Morely Nelson Bird of Prey Area Photos (Pic Heavy)

[Eragon]

Took a trip down to the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey Area earlier this week. Saw a couple Red-Tails, about 6 Prairie Falcons, possibly a Golden, and a bunch of Ravens. We hiked down into the canyon and saw 2 or maybe 3 Prairie Eyries.

Pair of Red-Tails doing courtship flights all day..


One of the Prairies, valiently defending her Eyrie....


And some senic shots of the canyon and river...






And a Medicine Wheel we found out in the desert...

[idbirdman]

Very cool Ryan. Don't you just love being in Idaho. I think it's one of most beautiful and diverse places in the country. We are blessed for sure. Stephen

[Eragon]

We are definately blessed. It is absolutely beautiful here. I can't think of anywhere I'd rather live.

[colleenp]

Ryan, that is my favorite place to go when in Idaho...It is awesome. Thanks for the photos.

Colleen Peterson

[MomoHawk]

I had to double check and makre sure you didn't post any pictures of me in this thread.

Lol this was a fun day... The river was cold though.

[Eragon]

Hi Colleen! It is an incredible place! I plan to go back as often as I can.

And why did you have to do that!?! Dont trust me? LOL

Yea it was! And, yea, the river was freezine!

[thegreendevil76]

Pretty country. It's on my short list for retirement...so I don't have to see filthy humans as much.

[Billy Blackwolf]

Hi Ryan, nice pictures wow i wish i could have been there more power to you.

[Heero]

Great pics. That part of Idaho is really nice.

Mike

[NMHighPlains]

Those are pretty familiar looking cliffs.

Me, in 1993:



Banding and tagging:


What are the falcon populations doing? I'd heard rumors that they were going down.

[Yeomanfalconer]

Those are pretty familiar looking cliffs.

Me, in 1993:



Banding and tagging:


What are the falcon populations doing? I'd heard rumors that they were going down.

It is my opinion that overall, Prairie and red-tail numbers have not changed much. An eyrie you visited in the Greenfalk days will still be close to the same spots, if not exactly where you remember them to be. Eagles have lost a lot of jackrabbit supporting sagebrush cover, due to fires, so they are way down, but there are still plenty of ground squirrels in the cheatgrass "wasteland"

[Yeomanfalconer]

Great pics. That part of Idaho is really nice.

Mike

Yeah, the rest sucks.

[redtailnut]

Great pics. Makes us feel home sick, maybe NAFA this year (if pennies wil allow)!!!

Mike and Jackie

[NMHighPlains]

Eagles have lost a lot of jackrabbit supporting sagebrush cover, due to fires, so they are way down...

And that should only help the prairies.

I take it that jacks are down?

[everetkhorton]

Nice pictures Ryan, thanks for posting. Looks a little different than IL.

[Yeomanfalconer]

And that should only help the prairies.

I take it that jacks are down?

WSE have had a cycle and now they are up wherever possible. Wherever there is big sage there are jacks.