Adams Elementary

Intermountain Bird Observatory--River site

On Thursday Oct. 8 our class had a fun field trip!

We went to the river site for the Intermountain Bird Observatory to observe and band birds.

The students identified and banned: 2 Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, several Yellow Rumped Warblers, 2 Black-Capped Chickadees,

a House Finch and a Mountain Chickadee.

We learned a lot about birds that migrate through Idaho as well as the birds that make their home in Idaho year round.

Our thanks to Heidi and all her wonderful volunteers for making this a memorable experience!

Bird Technicians

With our new year, we have new students to apply to become "Bird Technicians".

We had more that 3/4 of our class apply and ALL will have the position.

Lila's application stated:

"I love animals and I love to be with them. I think I would be good at this job because I'm good with animals

and I can be quiet andrespectful when I'm around birds. I would love to have this job because it seems

like fun! PLEASE accept this application." Lila---YOU'RE HIRED!

That's just Ducky!

For the last week we have had a pair of Mallard Ducks, male and female, hanging out below our feeders.

They have become more accustomed to kids walking past on their way to the cafeteria.

We are guessing that they have a clutch nearby, but we have not found it, yet.

The students are excited to know that soon we may have a whole family of ducks to observe!

Bird Walk

We had a pleasant walk along the river today! Mrs. Forderhase joined us as we walked from

our school to the MK Nature Center. Along the way we heard Song Sparrows in the wild rose bushes.

As we approached the river, the air was full of song! The ponds behind our school had several Red-Winged Blackbirds

marking their territory and perhaps showing-off a little for the females.

Along the river's edge we observed male Mallards and a Coot. Of course, there were Canada Geese! A pair appeared along

the banks of the river, so we gave them plenty of room as we passed-by.

A pair of Wooducks were nesting on a man-made platform set up in the pond of the Nature Center. We needed to get back to school and on our

way back one of our teams observed a pair of Northern Flickers flying up river.

We were welcomed back to school by the Red-Tailed Hawk who has a nest in a tree across the street from our school.

What a wonderful way to spend a beautiful Spring day!

Species	Count	Disposition	Date and Time	Link
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)	11	Flying	05/10/2016 - 12:30pm	Details
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)	7	Perched	05/10/2016 - 8:15am	Details
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)	1	Flying	05/10/2016 - 8:15am	Details
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)	2	Perched	05/05/2016 - 9:30am	Details
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)	2	Ground	05/05/2016 - 9:30am	Details
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)	1	Flying	05/05/2016 - 9:30am	Details
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)	4	Flying	05/04/2016 - 8:30am	Details
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)	1	Flying	05/02/2016 - 12:15pm	Details
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)	1	Flying	05/02/2016 - 10:45am	Details
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)	1	Flying	05/02/2016 - 10:30am	Details

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