Thx for reporting, Jay. Very informative to see sp listed with few appearances over the years, as well as misses, *crazy* misses, eh?

Missy and I marched several miles through a few inches of snow – in the dark – early this morning for the Nampa Count, and found three each Great-horned and Western Screech-owls. We chummed for Barn, Long-eared, and Saw-whet, but dipped on these (not surprising I suppose).

Owls Rock!! =)

Larry

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 11:37 AM
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Subject: [IBLE] Boise CBC preliminary info

Happy holidays everyone! And thanks to CBC participants in Boise & elsewhere – one of my favorite birding times of year 🙂

We (& by we I mean mostly RL who has done the heavy-lifting on this count for years 🙂 are still collecting data from all the groups and prepping for a #s count on all species but we can report that we encountered 100 species on the dot on count day and an additional 4 count-week species for 104 species in the count period – one of the best years ever. Though we’re still awaiting the #s tally, the impression of many at the post-count dinner (thanks again Libby!) is that #s were down for at least a few species/groups, possibly especially sparrows. TBD.

We had more hikers in the foothills – especially the higher elevation areas – than ever (at least recent memory) and that helped us turn up a several species not found elsewhere, like Clark’s Nutcrackers, as well as more Golden Eagles than usual. Thus, I think we’ll have to keep recruiting adventurous hikers!

Highlights (I’m likely leaving out a few :-):

* Golden-crowned Sparrow – 2nd appearance, found by RL (I think Marianne Williams Park)
* Say’s Phoebe (2nd time)
* Clark’s Nutcracker (4th time)
* Brown-headed Cowbird (4th time)
* Bewick’s Wren (5th time)
* Yellow-headed Blackbird (5th time)
* D.C. Cormorant (6th time)
* Osprey (6th time)
* Canvasback (9th time)
* W.B. Nuthatch (10th time)
* Red Crossbill (10th time)
* likely a record # of Golden Eagles (10 were counted in 1998 & I *think* we beat that)
* Red-naped Sapsucker (6th time) – 2 elusive individuals on the day but good for count week
* American Tree Sparrow – count week

Key “Misses”:

* Ring-necked Pheasant
* American Dipper (lots of human activity at usual spot below diversion dam)
* Western Meadowlark

Good luck on the rest of the CBCs!

Jay