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| 5/17/26 6:44 pm |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
Re: [IBLE] Waiting on Western Tanager |
| 5/17/26 4:21 pm |
Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...> |
Re: [IBLE] Waiting on Western Tanager |
| 5/17/26 9:17 am |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
[IBLE] Waiting on Western Tanager |
| 5/11/26 7:04 pm |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
[IBLE] New Spring Arrivals |
| 5/11/26 1:21 pm |
rattlesnake4873 via groups.io <Rattlesnake4873...> |
Re: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
| 5/11/26 1:16 pm |
Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io <rarusnak62...> |
Re: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
| 5/11/26 11:01 am |
rattlesnake4873 via groups.io <Rattlesnake4873...> |
Re: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
| 5/11/26 8:02 am |
Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io <rarusnak62...> |
[IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
| 5/7/26 3:57 pm |
John Schmidt via groups.io <jsecho03...> |
Re: [IBLE] Spring birds |
| 5/5/26 6:51 am |
John Schmidt via groups.io <jsecho03...> |
Re: [IBLE] Spring birds |
| 5/4/26 5:13 pm |
Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...> |
Re: [IBLE] Spring birds |
| 5/4/26 6:38 am |
John Schmidt via groups.io <jsecho03...> |
[IBLE] Spring birds |
| 5/3/26 4:29 pm |
Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...> |
[IBLE] Hoot Owl Hummers |
| 5/3/26 8:00 am |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
Re: [IBLE] First Hummingbird of Season |
| 5/3/26 7:53 am |
Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa...> |
Re: [IBLE] First Hummingbird of Season |
| 5/3/26 7:35 am |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
[IBLE] First Hummingbird of Season |
| 5/3/26 2:21 am |
bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...> |
Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help |
| 5/2/26 9:39 pm |
bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...> |
Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help Jo |
| 5/2/26 9:35 pm |
bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...> |
Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help Jo |
| 5/2/26 3:15 pm |
Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa...> |
Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help |
| 5/2/26 7:40 am |
Bob Davis via groups.io <rhdavis...> |
[IBLE] Dowitcher ID help |
| 4/30/26 10:41 am |
Patricia Weber via groups.io <birder1932...> |
[IBLE] White-eyed Vireo in Twin Falls |
| 4/28/26 4:04 pm |
Jeff Brough - Idaho Falls via groups.io <brogjl...> |
Re: [IBLE] House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings |
| 4/27/26 12:12 pm |
Janet Shipman via groups.io <jshipman105...> |
Re: [IBLE] House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings |
| 4/26/26 12:09 pm |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
Re: [IBLE] House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings |
| 4/25/26 8:03 am |
John Schmidt via groups.io <jsecho03...> |
[IBLE] House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings |
| 4/20/26 10:30 pm |
Kevin Merrell via groups.io <historysaver...> |
Re: [IBLE] Greater White-fronted Goose |
| 4/20/26 3:58 pm |
bike4birds via groups.io <tmccabe9...> |
[IBLE] Greater White-fronted Goose |
| 4/19/26 7:31 pm |
bike4birds via groups.io <tmccabe9...> |
[IBLE] Common Loon |
| 4/19/26 9:14 am |
lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...> |
[IBLE] 1st Spring Warbler |
| 4/18/26 11:42 am |
Janet Shipman via groups.io <jshipman105...> |
Re: [IBLE] Chukar in our backyard |
| 4/18/26 11:28 am |
John Shortis via groups.io <john_shortis...> |
[IBLE] Chukar in our backyard |
| 4/18/26 9:17 am |
Denise Hughes via groups.io <deniseh449...> |
[IBLE] Black bellied Plover at Fort Boise WMA |
| 4/17/26 2:00 pm |
Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...> |
[IBLE] Inkom Hummer |
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Date: 5/17/26 6:44 pm
From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Waiting on Western Tanager |
Saw my first group of little yellow fluffy goslings sandwiched between parents at front & back, all in a line, down on the Snake this AM. Had gone down to check on fishing conditions. River came up a bit during the night. Did see a couple of good rises. Water's supposed to drop again mid-week.
Brian
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Date: 5/17/26 4:21 pm
From: Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Waiting on Western Tanager |
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Date: 5/17/26 9:17 am
From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...>
Subject: [IBLE] Waiting on Western Tanager |
All my usual bird harbingers of Spring are now here (House Wren, Yellow Warbler, Bullock's Oriole, BH Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Swainson's Hawk, RW Blackbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird) except for Western Tanager. Tanager can be fickle along the Snake River Bottoms. Sometimes, passing through in large numbers, other times...one or two & have to be at right place at right time. If I miss at home, will head into mountains to a spot that never fails me to locate one.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
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Date: 5/11/26 7:04 pm
From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...>
Subject: [IBLE] New Spring Arrivals |
This evening, first Swainson's Hawk of season came overhead. Others, over past week: Black-headed Grosbeak, female Red-winged Blackbird (males arrived over a month ago), numerous Chipping & White-crowned Sparrows pushing through, Red-naped Sapsucker, Tree Swallows & Violet-green Swallows. Best bird was a Black-backed Woodpecker pounding on a dead fir tree, near Island Park Reservoir, this weekend.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
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Date: 5/11/26 1:21 pm
From: rattlesnake4873 via groups.io <Rattlesnake4873...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
OK, Rich. I have two scopes if you change your mind.
Dean
> On May 11, 2026, at 2:15 PM, Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io <rarusnak62...> wrote:
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> Dean, that is incredibly gracious thanks for the offer. I think I’ll be OK. It’s only minimally opaque, like 95% perfect image. I’ll just get it repaired after I return from Malhuer. Take care, and have a great spring birding time. Cheers, Rich
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>> On May 11, 2026, at 12:01 PM, rattlesnake4873 via groups.io <Rattlesnake4873...> wrote:
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>> II have a vortex spotting scope. You are welcome to borrow for your trip
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>> Dean Jones
>> "A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words." Thomas Huxley
>> 208-859-0072
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>> On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io <http://groups.io/> <rarusnak62...> <mailto:<gmail.com...>> wrote:
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>>> I hope this never happens to any of you, beware.
>>> See photo, and be very careful if you clean your optics lenses of dust using a can of compressed air, designed for PC keyboards. The issue occurs when the can is held flat or upturned, resulting in extremely cold moist air to be released.
>>> My Vortex scope now has a damaged inner layer to the lens. Surprisingly the image viewing is not severely degraded and usable with only a tiny degree of opaqueness at all magnifications.
>>> Huge freak out when this occurred as you can imagine, but Vortex customer support is sending me a postage paid label to return the scope for no cost repairs. This is exceptional news and worthy of the price for Vortex HD series scope.
>>> Leaving for Malhuer tomorrow no less and this happens, LOL!😂
>>> Cheers ya’ll, and happy lifer pursuits!
>>> Rich Rusnak
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Date: 5/11/26 1:16 pm
From: Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io <rarusnak62...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
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Date: 5/11/26 11:01 am
From: rattlesnake4873 via groups.io <Rattlesnake4873...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
II have a vortex spotting scope. You are welcome to borrow for your trip
Dean Jones
"A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words." Thomas Huxley
208-859-0072
On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io
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> I hope this never happens to any of you, beware.
> See photo, and be very careful if you clean your optics lenses of dust
> using a can of compressed air, designed for PC keyboards. The issue occurs
> when the can is held flat or upturned, resulting in extremely cold moist
> air to be released.
> My Vortex scope now has a damaged inner layer to the lens. Surprisingly
> the image viewing is not severely degraded and usable with only a tiny
> degree of opaqueness at all magnifications.
> Huge freak out when this occurred as you can imagine, but Vortex customer
> support is sending me a postage paid label to return the scope for no cost
> repairs. This is exceptional news and worthy of the price for Vortex HD
> series scope.
> Leaving for Malhuer tomorrow no less and this happens, LOL!😂
> Cheers ya’ll, and happy lifer pursuits!
> Rich Rusnak
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Date: 5/11/26 8:02 am
From: Richard and Ann Rusnak via groups.io <rarusnak62...>
Subject: [IBLE] Warning/Alert cleaning optics with air can dust remover |
I hope this never happens to any of you, beware.
See photo, and be very careful if you clean your optics lenses of dust using a can of compressed air, designed for PC keyboards. The issue occurs when the can is held flat or upturned, resulting in extremely cold moist air to be released.
