Thx Kathy! =)
I just uncovered last year’s list for Elmore County, when on 14 May 2016 we tallied 107 species over 11.5 hrs and 97 miles
I’m fairly certain Chuck Trost has tallied big day lists that smoke these numbers, but I don’t have details in front of me… Ouch, I should have kept notes on that! Maybe he’ll chime in?
Larry
From: Kathleen Lopez [mailto:kathylopez80@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 8:13 AM
To: Larry Arnold
Cc: damnempid; IBLE To Post
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Custer County Big Day, 5/13/17
Impressive lists Larry & Wendy!
Kathy Lopez
Nampa
On May 17, 2017, at 7:23 AM, ‘Larry Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible] <ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Impressive list, Wendy!
Saturday was a driving day for us (in a blizzard while crossing Caribou County, low temp was 22F), so Missy and I did our Bear Lake County “little big day” on Sunday, and tallied 101 species during ten hours of roaming 68 miles.
Larry
From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of damnempid damnempid@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 11:31 PM
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Subject: [IBLE] Custer County Big Day, 5/13/17
I also participated in eBird’s Global Big Day on Saturday. I wanted to improve on the 13 species reported for Custer County during last year’s Big Day, even though I’ve only been in Idaho for a month. I came up with a game plan for Saturday to try to maximize sightings by going to as many of the places I’ve explored in Custer County as possible.
I spent 17 long and cold hours in the field, covering a variety of habitats from Mackay Reservoir to Pennal Gulch, including a short ways up the Mt. Borah trail, Chilly Slough, and Bar-D Reservoir. On Hwy 75, I visited Land of the Yankee Fork State Park and the Bayhorse Recreation Site.
Two species I see regularly eluded me on Saturday: Bald Eagle and Lewis’s Woodpecker. I’d also hoped for a calling Virginia Rail but they were silent until Sunday. However, as the sole participant in the county, I’m pleased with what I did find and the fact that I moved Custer County up to third position in Idaho for this year’s Big Day.
I’m rather surprised to see that I apparently had the most sightings for the day at 106 species, one of which is yet to be approved*. My Big Day species list is below. The 21 checklists I submitted can be viewed at <ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-ID-037?yr=BIGDAY_2017a> ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-ID-037?yr=BIGDAY_2017a.
Good birding,
Wendy McCrady
Challis, ID
Custer County Big Day 5/13/17
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Short-eared Owl
Common Poorwill
White-throated Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Western Wood-Pewee
*Hammond’s Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
American Robin
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Western Tanager
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow