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  • February Photo Share 2/06/25 - Pick out 10 of your best bird photos from 2024 and submit them to Randy Smith: brsmithintf@yahoo.com to be included in the program!


  • Results are in! Recap of the 125th CBC Season


  • Citizen Science: The Great Backyard Bird Count


  • Order Plants for Pollinators from the Magic Valley Pollinator Council NOW through May 6th


Annual February Photo Sharing

PARTY!

Thursday, February 6, 2025

7:00 PM

On the BIG Screen at the

Lamphouse Theater

223 5th Ave S

Please join Prairie Falcon’s Photo Sharing Party.

Get together with your birding pals to share photos and the stories behind the photos.

Soft drinks, wine, beer, popcorn

and more available for purchase!

What a great way to kick-start another season of great

Prairie Falcon Audubon programs. 

Vermillion Flycatcher

Kimberly, Idaho

Melody Asher, Photographer

FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: Start reviewing all your photos/videos and select ones you would like to share with our group. Please choose high quality photos in a jpeg format. Photos will be placed into a PowerPoint presentation and displayed on a large screen.

Maximum number of photos – 10 per person.

How to submit: 

  • Photos should be in jpeg format, and should be consecutively numbered in the title to make sure they load in the order you intend. Please email in jpeg format (high resolution) to brsmithintf@yahoo.com.
  • Correct identification (we can help) of bird and where the photo was taken needs to be noted. To help Randy, and his assistant Jan, label your photos like this:
  1. Vermillion Flycatcher, Kimberly, ID
  2. Great-tailed Grackle, Bliss, ID
  • You do not need to be in attendance to share photos.
  • And you do not need to share photos to attend :) Everyone is welcome!
  • Submission Deadline:  February 1st, 2025.


We will regale ourselves with photographs and videos taken by the best photographers around – our members!!!  It’s your chance to share with everyone special moments you’ve encountered while traveling or simply looking out your back window.

We would love to see your photographs!!

Another Successful CBC Season!

Thank you all for your dedicated participation in our local Christmas Bird Counts. Compilers (Jeff, Karl, Sarah, Bill, and Sophia) and birder volunteers, your contribution to conservation is deeply appreciated and the information you collect contributes to the longest running wildlife census in the world!

The CBC began in 1900 and continues today due to dedicated volunteers like you. The CBC is an essential part of Audubon’s mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats.

"Science Friday" Program on the 125th Christmas Bird Count





Twin Falls CBC - 45th Anniversary!

Dec. 17th, 2024

Compiler Jeff Ruprecht

13 Birders

77 Species

New Species for the List: Vermillion Flycatcher, Herring Gull



Pat Weber and Randy Smith survey the North rim of the Snake River Canyon


Jarbidge, NV CBC

Dec. 19th, 2024

Compiler: Karl Ruprecht

2 Birders

20 Species

61 Townsends Solitaires!


Jacob Ruprecht

Hagerman CBC - 50th Anniversary!

Dec. 21st, 2024

Compiler Sarah Harris

21 Birders

86 Species

New Species for the List: Great-tailed Grackle and Pacific Loon!


Great-tailed Grackle spotted by Ken Harris and Randy Smith at Love's Truck Stop in Bliss


Pacific Loon spotted by Mavis, Lorna & Jim Irwin & Karl Ruprecht

The Hagerman CBC made the KSAW News! Check it out HERE!

Buhl CBC

Jan 1st, 2025

Compiler: Bill Bridges

12 Birders

74 Species


Highlight: A lone Tree Swallow hunting for insects among the snowflakes!









Pat Weber, Ken & Sarah Harris, Randy Smith & Jan Simpkin birding at Clear Lakes Pond

Jim Sage CBC

Jan 4th, 2025

Compiler: Sophia Bates

11 Birders

30 Species


Highlight: 8 Golden Eagles! Birders Sarah Harris and Emily Groves

Jim Sage birders Wallace Keck, Dena and Mike Santini, Emily Groves, Bill Bridges, Robert and Cindy Danielson, Tara Hallman, and Sophia Bates


CITIZEN SCIENCE

Get Involved!

