Intermountain Bird Observatory seeing growth in Anna’s Hummingbird population in Idaho
In 2015, there were only about 20 reported sightings of the bird. This winter there have been about 150 sightings. Author: Chase Biefeldt (KTVB) Updated: 6:34 AM MST February 18, 2021
BOISE, Idaho There are just over a handful of species of hummingbirds in Idaho, but one of those species are relatively new to the Gem State.
They are called Anna’s Hummingbirds, and they are quite special.
Most hummingbirds fly to Idaho in April and leave by September, but Anna’s Hummingbirds arrive in October and leave in March, staying here during the coldest months of the year.
Wake Up Idaho Rewind: Saving a species, the California Condor
In 2014, scientists at the Peregrine Fund s World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise gave KTVB a rare, up-close, inside-the-nest-box look at the work they re doing. Author: Doug Petcash Updated: 8:05 AM MST February 17, 2021
BOISE, Idaho A milestone in the effort to save a species: In May of 2020 biologists with the Peregrine Fund trapped and tagged the 1,000th California Condor hatched since the recovery program started in 1995.
The population of the magnificent scavengers now numbers more than 500 in the world, with more than half of those flying free in the wild. That s up from only 22 condors in 1982.