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>Subject: [BIRDWEST] South Idaho RBA, March 16
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> RBA
>* South Idaho
>* Mar. 16, 1998
>* IDSO9803.16
>
>- birds mentioned
>
>
>Snow Geese
>Gyrfalcon
>Rosy Finches
>Ross's Geese
>Snow Buntings
>Blue Jay
>Greater White-Fronted Geese
>Cinnamon Teal
>Western Bluebirds
>Mountain Bluebirds
>
>
>- 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 Monday, March 17th.
>
>
>Highlights for this week include SANDHILL CRANES and TUNDRA SWANS at Swan Lake,
>south of Downey. Large flocks of SNOW GEESE and few ROSS'S GEESE are
resting
>at Market Lake WMA. A pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, as well as two MOUNTAIN
>BLUEBIRDS have been found near Terry Street, east of ISU campus. Flocks of
>SNOW BUNTINGS have been seen near Fairfield.
>
>A flock of SANDHILL CRANES and at least 50 TUNDRA SWANS are near Swan Lake,
which
>is about 15 miles south of Downey, right beside US 91 on the way to
Preston. This is at
>about B-3 on page 22 of the Idaho DeLorme Atlas. There are also many ducks
on the lake,
>including a newly arrived CINNAMON TEAL.
>
>Several thousand SNOW GEESE with a few ROSS'S GEESE mixed in have been
resting on
>Market Lake WMA, which is about 15 miles north of Idaho Falls. Take the
Roberts exit off of
>I-15, head east for two blocks, then north out of town. Bear right at the
fork and follow the
>signs out to the marsh. This is at about B-2 on page 40 of the Idaho
Atlas. We expect these flocks to
>remain in the area for several days before moving on to Mud Lake WMA, which
is at B-1 on the
>atlas. The Portneuf Valley Audubon Society will be taking a field trip to
Mud Lake next Saturday,
>the 21st. If you would like to accompany us, meet at the Museum Parking
lot on the ISU
>campus at 8:00 a.m. for carpooling on this half-day trip.
>
>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 pair of WESTERN and also MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS have been seen recently off
of Terry
>Street, in the canyon on the north side of the road just up the hill from
the AMI factory, which
>is about a half mile east of the ISU campus. They have been present for
over a week.
>
>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