http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/ Idaho Birders Linked Electronically Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:28 GMT Terry Gray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24799 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24799 Hi Birders, About noon today I observed two pair of American Avocet at Spring Valley Reservoir. Strange that this species is listed as a M4p. They breed and Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:25 GMT Jason Talbot http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24798 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24798 I saw a Black-throated Sparrow on Shaw Mountain Rd on the way to IBO at Lucky Peak this morning (above Boise). As you come to the first road closure and turn Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:04:27 GMT Larry Arnold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24797 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24797 From a birding acquaintance in NM. Larry Arnold, Boise http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/130513.html Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:52:08 GMT Larry Arnold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24796 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24796 Jay's Mountain quails started this thread in my head, i.e., nemesis birds. I'm still looking for Short-eared owl and Bushtit in Ada County, among many others. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:51:11 GMT Charles Swift http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24795 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24795 The recent Mountain Quail records in Nez Perce Co. are from Craig Mountain and are showing up correctly in eBird (the eBird map needs to be zoomed in or have Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:22:13 GMT triciahowerton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24794 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24794 This Morning (Meridian) Had a nice walk through Fuller Park today. It has a nice treeline and canal, plus a pond if you haven't ever been there. I went Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:29:41 GMT shirley.sturts@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24793 They could be released captive birds. We have someone in CDA who raises them and has released them at least once on Tubbs Hill - a wooded park in CDA city Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:45:47 GMT Teresa Eardley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24792 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24792 http://adwokatwarszawa.eu/og/kxjlyb/eknk/wtxsqf/alnw/ypdi.html Teresa Eardley pizek/div> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:07:36 GMT Cliff and Lisa Weisse http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24791 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24791 I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who posted their thoughts, stories, and memories of Harry. I always enjoyed birding with him and always Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:58:43 GMT Terry Gray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24790 Hi Denise and All, I believe the report was from someplace on Craig Mountain south of Lewiston but the eBird map shows the sighting in Lewiston. This sighting Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:14:49 GMT Denise Hughes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24789 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24789 I think I've seen some reports from the White Bird hill area this year. I haven't saved them but the area was Nez Perce ????. I looked on the ebird map and Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:30:16 GMT Charles Swift http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24788 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24788 Jay - There are several recent records from the Salmon R. drainage upstream of Riggins including a sighting way up in the South Fork of the Salmon R. (Some of Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:05:17 GMT Jay Carlisle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24787 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24787 Greetings IBLE I now need to find a new Idaho "nemesis bird" to replace Mountain Quail, as this species had been my #1 nemesis for over a decade (I think I'd Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:04:54 GMT Louie Quintana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24786 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24786 I'm reminded of something about birding with Harry. I learned very quickly to not bird standing beside him but to bird standing BEHIND him, just off to his Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:14:52 GMT Denise Hughes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24785 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ible/message/24785 Like so many of you, I was shocked and sadden to read Louie's message about Harry's death. It seems like I had just received an email from him. The last time