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Avimor Birding Blog
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Idaho birding from the home base of the Avimor community nestled in the foothills north of Boise and Eagle Idaho. The blog features regular birding adventures, product and book reviews, and interviews with Idaho Birders.
Recent Posts
Idaho Birder: Heidi Ware
Heidi Ware at the IBO holding a hatch-year Red-tailed Hawk - photo by Rob MillerHeidi WareBoise, IDWhere did you grow up?I’m a 5th generation Idahoan! I was born in Nampa, and have lived in the same house in Boise since I was 6 months old.What are ...
Birding Laughs: Snipe Hunt
In recent weeks, several bird bloggers I follow (including Pacific NW Backyard Birder and Birdfreak) both posted about the mythical Snipe Hunt. As a veteran Snipe hunter myself I had to comment on their posts. Here is an edited version of my comments...
Missing Mouring Doves?
Baby Mourning Doves Hidden in the Grassesphoto by Robert Mortensen taken at Avimor in Spring '09Is it just me in my little pocket of the world that has seen far fewer Mourning Doves of late? I do see a couple of them on power lines or flying across ...
Birding Laughs: Ravens in Cedar City, UT
Last month I mentioned my uncle in Cedar City that was part of introducing me to birding. I got an e-mail from him this week that I thought was pretty funny. Since he retired from Southern Utah University were he taught Spanish for many years, Uncle ...
Backyard Birding at Avimor
What a gorgeous Autumn day! During my lunch hour I enjoyed the birds in my backyard...lots of House Finches on the platform feeder I just built. They seem to enjoy feasting on Grandma Z's Custom Bird Block and the Nyger Thistle Seed that I picked u...
Birding in the Middle-of-Nowhere
The other day I posted about the eBird Site Survey. A couple other efforts eBird is making to help scientists use better citizen science include "County Birding" and "Random Locations"."County Birding" has to do with encouraging folks to get out to ...

