Arimo to Curlew National Grasslands thru Arbon Valley
Saturday, July 6, 2019
The maternal grandmother’s family reunion is held in Arimo every year. I like to take the backroads to get there. After a lovely time at the picnic gathering I headed south to detour over to the Curlew National Grasslands. Unfortunately a couple of the roads were closed so I was unable to spend much time at the grasslands but the route is a good one and I think next spring it will be an awesome place to bird for bobolinks and possibly lark buntings. I did see the usual suspect list of birds by pausing at reservoirs, streams, and meadows. I think it’s about 200 miles to make this big backroads circle.
For more information regarding the Curlew National Grasslands check out the Idaho birding trail site: https://idfg.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/site.aspx?id=116.
Mule deer
Juvenile cliff swallow
The greens of Cherry Springs
Wild turkeys
Birds
- Red winged blackbirds
- Brewer’s blackbirds
- Brown headed cowbirds
- Black billed magpies
- American crows
- Western kingbirds
- Western meadowlarks
- American robins
- Vesper sparrows
- Mourning doves
- Eurasian collared doves
- Common ravens
- Red tailed hawks
- Cliff swallows
- American goldfinch
- Wilson’s warbler
- Yellow rumped warblers
- Yellow warbler
- American kestrel
- Northern flicker
- Swainson’s hawk
- Horned larks
- Bullocks oriole
- European starlings
- Wild Turkeys
Mammals
- Mule deer
— Jenny
