Haven’t seen the Rose-breasted Grosbeak nor Black-headed Grosbeaks since We’d.
This AM, getting a flush of migrants. White-crowned, Chipping & Brewer’s Sparrows, House Wrens, Wilson’s Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Red-breasted Nuthatch & Western Wood-Pewee. Best bird has been a quite cooperative Gray Catbird, calling & visibly showing itself.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Steve Butterworth and I have a White-eyed Vireo at Camas NWR. It’s in the same general area as the Great Crested Flycatcher (row of cottonwoods and willows 1/4 mile west of headquarters), but on the north side of the creek in short willows.
Darren Clark
Rexburg, ID
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Back at birding today. Last I saw Red-breasted Grosbeak was Wed. Today, a flush of migrants coming through: Wilson’s Warblers, White-crowned Sparrows, Chipping & Brewer’s Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Red-breasted Nuthatch, House Wrens and, best bird this AM, a very cooperative Gray Catbird. Still watching for a Townsend’s Warbler.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Saw the bird this morning, about halfway between the little wooden trail gate and where the trail goes under bushy trees, just beyond the narrowest part of the canyon. At least one mile from the Trailhead. The bird was foraging in rabbit brush, moving fairly quickly, accompanied by it’s descending buzzing calls. Otherwise fairly quiet there, several juvenile White-crowned Sparrow moving through, also a few Spotted Towhees, and I had a nice view of a juvenile Golden Eagle.
Birding is good!John Shortis
There were probably 100 or more Swainson’s Hawks circling over and perched on the ground In a farm field where a tractor was working along 35th West south of 17th South a few minutes ago.
Kit
Kit Struthers
Idaho Falls, ID
kit619@centurylink.net
In case folks haven’t seen this yet…
Pls note that there are three IBRC-accepted records in Idaho: 1990, 2001, 2013
So, this one’s like nine years too early for our 4th record already. 😉
Larry, Boise
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Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) (1)
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I saw one black-chinned hummingbird ( female out immature) being chased
away from my feeders by one female Rufous today east of Idaho Falls. One
Say’s Phoebe hanging around my yard. And I think I had a Wilson’s warbler.
The RB Grosbeak returned for about 5 min again this afternoon & I did take some quite pixelated photos of the imm male RB Grosbeak. If interested, reply & I’ll send. These are far from quality but enough to make out the field markings.
Also today have seen: 1 RB Nuthatch, 1 Brown Creeper, 1 MacGillivray’s Warbler, 1 Wilson’s Warbler & 1 juv Black-chinned Hummingbird. Also a handful of juv Chipping Sparrows about. Am Goldfinches & W Wood-Pewees still about.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Sorry, I provided the same link. Here is the correct one:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38999599
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Carl Lundblad
wrote:
> This morning I had a fall-plumaged BLACKPOLL WARBLER in the University of
> Idaho Arboretum in Moscow. From the upper kiosk, follow the trail due
> south 100+ meters to a trio of (labeled) Prospector Elm trees on the west
> side of the trail. The Blackpoll spent most of its time skulking and
> usually motionless inside of the lilac bushes just southwest of the 3
> elms. The bird’s “favorite” lilac is inconspicuously labeled “Maiden’s
> Blue Lilac”. It was extraordinarily difficult to see. I once stayed on it
> for up to 10-15 seconds, foraging in the very bottom on that lilac bush.
> Otherwise, I had a few other 1-2 second glimpses over the course of 90+
> minutes. Eventually, it flew up in to the upper canopy of the one the
> Prospector Elms (it would call when it would occasionally move), and again
> disappeared into the leaves.
>
> Unfortunately I could never get on it long enough to obtain photos, but
> more details are in the eBird checklist:
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38998735
>
> A PACIFIC WREN was in the same lilac, at one point, and was my first for
> the Arboretum or anywhere in Moscow-proper. Otherwise, good numbers of
> migrants including Wilson’s (10+), MacGillivray’s (5+), and Orange-crowned
> Warbler, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, White-crowned Sparrow, Etc.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Carl Lundblad
> Moscow, ID
>
>
This morning I had a fall-plumaged BLACKPOLL WARBLER in the University of
Idaho Arboretum in Moscow. From the upper kiosk, follow the trail due
south 100+ meters to a trio of (labeled) Prospector Elm trees on the west
side of the trail. The Blackpoll spent most of its time skulking and
usually motionless inside of the lilac bushes just southwest of the 3
elms. The bird’s “favorite” lilac is inconspicuously labeled “Maiden’s
Blue Lilac”. It was extraordinarily difficult to see. I once stayed on it
for up to 10-15 seconds, foraging in the very bottom on that lilac bush.
Otherwise, I had a few other 1-2 second glimpses over the course of 90+
minutes. Eventually, it flew up in to the upper canopy of the one the
Prospector Elms (it would call when it would occasionally move), and again
disappeared into the leaves.
Unfortunately I could never get on it long enough to obtain photos, but
more details are in the eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38998735
A PACIFIC WREN was in the same lilac, at one point, and was my first for
the Arboretum or anywhere in Moscow-proper. Otherwise, good numbers of
migrants including Wilson’s (10+), MacGillivray’s (5+), and Orange-crowned
Warbler, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, White-crowned Sparrow, Etc.
Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad
Moscow, ID