On my way to Missoula I stopped at Market Lake 8/3/22 Mallard chicks Great blue heron Red tailed hawk with Western tanager photobombing Great blue heron Muskrat Geese Mallard female Beautiful landscape Sunflowers Canada geese
5/8/22 A late morning visit to Market Lake A Canada goose couple with their Sandhill crane chaparone. Willet Cinnamon teal Gadwall Northern shoveler Redhead Lesser scaup Curious ruddy ducks American avocet White faced ibis View from Market Lake
April 2, 2022 After Mud Lake I headed to Camas NWR which was completely dry. No ponds equals very few birds. I saw and heard Western meadowlarks and Red winged blackbirds though none posed. I drove on to Market Lake and there I found water and more birds. Tetons in the morning Red tailed hawk … More Market Lake – April 2022
Continuing to bird: Camas, Mud Lake, & Market Lake 11/23/21 Trumpeter swans and Mallards Rough legged hawk Autumn at the wetlands Great blue heron Seed heads Another rough legged hawk Black billed magpie Tetons in the distance Canada geese on a frozen pond Menan buttes in the distance
10/19/21 Camas Refuge & Market Lake Sadly they were burning out invasive plants and doing maintenance at Camas so the refuge loops were closed. A pond full of Canada geese near Market Lake Ruddy ducks And a supersized donkey
9/5/21 Market Lake Derilict house The first cormorant Morning clarity Another double crested cormorant And still another cormorant Losing count of the number of cormorants
5/20/21 The Camas Complex Birding what I like to call the Camas complex this includes the Market Lake Wildlife Management Area, the Camas National Wildlife Refuge, and the Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area. I left my house at 5:30 which meant I wasn’t there for sunrise but still in the morning hours. Sunrise is close … More Camas, Mud Lake, & Market Lake
8/14/20 Market Lake, a short evening visit Juvenile Great horned owl Sunflowers Red tailed hawk Double crested cormorant Wilson’s snipe Wildflowers Great blue heron resting/sunning his wings Great blue heron Eastern kingbird
March 1, 2020 I took the morning to go north and investigate the birding potential at Market Lake. Sadly it is still iced over. I noticed birds on my way there, and stopped in Blackfoot on the way back to check out a field of geese and swans. A lovely morning of driving and birding. … More Market Lake – March 2020
I was in Idaho Falls for work reasons so I was able to take a drive up to Market Lake in the early evening. The roads were dry until I got to the preserve then there was a lot of snow. I did not go all the way to the shelter belt since I was … More Market Lake – January 2020
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