gotta love the drama we might witness out there, waaay better than the telly =) and you could get so lucky as to be hit in the head by a Barred Owl, yeeeeouch, or have a goshawk rip the hat off your h

SSHA and COHA can be a difficult separation at times, esp if you can't see much of the bird for overall structure, don't hear vocals, etc..... I've seen nationally-known, very experienced birders "stu

Thank you Lisa..... =)

I'm guessing some of us already knew this, but maybe not in this much detail...? fascinating stuff =) Larry

yes, there's a recording, and yes eBird data were used........ =)

and this year in particular, another hummingbird reshuffle !!! ten yrs ago? Van Remsen (LSU) et al. headed up a significant reshuffle of ALL the hummers by including almost half of all hummer species

essential reading every year, thank you Denise !!! =)

well geeeze, I see a couple of nearby reports in eBird, like....... San Francisco CA, a mere 700 mi LOS, but can a GBTE fly a straight line? ;-) and Liberal KS, a mere 800 miles LOS, if it flew straig

Denise, sincere thank you for posting..... =)

=) thx Liz all morning around the Silver City area our thermometer appeared to be stuck on 59F, a perfect temperature vs. what's eventually coming to Treasure Valley, maybe, who knows ??

Bill, thx always for hummer news, love it !!.... =) back to Grace's..... we note that Dondi Black had recorded a different sounding junco at Silver City earlier the SAME Morning we were there.... http

hey Bill, you live in good habitat for Grace's ....... AND you're maybe closest to northernmost eBird entries...... ;-) how's your hummingbird activity about now ? got migrants ? or still just breeder

this caught nobody's attention ? eyiyi where IS everyone ? From: "Larry Arnold" <larnold47@...> Missy and I were birding our butts off yesterday in Owyhee County when at 1225 hrs, coolish 64F

Missy and I were birding our butts off yesterday in Owyhee County when at 1225 hrs, coolish 64F and partly cloudy, at 6000 ft in mixed conifer (Doug Fir, Ponderosa, etc?) I came to a screeching halt a

Dean, RL, et al., I hide (from eBird public display) all of my observations / reports of them because again this morning a Happy Snapper was standing below one of the nest sites, and perennial questio

I've been on and off the fence as to whether BAEA should hit local eBird filter during summer.... stories I could tell ;-) maybe Tom as well ? RL ? Larry ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "ebird-ale

This is really awesome, congrats to you Scott... =) Thx for posting this Jim !!

love it Tom.... =) altho I don't think of this as rain per se, it's just spitting over here on the west end... many bird sp are discussing it this morning i'm remembering a "loud hard tropical rain" w

Brian, That Rose-breasted phenom of yours is intriguing !! we've chased several in Idaho, missed every time, have since given up on them for our Idaho list. We had one at our feeders during 15 years i

here's one that I entered for IBRC, maybe enhanced or touched up by Charles...?? check out the date / season !!! https://ebird.org/checklist/S31262610 and at least four birders saw this one..... https