Moscow area birds, 11/22-23/2008

Hi All -

There was a N. Shoveler at the UI Dairy on Saturday. Pretty late for here but consistent w/ other recent reports from the region. Otherwise the dairy ponds have been largely abandonded by waterfowl in the past couple weeks w/ only a handful of C. Geese and 50 Mallards present yesterday. I suppose they might be out in the fields feeding on winter wheat. At Syringa Ponds there were 2 Ring-necked Ducks (f) and about 8 Bufflehead. Neither of these locations have been as good for waterfowl this fall as they were last fall.

Today (Sunday) we went for a short hike at the UI Plant Science Farm (aka Parker Farm) on a pleasant but chilly morning. Most notable were diurnal raptors with a Cooper's Hawk, a Rough-legged Hawk, 3+ Red-tailed Hawks, and 2 adult Bald Eagles which drifted lazily south as we were leaving.

Charles.


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Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
chaetura@gmail.com

Fwd: Moscow Golden Eagle

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From: Charles Swift <chaetura@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Moscow Golden Eagle
To: inland birders <inland-nw-birders@uidaho.edu>


Hi All -

I had an adult Golden Eagle in steady, flapping, southbound flight over the UI Arboretum at about 1:00 this afternoon. It took less than a minute to pass my position on the west ridge of the Arb. Still no Blue Jays - they must take a siesta right around noon. I also had among others, a Townsend's Solitaire tooting away, a kingfisher in the lower pond, and robins and Cedar Waxwings in the Crab Apple grove near the north entrance.

Charles.

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Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
chaetura@gmail.com

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Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
chaetura@gmail.com