Fw: [IBLE] RBA N Idaho / E Washington / NE Oregon 24 Jan 2006

["james.d.mcintyre" <james dot d dot mcintyre at worldnet dot att dot net>]

The following reports of SNOWY OWLS are mainly from the ID/WA border 
area, so not directly relevant to most UT birders.  But they do confirm 
that there is a sizeable irruption of SNOWs in the northwest this year.

Keep your eyes open.

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dumroese Family 
To: birdswest ; IBLE ; Tweeters ; Inland 
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:12 PM
Subject: RBA N Idaho / E Washington / NE Oregon 24 Jan 2006


RBA

* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* as above
* Jan 24, 2006
* IDWA06.01.24

- birds mentioned

Trumpeter Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Snowy Owl

- transcript

Compiler: Kas.... dumroese at moscow dot com

SNOWY OWLS are still the birds of the week....

Lincoln Co WA. On 21 Jan a flock of birders observed 3 SNOWY OWLS along 
the 
Sunset Hwy west of Reardan, Lincoln Co WA.

Columbia Co WA. Mike and MerryLynn Denny and the Shoemakers found a 
SNOWY 
OWL north of Dayton, Columbia Co WA on 23 Jan. The bird was off 
Whetstone 
Road off of US 12, along Thronson Road under a wind turbine in the 
Hopkins 
Ridge wind turbine farm.

Kootenai Co ID. The SNOWY OWL on the Rathdrum Prairie in Kootenai Co ID 
was 
still being seen through 21 Jan. Look for it on the west side of 
Greenferry 
Road, a short distance north of Prairie Road near Gallop Lane.

Latah Co ID. I saw two SNOWY OWLS 24 Jan along Berger Road NE of 
Genesee. To 
get there from US 95, turn east onto the Old US 95 at milepost 336.3 
(about 
7.5 miles south of Moscow). Follow Old US 95 about 2.5 miles until it 
veers 
right (south) onto the Genesee-Troy Road. Follow the GT Road south about 

0.25 miles and turn left (east) onto Eikum Road. Follow Eikum about 1.5 
miles. Here, Danielson Road goes off to the right, Eikum makes a zig, 
and 
Danielson goes off to the left. Immediately Eikum becomes Berger. Go 
another 
mile. Just before Berger makes a sharp right turn south, there's a big 
basin 
on the north side of the road. Look for the birds. You'll probably need 
a 
scope. ID DeLorme 58, C-1.

On 23 Jan Larry Hamrin and Keith Carlson found two LONG-TAILED DUCKS, a 
female and an apparent first winter male, on the Clearwater River in 
Lewiston, Nez Perce Co ID. To get there from the north end of Lewiston, 
follow US 12 across the Clearwater River and then stay right past the 
first 
traffic light. At the next light, which is 18th Street, turn right and 
follow the bypass. Park in the first parking lot. From the top of the 
levee 
you can scan the river in front of the grain terminals. The birds are 
almost 
always between the US 12 bridge and the railroad bridge downstream, and 
almost always near the barges at the grain terminal. ID DeLorme 54, A-1.

On 21 Jan a flock of birders found a TRUMPETER SWAN at Browns Lake along 
WA 
231, between mileposts 5 and 6, in Lincoln Co WA.

Good birding.
Kas 




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