Fw: [IBLE] Purple Finch, Band-tailed Pigeon, Lawrence's Warbler

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

The Idaho Bird Observatory is near Boise, ID: 
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The reported Lawrence's Warbler (a hybrid between Blue-winged and 
Golden-winged Warblers) is way outside its normal range.

Jim McIntyre

----- Original Message ----- 
From: carlislejay 
To: ible@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: Purple Finch, BT Pigeon, Lawrence's


Greetings

A fun day of birding today began at Lucky Peak where I have been 
trapping migrating raptors the last 2 days (see below). 

I woke up to a Varied Thrush singing. Then, at about 845am I was on top 
of the peak birding when I heard the distinctive "pit, pit-pit" flight 
notes of a Purple Finch. It flew in from the S, landed on a Douglas Fir 
for 20 seconds or so and flew off to the N calling again. Other finches 
in teh area include Evening Grosbeaks (20+ today), Red Crossbills (10+ 
today), Cassin's Finches, and Pine Siskins.

Later, at about 1230, a Band-tailed Pigeon flew into the hawk-trapping 
station (apparently seeking the company of our lure-birds!). It 
remained for a minute or so and then returned again sometime after 3pm. 
This is the second time I have seen this species at Lucky Peak; the 
first was back in 1996.

Lastly, I ended the day at Barber Park hoping for a better look at the 
Lawrence's Warbler first seen by Mark on Friday night (I had seen it 
briefly Sat AM but in bad lighting) and was rewarded after only a quick 
search. I found the bird only about 10m upstream of the fishing deck 
and followed it for 10+ minutes as it slowly moved towards the fishing 
deck.

The bird is quite stunning and was pretty cooperative this evening. I 
recommend trying to see this bird to anyone in the area. Fun for me was 
watching its foraging behavior which seemed to focus almost entirely on 
dead leaves, prying them open and even dislodging a few and following 
them to the ground.

As for raptors at Lucky Peak, flights have been dominated by Red-tails 
(including a dark, immature Harlan's yesterday) and N Harriers lately. 
We are already at record numbers for Harriers & getting close for Red-
tails. Sharp-shinned Hawks also continue to pass through and a few 
Cooper's are still coming. Merlins & Goshawks have been seen with 
regularity lately (1 of each banded yesterday) but we saw none today. 
The owl crew continues to capture a few Saw-whet Owls each night and 
they were quite vocal last night. Owl season ends Thursday night & hawk-
watching continues through the end of the month.

Cheers,

Jay Carlisle, Idaho Bird Observatory







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