We have only seen 1 several times over the last 2 weeks. Huge bunches of Lesser Goldfinches.
On Jan 6, 2024, at 10:08 PM, bike4birds <tmccabe9@…> wrote:
Is anybody else in the Boise area getting visited by Pine Siskins? I’ve had an occasional visit by 1 over the past 2 weeks, but today there were at least 4 at my feeders, competing with all the regulars. Never saw one all last winter, but the year before they were here in force. Not sure if that means we’re in for a more wintry winter. Time will tell.
Tom McCabe, Boise
Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
Is anybody else in the Boise area getting visited by Pine Siskins? I’ve had an occasional visit by 1 over the past 2 weeks, but today there were at least 4 at my feeders, competing with all the regulars. Never saw one all last winter, but
the year before they were here in force. Not sure if that means we’re in for a more wintry winter. Time will tell.
I misspoke about count week birds – Horned Grebes were seen on count day. Eared Grebes, Herring Gull and Iceland (Thayers) Gull have been seen during count week.
The 2023 Nampa CBC is mostly completed. We had a great turnout of amazing birders who spent the day beating the bushes for birds. The unofficial total for count day is 105 species including three species never seen on the Nampa count; Western Bluebird, Common Yellowthroat and Blue-winged Teal. Other uncommon birds seen include Greater Yellowlegs and Eurasian Wigeon.
Count week birds include a Horned Grebe.
The prize for amazing numbers goes to Snow Geese with more than 30,000 geese counted.
We had a few misses. If you are out birding between Sunday and Tuesday please keep an eye out for:
Western Screech Owl Herring Gull Rock Wren Double-crested Cormorant
We had many people provide soups, crackers, rolls, cornbread and desserts. Thank you so very much for helping us provide a hot meal after a long day of birding.
Thank you again for participating in the 2023 Nampa Christmas Bird Count.
The Idaho Chapter of the National Federation for the Blind will hold their annual meeting in Burley, Idaho March 22-23 2024.They want to offer a bird walk, by sound only. I can assist, but we are looking for help from local birders for suggestions as to potential sites and by helping with the field trip. Sites need to have a smooth pathway, free of hazards and little or no bike traffic. The site does not have to be lengthy, but should offer lots of bird sounds with minimal human caused noise. One or more co-leaders are needed to help shepherd the participants. The meeting will be held at the Burley Best Western Hotel. Birding sites preferably should be close by. If you have any ideas or can help let me know.
