Story and photos by Louisa Evers As Ada County’s Expo Idaho Citizens Advisory Committee wrestles with what should be next for the 240-acre site in Garden City, the Boise River Enhancement Network (BREN) has been enlisting birders to visit the Les Bois racetrack site to gather information about what birds use the area. The information […]
Text and photos by Louisa Evers except as noted. Please see Birding for Citizen Science in Middleton River Park, and Songbirds of the Boise River Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 for introductory information, directions and lots of song birds. Bird safely. In this blog I will introduce you to some of the birds […]
by Lucian Davis The Idaho Young Birders Club is a project of the Golden Eagle Audubon Society. It’s aimed at getting young people interested in birds and conservation, and raising awareness about opportunities to participate in and aid conservation. The Club is led by high school and college students who want to give young people […]
Text and photos by Louisa Evers Please see Part 1 and Part 2 for introductory information and lots of song birds. Bird safely. Contribute to citizen science. Finches Finches are small to medium-sized birds with conical bill, sparrow-like bills, and usually short, notched tails. They constantly give distinctive calls in undulating flight and often perch […]
Text and photos by Louisa Evers Please see Part 1 for introductory information and more song birds too. Bird safely. Contribute to citizen science. Swallows Swallows are aerial songbirds with very short legs and bills and relatively long pointed wings. They feed almost exclusively on flying insects captured in graceful swooping flights. Tree swallows will […]
text and photos by Louisa Evers Editor’s note – Learn more about the Middleton River Park and its birds here. Access to the undeveloped park is from adjacent neighborhoods. Bird safely and respectfully. Welcome to the second in a series of blogs about the birds of Middleton River Park. In this and the next two […]
This is reprinted in full from Team eBird. eBird is the world’s largest biodiversity-related citizen science project, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year by eBirders around the world. A collaborative enterprise with hundreds of partner organizations, thousands of regional experts, and hundreds of thousands of users, eBird is managed by the […]
by Rob Tiedemann, Ph.D. Humans – by nature – are curious, fleet-footed, and tend to wander. While for now, we have agreed to curb our wander lust – as advised by the Center for Disease Control – we can still imagine repeated strolls along the Lower Boise River where the scenery is forever changing (see […]
by Louisa Evers The Boise River Enhancement Network has begun a year-long project to document birds at the site of the future Middleton River Park. The data will be shared with City of Middleton and others to help inform the design of the future park. From late January through March, volunteer birders have sighted 55 […]
by Emiline Hogg, Nampa Public Outreach Coordinator What’s in the schools, in the parks, at the library, along the pathways, and in your pocket and makes the Boise River cleaner? It’s the City of Nampa Environmental Compliance Division (ECD) Outreach Program. The Outreach Program was started in 2009 under the guidance of Cheryl Jenkins. ECD […]