay marina there were 22 TRSW as well as four Hooded Mergansers, and a few Bonaparte’s Gulls. Migration is happening!
Good Birding,
Chuck Trost
Always forward, never straight…
[IBLE] Swans
This AM, have enjoyed watching & listening to flights of Trumpeter & Tundra Swans, plus Snow Geese. Including one group of 8 Trumpeter Swans & 10 Snow Geese flying in unison, with the Snow Geese forming the left side of a perfect “V”. I heard them before sighting the group & couldn’t quite figure out the mixed calls until seeing them fly directly overhead.
Close estimates, so far, are 300 Snow Geese, 100 Tundra Swans & 35 Trumpeters.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
[IBLE] Gulls in Teton Valley
0945 this morning a flock of about 10 white gulls zoomed past our house in the foothills of the Big Hole mountains. Just caught a glimpse but overall impression was Franklin’s gulls. I also saw a gull near highway 33 between Victor and Driggs yesterday about 1:30 pm when snow was falling and again I thought Franklin’s after just a very brief view. I have not seen gulls here near our home over the past 20 years. The Teton River is about 4 miles to the east.
Is anyone else in Idaho seeing movements of Franklin’s this weekend?
Thanks, Susan Teton Valley