I have read quite a bit about Silver Creek Preserve and knew it would be a great place to go birding in Idaho. I follow Matt Miller's blog Idaho Nature Notes of The Nature Conservancy. I know of anglers that love this place. After seeing the Hooded Crane near Carey Lake WMA, we stopped by Silver Creek Preserve. It really is a spectacular place with a great variety of habitat which host a great variety of birds. The birding was great yesterday and can only image how good it will be in May and June. Because of Silver Creek's location it has a bit of a later start on Spring as compared to the Boise area, so it had not really greened-up there yet, but I came away very impressed. Here are some photos:
Visitor's Center and trailhead
Sandhill Cranes
View from the trail overlooking wetlands
Willet - bobbing for food
Yellow Warbler
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That Willet pic would make for a great ID quiz photo :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. It sounds like you had a nice trip. Having also been there last week, I'd say that things are a bit behind usual due to a cold, wet spring. The birds should really be showing up soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to visit Silver Creek, and thanks for following Idaho Nature Notes.
Robert, I would LOVE to visit this place! Amazing shots. I saw a yellow warbler in the backyard of my friend's house in Maricopa yesterday and one at the San Pedro river a couple of weeks ago. I guess they are everywhere now!
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