The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has raised awareness regarding an incident where a swan was shot and hung upside down near a campground approximately 190 miles southeast of Twin Falls. A reward has been offered in the case.
It has been an interesting spring with people telling me about all the fields covered with “huge snow geese.” I usually ask them to describe what they saw by asking if they have black on their wings. “Nope, but they are snow geese!” they reply. “Do they have a pink or orange bill?” I ask. […]
“Aren’t they just wonderful – and huge,” an old friend of mine greeted me as I pulled up to her and her husband as they watched the Bald eagles coming into the large cottonwoods on the Camas National Wildlife Refuge. “We have seen nine come in so far this evening.” After the Ron and Marrietta […]
The Great Backyard Bird Count of 2022 was a success for me as I was able to see and record some beautiful birds from multiple areas even though the weather was not great. But some of the numbers of birds had changed since the Christmas counts. For example, the 161 count of Rough-legged Hawks near […]
It started on Friday – one of my two favorite bird counts of the winter – the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and it will last through Presidents Day on Monday. My other favorite bird count is the Howe Christmas Bird Count that is usually held between Christmas and New Years Day, but this […]