Sorry this is late; I went birding on the coast (more about that later)

Deb Beutler
Pullman, WA

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>Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:25:12 -0700
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>From: gettinger <gettinger at EXECU.NET>
>Subject: [BIRDWEST] South Idaho RBA, March 9
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> RBA
>* South Idaho
>* Mar. 9, 1998
>* IDSO9803.09
>
>- birds mentioned
>
>
>Red-Shouldered Hawk
>Snow Geese
>Gyrfalcon
>Rosy Finches
>Ross's Geese
>Snow Buntings
>Blue Jay
>Greater White-Fronted Geese
>Lark Sparrow
>
>
>- transcript
>
>Hotline: South Idaho Rare Bird Alert 208-236-3337
>To Report: Chuck Trost 208-236-3337
>Compiler: Diana Gettinger 208-378-9325
>
>
>This is the South Idaho Bird Alert, brought to you by the Idaho Museum
>of Natural History. This alert was updated on Tuesday, March 9th.
>
>
>Highlights for this week include two RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS that were seen
last week,
>one at Fort Boise, and the other at Lake Lowell, near Caldwell. Large
flocks of SNOW GEESE
>and few ROSS'S GEESE are feeding in the fields near Aberdeen. A GYRFALCON
and two
>species of ROSY FINCHES are being seen in the Sun Valley area, and SNOW
BUNTINGS
>have been seen near Fairfield. A LARK SPARROW is at a feeder in Pocatello.
>
>Two RED-SHOULDERED HAWKs were in Western Idaho last week. One was at Fort
Boise just west of Parma on the Oregon border, at about B-1 on page 34 of
the Idaho DeLorme Atlas. The other was near the Shaffer entrance to Lake
Lowell. You can call John Gatchet at 208-459-1627(work) or 208-455-1317 at
home for further information. The are also several flocks of GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Fort Boise, and a BLUE JAY last week.
>
>Several thousand SNOW GEESE with a few ROSS'S GEESE mixed in have been
frequenting
>fields northeast of Aberdeen. They were seen off of Vanderford Road and Strang
>Road, which are at about C-5 on page 29 of the Idaho Atlas. We expect
these flocks to
>remain in the area for several days before moving on to Mud Lake WMA.
>
>A GYRFALCON has been a regular resident on the poles just east of Gannett,
which is on the
>shortcut between Picabo and Bellview. This is at A-6 on page 27 of the
Idaho Atlas. There are
>also both BLACK and GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES coming to a feeder in the town of
>Triumph, which is about 6 miles up the East Fork Road, about 5 miles north
of Hailey. This is
>at about C-6 on page 37 of the Idaho Atlas. A flock of SNOW BUNTINGS was
seen on US 20
>about 6 miles west of its junction with US 75, on the way to Fairfield.
This is at about A-5 on
>page 27 of the Idaho Atlas.
>
>A LARK SPARROW has turned up at a feeder in the Johnny Creek area on the
west side of Pocatello.
>You can find out about it by calling Priscilla Hearst at 208-232-0233.
>
>Finally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been putting neck collars
on TRUMPETER SWANS
>in the area. If you see any marked birds please try to read the
alpha-numeric numbers on the
>collar and report it and the location to Steve Bouffard at (208) 237-6616
or e-mail at
>steve_bouffard at mail.fws.gov.
>
>

Deb Beutler
Department of Zoology
P.O. Box 644236
Washington State Univerisity
Pullman, Whitman Co., WA
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu