a timely note following Jay's posting abt owls, eh? LA From: "Birds Canada" <birdscanada@...> To: "Larry Arnold" <larnold47@...> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:31:22 AM Subject: Your latest bir

Right? That’s what I said! Yay, Tom and all those able to get the vaccine. If I may change the subject - I have a screech owl situation. We’ve had families of WSOW nesting in our backyard owl box for

Hey folks, Didn't want anyone to miss the GBHE action in photos posted in the last few days. I would say Gem County takes the bullfrog haul, more proof we have plenty of treasures (besides what's on t

When I realized that today would not be another day in the deep freeze, I decided I should take a longer ride and raid Larry Arnold’s end of the greenbelt. But then I called the VA this morning on the

I took a look at the Snake River just outside the town of Grand View, Owyhee County, today (edge of the Trueblood Wildlife Area). This island was crowded with gulls of at least two species, and the wa

This stunning raptor made my day. Bird perched at about six feet above ground near the intersection of Smith Road and stateHwy. 51 just inside the city limit of Mountain Home, Elmore County. The eyes

I've noticed my feeders have been unusually quiet this past week. I did see a Sharp-shinned Hawk on the tail of a House Finch last wkend, but the feeders have seen less use than just for a Sharpie. To

There is a Lapland Longspur in a large flock of Horned Larks near railroad tracks east of Blacks Creek. In field without sagebrush, South side of road. Danette Henderson Boise

interesting bird that showed up in our back yard today ;-) ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Missy Arnold" <missydot410@...> To: "Larry Arnold" <larnold47@...> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:

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

Alan, several yrs ago we discussed this briefly on IBLE I believe Stoddard Davenport reported some crazy high numbers of roadkill Barn Owls along I-84 that he had found with a bit of research ? and my

Since moving to Mountain Home, and bicycling as much as possible, I have recorded and photographed dozens of roadkill owls, principally Barn Owls, but also Great Horned, Screech and Short-eared. This

Saw flock of common redpolls land near the WMA campground yesterday - first sighting for me. Dang, they're cute. Did any birder lose a nice cabled wool hat near the intersection of Montour and Main la

Gmorning !! 1st, can you ID this owl? location is MA 2nd, it's not the first occurrence of this type of thing, eh? 3rd, so many easy ways to prevent this a couple inches of wet sloppy snow here this m

No guarantees for re-locating, if one takes a drive to find, but have seen sev large groups of Snow Buntings in past wk. One group of about 30 was just north of Challis on Hwy 93, west side of road. A

Leaving LaGrange Vern 1730

We have two different leucistic red tail hawks in the Magic Valley and I thought people might be interested in seeing photos of these cool birds. Quite interesting that we have two of them... The bird

A gentleman reported that this owl flew into his window twice last night. He is listed as "Parkcenter" area. Comments ID as barred vs great grey. I'm inclined to go with barred since we have seen them

...that owls endure during shut-eye… Barn owls under the overpasses of busy roads Screech and Great-horned along busy city streets and noisy stretches of the Boise River Greenbelt Saw-whets across the

The following duck was spotted off of Sunnyside road east of Sandpoint this afternoon. It was swimming by itself so low in the water that we initially thought it was a muskrat swimming. It appears to