Birders brave warm winter weather during Coeur d'Alene's monthly Mica Bay Survey
Birding enthusiasts peer through binoculars Tuesday morning as they participate in Coeur d'Alene Audubon's January Mica Bay Survey.
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Song sparrows alight on branches on Jerry Hanson's property Tuesday morning near Mica Bay.
Bradley Launder, 12, makes a new friend Tuesday morning as he participates in Coeur d'Alene Audubon's Mica Bay Survey.
Mark Launder looks through a spotting scope across Mica Bay to see a widgeon and a grebe among the usual suspects Tuesday morning.
COEUR d'ALENE — Deep croaks were heard as a raven soared south near a turnout on Mica Creek, then circled around to fly north.
It was the first bird of the day for those on the Coeur d'Alene Audubon's January Mica Bay Survey, and the first eBird of the year for one participant keeping track on his Cornell Lab phone app checklist.
"He flies like he's rowing a boat," Coeur d'Alene Audubon President Ted Smith observed as the large black corvid sailed overhead.
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