I’ve been having a great time compiling the history of the Avimor area through personal interviews and reading lots of books. Recently I was...

Species Leaders: 1.  Cheryl Huizinga - 79 2.  Terry Gray - 70 3.  David Lawrence - 69 4.  Lew Ulrey - 60 5.  Charles Swift - 48 5.  R...

The other day when we were out looking for the Rusty Blackbird , I left my office without my binoculars.  Fortunately, my ever prepared fa...

Here is the best photo to date, taken by Kent Mortensen this morning with computer lightening by Terry Gray.  It is my best evidence of it b...

If you missed the Hummingbird special on PBS's Nature on Sunday, you can now view it on their website here .  It is well worth the 50 mi...

Lynn Davenport came out to take a look at the mystery blackbird.  He's confident its a Rusty too.  I'll let him post his details to ...

Jonathan Stoke Boise, Idaho How and when did you get first get involved in birding? I’ve always noticed birds. As a child I knew the b...

The other day I posted about Shon Parks and my visit to the Chinese Well Riparian Area at Avimor and I posted about what I thought it was a ...

There is just something pulling at me that wants to know more about the nature I observe when out birding.  There is a "naturalist...

Tomorrow (Sunday) on Nature!  Check your local PBS listings for the time.  Here in my Mtn time zone it will be on a 6pm and again at 8pm.  ...

Jessica is my non-birding wife.  She may forever remain a non-birder, probably due to the fact that she was born with a birding father.  Alt...

Shon Parks, our land planner and avid outdoorsman/botanist, and I went up the road a bit to check out the potential for creating a bird and ...

I've attended a few bird walks over the years that have been very enjoyable, but I've only been to one birdwatching club meeting.  T...

Here are the results of the first week of competition for 210 in 2010 eBirding Idaho .  It is never to late to join the competition, so ch...

Exactly four years ago, Jessica and I were in Hawaii for a week long stay at her sister's place.  I was able to do a little birding ther...

With a few years of active birding under my belt I find myself looking back over my life list and wondering, "Did I really see that bi...

Watching the molt changes in American Goldfinch plumage throughout the year is kind of fun!  I saw a few bright and shiny "Lemonheads...

Dumroese Family - Deb, Niklass, and Kas taken in Summer of '09 in Kuopio, Finland. Kas Dumroese Moscow, Idaho How and when did you...

In today's world of GPS navigation, iPhones Apps and Google Earth, you would almost think that paper maps are antiques from the tech-sto...