OWYHEE AREA County

A wide variety of habitats range from farmland to riparian stream sides and open sage. Nice riparian vegetation at roads end can produce good migrants. Residents like Warbling Vireo and House Wren are easy to find.

Marshy wet areas are interspersed with flooded farm fields to produce habitat for probers like White-faced Ibis and Long-billed Curlew. Willet and Sandhill Cranes nest in the area. Virginia Rails, Sora, Wilson’s Snipe, and Wilson’s Pha...

Canyon species like Chukar, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren, and Lazuli Bunting are common. Say’s Phoebes inhabit the slopes and the riparian areas can produce just about any migrant. Check the numerous riparian areas at your leisure. Many are in a h...

The access road to Leslie Gulch takes you through some very good farmland and both kingbirds, White-faced Ibis, and herons can be common. Once in the canyon, listen for Rock and Canyon Wrens along with Chukar and Say’s Phoebe. Black-throated...

Follow the common sense rules for birding in a community setting. Walk or drive the streets, checking for migrants in spring and fall and residents in summer and winter. Look for rafts of loafing ducks along the river in all seasons except summ...

This road begins in grassland habitat, then becomes dominated by sagebrush, then canyon-lands, and finally some farmland. Western Meadowlarks and Savan- nah Sparrows give way to Sage Thrashers and Brewer’s Sparrows which, in turn, give way t...