The Sora is a fairly common species in the proper habitat. I have heard them call at many different places around the country. However, it … 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
Cerulean Warblers south of Black Moshannon
This morning I set out with the intentions of finding Cerulean Warblers. I had looked up Breeding Bird Atlas data on Cerulean Warblers and noticed … Read More
Lewis’s Woodpecker
The species I most wanted to add to my life list that I could realistically find here in Idaho was the Lewis’s Woodpecker. Luckily, this … Read More
Western warblers finally arriving!
I have been spending the past couple weeks recieving text alerts from back home in PA and reading posts on the PABIRDS listserve that have … Read More
Loggerhead Shrike, Burrowing Owl, and a Curlew
This morning while Anna and I were out searching for Long-billed Curlew nests, we found a single Loggerhead Shrike hunting around an abandoned cattle loading … Read More
Birding CJ Strike WMA and Ted Trueblood WMA
On Easter, Alex and I drove south towards the Snake River to bird the CJ Strike WMA and Ted Trueblood WMA. At a small marsh … Read More
Virginia Rails, Bald Eagle, and a Milbert’s Tortoiseshell
Yesterday afternoon, Anna and I visited a wetland south of Nampa, Idaho that is well-known for the Virginia Rails and Soras that call it home … Read More
Cold Weather Birding 1-15-11
Today, Mark Markiewicz and I made a huge birding loop from Hershey, down to Lancaster County, then Berks County, then Lebanon County, and finally back … Read More