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Lots of you know this already but this is an especially sensitive time of year for nesting owls. With all bird species I'm familiar with (i.e., I've studied their nesting ecology and/or read scientifi

Cool. We saw an adult there during the Christmas Bird Count so it must be part of its winter territory. Jay

Howdy folks Boise's CBC was held today in a mix of very foggy (~1/3 to 1/2 of the circle?) to beautiful sunny weather. A number of misses but some great finds. Thanks a ton to everyone who participate

& again @ 230. Took a few minutes for the 2 loons to appear far to the N Thanks Lauren! A long sought after state bird 😁

Hi Alan Very cool - shrikes are some of the coolest birds! This actually looks like a Loggerhead Shrike (most migrate away for the winter but this area usually has at least a few all winter) based on

Quick note bc we’re still counting but ... During the Nampa/Caldwell CBC ~855 this AM, Carter, Lucian, & I saw a tiny, dark goose (no white seen on face but wish we were closer) in flight with Canadas

Interesting bird. My guess is that this is a bit of leucism and/or part of the range of variation we see due to cross-breeding between junco subspecies. Every year I see a number of "oddballs" that I'

Nice finds! Let’s hope the sapsucker lingers til the CBC (Dec 27 :-) 🤞 Jay

Hi Folks As I've watched with hope for updates via eBird, IBLE, and Facebook, I've had numerous people ask me if the documentation/notes provided so far are convincing ... or would be likely to be acc

Nick Would be great to keep an eye on this bird as we approach the Boise Christmas Bird Count on Dec 27. I'm aware of yours plus 2 others seen in the last week within the CBC circle - but might be tou

Sorry for the slow reply (& happy thanksgiving 🦃). Hard to say if more are breeding close by then a decade ago but this species is known to have undergone a MAJOR range expansion over the last 50+ yea

I had a walking (& socially-distanced) meeting this afternoon in the park and while chatting back at the cars @ 459pm, I noticed a Barred Owl fly in and land on a pine over the fence separating the pa

It could be in Nevada or California by now but I’ve been trying to think of likely places in Idaho if it did a shorter jump. In addition to Zeke’s ideas, the CJ Strike reservoir area or Duck Valley mi

Still awaiting more details, including if it was seen again today and if the area is visible from public roads (& awaiting permission to share the pic). But, since cranes can fly and people might cons

Thanks Larry By necessity, I've been focused more on "patch" birding in 2020 and I'm impressed with the variety this stretch of the Farmers Lateral canal, nestled in suburbia, has yielded. For example

Hoping to run into some of the exciting shorebird action, Heidi & I tried Dry Lakes in the last hour before sunset. No golden or BB plovers but at least 1,000 gulls cycling through and we observed the

Thanks RL & good question Brian At IBO's Lucky Peak field station where we've maintained long-term monitoring of autumn songbird, diurnal raptor, and forest owl populations for over 20 years, 2018 was

Today, Heidi & I visited 2 Canyon Co spots. Dry Lakes (eBird Checklist - 7 Sep 2020 - Dry Lakes Area (view only from public roads-NO TRESPASSING) - 21 species (+4 other taxa)) eBird Checklist - 7 Sep

Definitely an Empidonax and it may be a Hammond's but it's a juvenile still growing it tail (& maybe wings too) which makes it hard to tell for sure between Dusky & Hammond's. Jay