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>Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:18:58 -0600
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>From: D Gettinger <gettinger at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>Subject: [BIRDWEST] South Idaho Bird Alert May 20, 1998
>To: BIRDWEST at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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>This is the South Idaho Bird Alert, brought to you by the Idaho Museum of
Natural History.
>This alert was updated on Monday, May 11th.
>
> Highlights for this week include WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS near
Kelley Canyon Ski Area. There are GRAY and DUSKY FLYCATCHERS, LESSER
GOLDFINCHES, VIRGINIA'S WARBLERS and a PLUMBIOUS VIREO are present up Kinney
Creek south of Pocatello.
>
> A small flock of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS was spotted this past
weekend near Kelley Canyon Ski Area east of Idaho Falls. This is near C-4
on page 41 of the Idaho DeLorme Atlas. They were in a mixed flock of RED
CROSSBILLS and PINE SISKINS. To find them walk a mile up the dirt road to
the right as you enter the Kelley Canyon parking lot. Take the left fork on
the first brach, and look in the trees about 50 yards up this side road.
>
> South of Pocatello up Kinney Creek there are several GRAY FLYCATCHERS
>in the junipers and in the riparian creek side several DUSKY FLYCATCHERS
are calling. Several
>PLUMBIOUS VIREO (a.k.a. Solitary Vireo) were singing, and also a LESSER
>GOLDFINCH was near the entrance on Saturday. A VIRGINIA'S WARBLER was
found in the riparian vegetation Saturday also. Kinney Creek is the first
valley on the left after crossing the cattle guard at the entrance onto
Caribou National Forest land on Mink Creek Road, about 10 miles south of
Pocatello. YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, GRAY CATBIRDS and FOX SPARROWS are
singing in Cherry Springs, about a half mile further up Mink Creek.
>
>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.
>
>For further information, to report a bird sighting, or to reach Chuck
Trost, call (208) 236-3337 or at home at 233-4538. Have a good day birding.
>
>

Deb Beutler
Department of Zoology
P.O. Box 644236
Washington State University
Pullman (Whitman Co.), WA 99164-4236
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu