Starting last Saturday, I have had an awesome week of birding. I have birded with some of the top birders of Idaho, learned a ton, saw rare birds, saw odd behaviors and recorded several lifetime birds. Thanks has to go to Robert, Cliff, Harry, Steve, and Darren for teaching me and helping me identify birds I have never recorded before.
This Great Blue Heron had speared a catfish and couldn't flip it in the air to eat it. Hopefully it was able to get it off for dinner.
Here is an Eared Grebe trying to entice a young lady to set up housekeeping with him.
Here is a Yellowheaded Blackbird flirting with a bunch a females showing one of his better sides.
One of my rare finds was this Lewis's Woodpecker that at first I thought was a Robin. But what a beauty.
And of course, not week would be complete for me without an owl or two or three or four different species. I saw Burrowing, Great Horned, Great Gray, Short-eared and Long-eared owls. I guess that makes five species. Here is a picture of some baby Long-eareds - yes, they can fly.
What a great week to get soaked many times in the wilds of Idaho. By the way, I leave tomorrow morning for a week in New Orleans, so I will see you then.
