Our eleventh annual Birdathon was held this May in cooperation with Snake River Audubon Society.  Proceeds and expenses will be shared equally between Friends of Camas and Snake River Audubon.

Twelve birders (one team of three, four teams of two, and one single birder) reported a total of 139 species found during the week of May 18-25.  Forty-four donors have contributed a total of $3754.  One more donation of $500 will be received soon, making a grand total of $4254.

Total gross proceeds for the eleven years of conducting our birdathon:  $53,722.

At our potluck picnic supper on June 11, we honored the winners in three categories:

Cathy and Terry Thomas won the prize for the most species reported:  102. 

Tim Reynolds won again for the most money raised by his sponsor:   $1400.

Terry Thomas won for the best estimate of the total number of species seen:  

Terry & Cathy Thomas birded their way from their home in Island Park south to Market Lake. They added 16 species not reported by others.

1. Green-winged Teal
2. Red-necked Grebe
3. Wilson’s Snipe
4. Caspian Tern
5. Pileated Woodpecker
6. Olive-sided Flycatcher
7. Clark’s Nutcracker
8. Mountain Chickadee
9. Red-breasted Nuthatch
10. Golden-crowned Kinglet
11. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12. Pine Siskin
13. Brewer’s Sparrow
14. Dark-eyed Junco
15. Spotted Towhee
16. Common Yellowthroat

Tom & Diana Wuenschell live in northern Utah and birded in south central Idaho in mostly juniper habitat. This habitat, not visited by other participants, yielded six species not seen by others. 

1. Ash-throated Flycatcher
2. Gray Flycatcher
3. Plumbeous Vireo
4. Juniper Titmouse
5. Rock Wren
6. Bewick’s Wren

Bruce & Judith Connery live in Victor and found six species not found by others. Most of their birds were seen from their front porch.

1.  Ruffed Grouse
2. “Black-chinned Hummingbird
3. Calliope Hummingbird
4. Hairy Woodpecker
5. Steller’s Jay
6. MacGillivray’s Warbler

Linda Milam reported our only Black-crowned Night-Heron and our only Short-eared Owl.

The team of Carolyn Bishop, Teresa Meachum and Kit Struthers found five species not found by others

1. Gray Partridge
2. Sora
3. Black-necked Stilt
4. Burrowing Owl
5. Say’s Phoebe—surprisingly found foraging by the railroad tracks in Hamer, Idaho.