Comments on: Great Birding As Water Flows Rise

By: Easterner

Easterner — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:22:34 +0000

Flooding is a lot like fires.
Everyone thinks of it as a bad thing…
but it’s just another part of nature.

pretty birds in nature = good.
springs runoff in nature = bad.
fire regenerating life = bad

Im sure it’s all good including flooding out the people living too close to the river.
Unfortunately, everyone else also has to pay indirectly for those homeowners.

EDITOR NOTE–Sorta like the F-35…”You knew there was an airport (river) nearby when you bought the place!”

By: Clancy Anderson

Clancy Anderson — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:11:00 +0000

Pit Capture- Here is a nice video explaining it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDqpbwR_lLY

Those pelicans are currently being manage for population control as they can harm fisheries. IDFG came out with a management plan last year that will reduce the population of them by half.

EDITOR NOTE– Clancy, I saw a press release from F&G last year and it used every word and phrase except, KILL PELICANS. Things like, manage, control, reduce depredation, population reduction. I always wondered if pelican tastes like spotted owl or eagle.

By: Dave Kangas

Dave Kangas — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:16:07 +0000

There is great wildlife viewing along the Boise river from a distance. The river bottom flooding has pushed our resident turkeys, deer, raccoons,skunks and foxes to name few. The local waterfowl including a few pelicans are enjoying the ponds too.
Now Kent’s comment has me wondering… What don’t we know about the Sun Rock gravel pit?

EDITOR NOTE–The pits are in danger of being washed out by the river flow, creating one giant lake. They are dumping rock along the riverside of the pits. Really hard to control the massive amounts of water. There is a “hydraulic effect” which dislodges ever bigger rocks which fill pools, creating more flow downstream. Caldwell already has minor flooding along I-84 at a trailer park.

By: erico49

erico49 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:24:01 +0000

Kent.. can you elaborate? I am very interested in that operation, but can’t find any good information on it.

By: Kent Goldthorpe

Kent Goldthorpe — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:16:48 +0000

Dave, if I wasn’t so keenly aware of the tremendous flooding problems that would occur with the “pit capture” over at the SunRoc near Eagle I’d probably take more pleasure in this Bird watching phenomenon as well. The Boise River will find an entirely different channel for quite a ways if this out capture happens. In that case another of Mother Nature’s incredible wonders will occur, just not a pretty one like these birds. Post some pictures of these creatures in July. That’s when we can breathe easier with this dark cloud of flooding hanging over the valley.