This morning while doing a bird survey on a CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) field, I happened across a Clay-colored Sparrow. Initially when I heard … Read More
Possible ‘Fuertes’ Red-tailed Hawk in Idaho!?
This past week I photographed an adult Red-tailed Hawk that I think could potentially be a ‘Fuertes’ Red-tailed Hawk; a subspecies typically only found in … Read More
First Week of Flammulated Owl Surveys!
This past week instead of searching for curlew nests, my coworker Oly Olson and I went to southeastern Idaho to begin the first week of … Read More
Lapland Longspur – Canyon County, Idaho
This afternoon while out searching for Long-billed Curlew nests in the ACEC near Middleton, Idaho I spotted a male Lapland Longspur foraging. Anna Fasoli, Heidi … Read More
Cordilleran, Dusky, and Hammond’s (not Least?) Flycatchers Near Boise, Idaho
Today Alex and I ventured out into the rain and headed for Mountain Home Reservoir. We birded the reservoir and added Black Tern to our … Read More
Idaho Mountain Birds!
About 25 miles through the Boise foothills past where Anna and I live, the scenery changes from steppe-scrub to Lodgepole Pine forests. Anna and I took … Read More
Western Gull plus 6 other species at Canyon Co. Dump!
This afternoon Jay Carlisle, Heidi Ware, Anna Fasoli, and I went to search for interesting gulls at the Pickles Butte Dump (Canyon County Dump). There … Read More
Mountain Bluebird at Middle Creek
This morning I had the time to run down to Middle Creek in Lancaster County to look for the Mountain Bluebird that has been seen … Read More
Regional Rarity Roundup- first week of April
Thanks to Tim Shreckengost of Words About Birds for writing up the rarity report. Also, thanks to Geoff Malosh and Ed Norman for allowing Nemesis … Read More
Lock Haven Trumpeter Swans
This morning I chased the reported Trumpeter Swans on Bald Eagle Creek just south of Lock Haven. I almost missed them at first because they … Read More