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Weekend Birding: Pacific Loon at Meadow Creek Sewage Ponds, Varied Thrush at Goose Lake, and more
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Monday, May 25, 2015. Pacific Loon at Meadow Creek Sewage Ponds, Varied Thrush at Goose Lake, and more. Yesterday was the last full day of our Memorial Day weekend getaway. To Tamarack Resort. We started the day on the patio of our rental cabin, and enjoyed a nice variety of birds before we left the property, including Steller’s Jays that were foraging on and around some of the unoccupied cabins nearby. Steller’s Jay at Tamarack Resort, Valley County. May 24, 2015. Map of our route on day 3 of our trip.
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Weekend Birding: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Twisted Spring Trail in Avimor
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Saturday, June 21, 2014. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Twisted Spring Trail in Avimor. On May 17 we spent the first half of the day out at Silver City. On this particular trip our targets included Blue-gray Gnatcatchers that have been seen on Twisted Spring Trail, Bewick’s Wrens that are seen several different places in the area, and Grasshopper Sparrows that have been seen at Burnt Car Draw. Click here for a map of trails in the Avimor area. Twisted Spring Trail near Avimor, Ada County. May 17, 2014. But it&...
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Weekend Birding: Wrapping up the weekend on West Mountain Road
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Wrapping up the weekend on West Mountain Road. While it was a sad event, yesterday morning we packed up our things and checked out of our rental cabin at Tamarack Resort. We were worn out from the weekend’s adventures and didn’t plan any major excursions for the day, but we did take a nice slow pace down West Mountain Road. Looking west from West Mountain Road, Valley County. May 25, 2015. Looking east from West Mountain Road, Valley County. May 25, 2015. A nearby Bank Swallow was ...
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Weekend Birding: Lincoln’s Sparrow and more on West Mountain Road
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Lincoln’s Sparrow and more on West Mountain Road. During our Memorial Day trip to Valley County we stayed at a hotel on the west side of Lake Cascade. West Mountain Road. West Mountain Road, Valley County. May 24, 2014. Lincoln’s Sparrow on West Mountain Road, Valley County. May 24, 2014. Lincoln’s Sparrows have this funny way of showing their discontent at an intruder on their territory. They flap one wing at a time, raising it up by their side (perhaps to make the...Not hav...
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Weekend Birding: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Wrapping up the weekend on West Mountain Road. While it was a sad event, yesterday morning we packed up our things and checked out of our rental cabin at Tamarack Resort. We were worn out from the weekend’s adventures and didn’t plan any major excursions for the day, but we did take a nice slow pace down West Mountain Road. Looking west from West Mountain Road, Valley County. May 25, 2015. Looking east from West Mountain Road, Valley County. May 25, 2015. A nearby Bank Swallow was ...
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Weekend Birding: First-of-year Eastern Kingbird near Highland Valley Road
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014. First-of-year Eastern Kingbird near Highland Valley Road. On May 19 we went for a walk along Highland Valley Road. This is the road that takes you from Highway 21 up to the top of Lucky Peak. There are usually good birds the whole way up, but one of our favorite areas to focus on is fairly close to Highway 21, where Highland Valley Road rides alongside a seasonal creek bed with nice riparian shrubby habitat. Map of our walk along Highland Valley Road. At one point we were thinking...
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Weekend Birding: A bit of quality time with a Black Tern at Kuna Sewage Ponds
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. A bit of quality time with a Black Tern at Kuna Sewage Ponds. Yesterday Mary Rumple (another Boise area birder we’ve run into a couple of times while out and about) shared on the Idaho Birding Facebook Page. That she’d seen a Black-bellied Plover at the Kuna Sewage Ponds. We’ve only seen Black-bellied Plovers once in Idaho. Killdeer and Black Tern at Kuna Sewage Ponds, Ada County. May 20, 2015. Black Tern at Kuna Sewage Ponds, Ada County. May 20, 2015. They actually outnumbered Wi...
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Weekend Birding: Rarity Roundup, May 2015
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Sunday, May 24, 2015. Rarity Roundup, May 2015. The past few weeks have seen some pretty incredible bird movements throughout Idaho, with the best variety and rarest birds showing up in southeast Idaho, predominantly at or near Market Lake, Camas NWR, and Mud Lake. While Ellen and I are thoroughly enjoying our Memorial Day weekend getaway to Tamarack Resort in Valley County. Suspected UPLAND SANDPIPER found near Grangeville by Matt Dresser on 5/4 and 5/11. Found near Mud Lake found by Darren Clark on 5/15.
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Weekend Birding: Varied Thrush and White-throated Sparrow at Kathryn Albertson Park (but not for us)
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Monday, February 10, 2014. Varied Thrush and White-throated Sparrow at Kathryn Albertson Park (but not for us). Ellen and Nora at Kathryn Albertson Park, Ada County. December 28, 2013. As a consolation prize, we got some heavily obscured looks at a Bald Eagle next door at Americana Terrace. Bald Eagle at Americana Terrace, Ada County. December 28, 2013. Black-capped Chickadee at Kathryn Albertson Park, Ada County. December 28, 2013. Song Sparrow at Kathryn Albertson Park, Ada County. December 28, 2013.