My Vortex scope now has a damaged inner layer to the lens. Surprisingly the image viewing is not severely degraded and usable with only a tiny degree of opaqueness at all magnifications.
Huge freak out when this occurred as you can imagine, but Vortex customer support is sending me a postage paid label to return the scope for no cost repairs. This is exceptional news and worthy of the price for Vortex HD series scope.
Leaving for Malhuer tomorrow no less and this happens, LOL!😂
Cheers ya’ll, and happy lifer pursuits!
Rich Rusnak
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Date: 5/4/26 5:13 pm
From: Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Spring birds |
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Date: 5/4/26 6:38 am
From: John Schmidt via groups.io <jsecho03...>
Subject: [IBLE] Spring birds |
I thought I'd make a list of spring birds that have been around the house (Moonlight Mine area, east of Pocatello) and nearby sage and fir slopes this weekend: northern house wren, mountain chickadee, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, pine siskin, American robin, common raven, black-chinned hummingbird, hairy woodpecker, Canada goose, song sparrow, red-breasted nuthatch, yellow-rumped warbler, wild turkey, red-winged blackbird, orange-crowned warbler, spotted towhee, green tailed towhee, saw-whet owl, ruffed grouse, great-horned owl. I'm sure I've missed a few...
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Date: 5/3/26 4:29 pm
From: Bill Moore via groups.io <hootowlbill...>
Subject: [IBLE] Hoot Owl Hummers |
After a slow start, hummer pressure is rising, quite a few on feeder, three usual species but fewer calliope. Lazuli showed up and I thought I saw a black headed grosbeak. We never got any Evenings this year. Swallows and house finch working satellite dish mast.
Bill Moore
Hoot Owl
Inkom
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Date: 5/3/26 8:00 am
From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] First Hummingbird of Season |
Gives new meaning to term "bird-brained", lol! I have to wonder how many of the Spring arrivals: warblers, BH Grosbeaks, etc...have been to the yard & feeder in previous years. And, if this adult male Black-chinned was one of the adults from last year or a juvenile, hatched here, now returning? Fascinating, no matter which.
Brian Carrigan
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Date: 5/3/26 7:53 am
From: Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] First Hummingbird of Season |
That's fascinating. I never thought about it but it makes sense since
they obviously remember feeders from previous years. Cool creatures.
Cliff
On 5/3/26 08:35AM, lcarrigan_55 via groups.io wrote:
> (have read hummingbirds can remember exact location of individual
> flowering plants, yr to yr)
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Island Park, Idaho
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Date: 5/3/26 7:35 am
From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...>
Subject: [IBLE] First Hummingbird of Season |
Put out nectar feeder a week ago. Refreshed & refilled sev times since. Moved to a diff't spot in yard, to keep wasps away from deck, this yr. And, a Black-chinned male just flew by with gorget catching the sun (first of yr), looking at exact spot where feeder was last year (have read hummingbirds can remember exact location of individual flowering plants, yr to yr). Then, it found the feeder farther out in yard.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
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Date: 5/3/26 2:21 am
From: bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help |
What about lines or spots on the breast I ask myself?!
This bird looks like it has both.
I can’t bring the pic back up. I’m in an odd place.
> On May 3, 2026, at 5:15 AM, Cliff Weisse <cliffandlisa...> wrote:
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> Not sure on that one Bob. Bill length could go either way, freshly molted scaps don't really show much, and the tail looks extensively black but you can't see enough of it to be sure. There is one feather on the side of the breast that has a round(ish) spot on it but it's maybe not quite round and it's closer to the feather tip than I would expect for Short-billed. So I'd call this one a dowitcher unless I heard the call.
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> Cliff
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>> On 5/2/26 08:39AM, Bob Davis via groups.io wrote:
>> Long-billed or short-billed? Taken on April 1, 2026, along the Texas coast.
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Date: 5/2/26 9:39 pm
From: bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help Jo |
Where on the Texas coast? How far from Corpus Christi ?? Please be specific or as close as you can.
Thank you.
> On May 2, 2026, at 9:40 PM, Bob Davis via groups.io <rhdavis...> wrote:
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Date: 5/2/26 9:35 pm
From: bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help Jo |
I’m not anywhere close to Texas area at this time.
> On May 3, 2026, at 11:32 AM, bob perata via groups.io <bobperata...> wrote:
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> Where on the Texas coast? How far from Corpus Christi ?? Please be specific or as close as you can.
