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secured and we returned to the main
road. At the junction we observed several
Muddy Ducks, an Eared Grebe, a lone
Canada Goose, and many Teal swimming
in a marshy lake west of the main
highway. A single Shoveller Duck was standing
on a small island in the center of the
lake. Several Redheads were also seen here.
In the sagebrush covered extensive rolling
areas between Nagerman and Mountain
Home, several pairs of Sage Thrashers and
two Crows were seen.
We left Mountain Home at about 3:30
turned southward and stopped about
4 miles south of town in the center of
an expansive flat sagebrush plain. Here,
while we shot wary small ground squirrels,
we also observed Sage Thrashers and
Sage Sparrows singing from the tops
of Artemisia bushes. I stumbled on a
Brewer Sparrow's nest situated about
14 inches from the ground in the center
of a low Artemisia bush. It seemed very
small in size for a sparrow's nest and contained
4 exceedingly small eggs, light blue spotted
with brown on the larger end. The parents
were very much disturbed as our presence
and both stayed near the nest while
we were there; however, the parents would
not condescend to sit on the eggs while
the camera was set up operated by
remote control from a distance.
During a two hour stay at this spot, we
collected 9 specimens of Cithrus idahoensis
(7 adult and 1 young) and 1 specimen of