Congratulations to Danette Henderson of Boise who correctly identified all of the species. Several participants correctly identified all but...

John Shortis Horseshoe Bend, Idaho How did you get into birding? Did you or do you have a birding mentor and can you tell us about that ...

I was surprised and delighted to get a review copy of this book in the mail this week from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  I enjoy Bill Thompson...

It's with mixed emotions that I announce that the Idaho Birding Blog is in on the move. This last week I accepted a job that will take...

Swainson's Hawk with prey. By the last week of September, my neighborhood Swainson's Hawks will be on their way to my second coun...

Cooper's Hawk juvenile at Foote Park in July 2010 This hawk was actively hunting other birds among the trees. Back at the end of Jul...

Here are photos of birds-in-the-hand from my recent visit to the Idaho Bird Observatory up on Lucky Peak above east Boise.  Some of these ...

The IBO Hawkwatch Crew! Besides song bird banding, the IBO also does nighttime owl banding, hawkwatching, and hawk banding.  These hawkwa...