> Thank you.
>> On May 2, 2026, at 9:40 PM, Bob Davis via groups.io <rhdavis...> wrote:
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Date: 5/2/26 3:15 pm
From: Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Dowitcher ID help |
Not sure on that one Bob. Bill length could go either way, freshly
molted scaps don't really show much, and the tail looks extensively
black but you can't see enough of it to be sure. There is one feather on
the side of the breast that has a round(ish) spot on it but it's maybe
not quite round and it's closer to the feather tip than I would expect
for Short-billed. So I'd call this one a dowitcher unless I heard the call.
Cliff
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Date: 4/30/26 10:41 am
From: Patricia Weber via groups.io <birder1932...>
Subject: [IBLE] White-eyed Vireo in Twin Falls |
https://ebird.org/checklist/S329914967
If anyone is interested in a White-eyed Vireo, one has been hanging out in
Lauren Brockway's neighborhood. Facebook post from Lauren: If you decide
to chase, please park at the end of 3400 at the designated trail parking.
You can park there and then walk past the gate into Hidden Lakes, and on
the right there is a pond on the south side of the road. The bird is in the
Russian olives next to that pond. I have high hopes that he'll stick around.
Pat Weber
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Date: 4/27/26 12:12 pm
From: Janet Shipman via groups.io <jshipman105...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] House Wrens and Lazuli Buntings |
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Date: 4/20/26 10:30 pm
From: Kevin Merrell via groups.io <historysaver...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Greater White-fronted Goose |
I think the bald eagle was saluting you, Tom.
Kevin Merrell, Boise
On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM bike4birds via groups.io <tmccabe9=
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> The Common Loon was again at Silver Lake today, although I couldn't find
> it on the way back (long ride). But at Pamela Baker Park, in Eagle, there
> was a Greater White-fronted Goose hanging out with some Canadians.
> My ride was 21 miles, and I found 38 species, including a finale by a Bald
> Eagle as I was leaving Esther Simplot Park. He flew right towards me, did a
> loop over my head, and then headed for the river. Nice way to end a long
> ride.
> Tom McCabe, Boise
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Date: 4/20/26 3:58 pm
From: bike4birds via groups.io <tmccabe9...>
Subject: [IBLE] Greater White-fronted Goose |
The Common Loon was again at Silver Lake today, although I couldn't find it on the way back (long ride). But at Pamela Baker Park, in Eagle, there was a Greater White-fronted Goose hanging out with some Canadians.
My ride was 21 miles, and I found 38 species, including a finale by a Bald Eagle as I was leaving Esther Simplot Park. He flew right towards me, did a loop over my head, and then headed for the river. Nice way to end a long ride.
Tom McCabe, Boise
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Date: 4/19/26 7:31 pm
From: bike4birds via groups.io <tmccabe9...>
Subject: [IBLE] Common Loon |
Sorry to be so slow in reporting this, but there was an adult Common Loon at Silver Lake (Lake Harbor) at around 1 PM today. I saw a disturbance in the water and watched, expecting one of the "usual suspects," when up popped the loon.
I also encountered my first BH Cowbird today, although I identified by sound because I didn't see him.
Tom McCabe, Boise
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Date: 4/19/26 9:14 am
From: lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw...>
Subject: [IBLE] 1st Spring Warbler |
Just had a breeding plumage male Yellow-rumped (Audubon's variety) Warbler come in. He was fly-catching midges from one of the aspen trees. Didn't stay around for long. Definitely, in a hurry...places to go & see!
Brian Carrigan
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Date: 4/18/26 11:42 am
From: Janet Shipman via groups.io <jshipman105...>
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Chukar in our backyard |
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Date: 4/18/26 11:28 am
From: John Shortis via groups.io <john_shortis...>
Subject: [IBLE] Chukar in our backyard |
Hi birders,We were just heading out when a Chukar flew into our yard at about 9.30 am. We got back about 12 and it is still there. It has been picking at grass seed stems (we have not yet mowed this year), and items on the ground. The bird is very tame, so we wondered if it could be an escape?Anyone have any ideas, or if we need to do anything for it? I guess it may fly out again when it is ready to leave.Amy Bechtel & John Shortis.
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