Rexburg Christmas Bird Count
Every year the Audubon Society holds its Christmas Bird Count. Participants count all the birds seen and heard in a 15 mile radius. I compile (organize) the Rexburg Christmas Bird Count. Twelve of us participated in the Rexburg count, which was held today. The weather was brutal, it was warmish (35-45 degrees), but the wind was howling at around 35 miles per hour, with gusts much higher. We managed to find 64 species (our highest total ever). Some of the more interestsing birds for the count were:
Trumpeter Swan - over 400 birds
Ring-necked Duck
Shoveler
Redhead
Barrow's Goldeneye
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
SANDHILL CRANE
Ring-billed Gull
Wilson's Snipe
Killdeer
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
Barn Owl
VARIED THRUSH
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
American Dipper
Snow Bunting
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Here is a terrible photograph. It's not my best work, but the purpose of the photo is to merely document the bird.
Lesser Yellowlegs, Burton, ID 2006
Trumpeter Swan - over 400 birds
Ring-necked Duck
Shoveler
Redhead
Barrow's Goldeneye
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
SANDHILL CRANE
Ring-billed Gull
Wilson's Snipe
Killdeer
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
Barn Owl
VARIED THRUSH
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
American Dipper
Snow Bunting
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Here is a terrible photograph. It's not my best work, but the purpose of the photo is to merely document the bird.
Lesser Yellowlegs, Burton, ID 2006
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And he's going out tomorrow to do Idaho Falls. What a trooper.
You saw a Lesser Yellowlegs? Man, I have been looking for YEARS and haven't seen one!
Birds, birds, birds, birds!
What is a mountain bluebird doing in Rexburg this time of year?
I learned today that some birds in Central America are not migrating regularly due to habitat loss. Do you think you see any of that affect in North America?
Today I saw a Jabiru, King Vulture and a Harpy Eagle. Of course they were not in the wild.
"Do you happen to have a pair of birds that are... just friendly?"
The Birds
Just got my Christmas present in the mail a few days ago, might be something looking into for your birding Fotosniper.
-julian
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