Chuck Trost et al. have a slew of Idaho Big Days in the 150’s I think (in
fact they should have the majority of the top 10 except for the top 2
listed below). I presume those plus the ones listed here follow the ABA Big
Day rule that 95% of shared species must be seen/heard by each member of
the team. These other Big Days are archived in the old paper ABA Big Day
reports of which there should be a few around still (perhaps somebody else
has them handy than mine!).
Charles.
On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:37 AM Stoddard Davenport s_g_davenport@hotmail.com
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>
>
> This is a bit dated, but in spring 2015 I had downloaded the entire eBird
> dataset for Idaho and looked at the biggest days that had been eBirded up
> until that point. Of course there could be bigger days that haven’t been
> eBirded or that have happened in the 2 years since the last time I was
> playing with the data. But here were the leaders at that point:
>
>
> #1 – 133 species – Zeke Watkins (June 2, 2012)
>
> #2 – 127 species – Zeke Watkins and Kathleen Cameron (June 1, 2013)
>
> #4 – 119 species – Kathleen Cameran (May 31, 2011)
>
> #5 – 114 species – Joshua Little (July 2, 2013)
>
> #6 – 112 species – Terry Little (July 2, 2013)
>
> #7 – 111 species – Harry Krueger (July 2, 2013) and Larry Arnold (May 8,
> 2013)
>
> #9 – 110 species – Ian Gardner (May 25, 2014), Sarah Harris (June 2,
> 2012), and Bill Schiess (May 25, 2013)
>
>
> The Idaho Birding website has a few records that are noteworthy, though
> these records include multiple observers, and I’m not sure whether or not
> each observer saw every bird on the list, so this may or may not be
> directly comparable to the eBird records:
>
>
> #1 – 176 species – Bob Kemp, Steve Gross, and Ron Weeks (June 9, 2005)
>
> #2 – 174 species – Bob Kemp, Steve Gross, and Ron Weeks (June 1, 2004)
>
> #3 – 144 species – Charles Swift and Joe Lipar (June 24, 2001)
>
> #4 – 132 species – John Gatchet and Andy Crabtree (July 26, 1997)
>
>
> The ABA also warehouses big day reports, but it looks like the only report
> anybody has submitted for Idaho was Josh and Terry Little’s big day in
> 2013, which is already included in the list from eBird.
>
> One of these days I’ll get another download of the full dataset from eBird
> to check for bigger days in the last 2 years.
> ——————————
> *From:* ible@yahoogroups.com
> Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:52 AM
> *To:* ‘Kathleen Lopez’
>
>
> *Cc:* ‘damnempid’; ‘IBLE To Post’
>
> *Subject:* RE: [IBLE] Custer County Big Day, 5/13/17
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>
>
>
> 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]
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
> [ible]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 16, 2017 11:31 PM
> *To:* IBLE To Post
> *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
> http://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
>
>
>
—
Charles Swift
Moscow, Idaho
chaetura@gmail.com