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count

February 14-17, 2025


WATCH A VIDEO - How to Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count - GBBC


Participating is easy, fun to do alone or with others, and can be done anywhere you find birds.

Step 1: Decide where you will watch birds. Anywhere will do - home, park, WMA, a Magic Valley Birding Hotspot!

Step 2: Watch birds for 15 minutes or more, at least once over the four days, February 14-17, 2025.

Step 3: Identify all the birds you see or hear within your planned time/location and use the best tool for sharing your bird sightings:

  • Use the eBird Mobile app or enter your bird list on the eBird website (desktop/laptop).
  • If you are a beginning bird admirer and new to bird identification, try using the Merlin Bird ID app to tell us what birds you are seeing or hearing.

If you already contribute to Merlin or eBird, continue what you are doing! All entries over the 4-days count towards GBBC.

If you want to start ebirding here is a great beginner TUTORIAL

3rd Annual Twin Falls

Pollinator Plant Sale

Purchase locally grown plants to start or expand your own pollinator garden!


Join the Twin Falls Pollinator Council in supporting bees, butterflies, birds and other beneficial insects in our area.


go to: https://tfpollinatorcouncil.org/ to place an order for a selection of Native Plants



This would make a wonderful gift for Mother's Day!

These native plants are beneficial to our local pollinators and come back year after year. This is representative of what will be offered.

Native Plants Collection


  1. 4 ea. Blanket Flower – Gaillardia aristatata
  2. 4 ea. Pineleaf Penstemon – Penstemon pinifolius
  3. 4 ea. False Lupine – Thermopolis villosa
  4. 4 ea. Bush Penstemon – Penstemon fruticosus
  5. 4 ea. Cinquefoil – Potentilla gracilis
  6. 4 ea. Bee Balm – Monarda menthifolia
  7. 4 ea. Purple Avens – Geum rivale
  8. 4 ea. Licorice mint – Agastache rupestris

These native plants are beneficial to our local pollinators and come back year after year. This is representative of what will be offered. Actual plants offered may be different.

$50.00 Four starter plants of each variety (8) for a total of 32 plants.


Place your ORDER NOW!

Scan the QR Code or

CLICK HERE

Pick up your plants

Friday, May 9th

or Saturday, May 10th, 2025

between 10 am and 3 pm

Native Roots LLC

2475 E 3600 N

Twin Falls, ID 

From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Click the link above to read the full article, watch some great little videos, and be inspired to do some good in the world to help out the birds

1. Make Windows Safer, Day and Night
These simple steps save birds: On the outside of the window, install screens or break up reflections—using film, paint, or Acopian BirdSavers or other string spaced no more than two inches high or four inches wide.
2. Keep Cats Indoors
A solution that’s good for cats and birds: Save birds and keep cats healthy by keeping cats indoors or creating an outdoor “catio.” You can also train your cat to walk on a leash.
3. Reduce Lawn, Plant Natives
Add native plants, watch birds come in: Native plants add interest and beauty to your yard and neighborhood, and provide shelter and nesting areas for birds. The nectar, seeds, berries, and insects will sustain birds and diverse wildlife.
4. Avoid Pesticides
A healthy choice for you, your family, and birds: Consider purchasing organic food. Nearly 70% of produce sold in the U.S. contains pesticides. Reduce pesticides around your home and garden.
5. Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds
Enjoy shade-grown coffee: It’s a win-win-win: it’s delicious, economically beneficial to coffee farmers, and helps more than 42 species of North American migratory songbirds that winter in coffee plantations, including orioles, warblers, and thrushes.
6. Protect Our Planet from Plastic
Reduce your plastics: Avoid single-use plastics including bags, bottles, wraps, and disposable utensils. It’s far better to choose reusable items, but if you do have disposable plastic, be sure to recycle it.
7. Watch Birds, Share What You See
Enjoy birds while helping science and conservation: Join a project such as eBirdProject FeederWatchChristmas Bird Count, Climate Watch, or The Great Backyard Bird Count to record your bird observations. Your contributions will provide valuable information to show where birds are thriving—and where they need our help. Note: If you don’t yet know how to use eBird, we have a free course to help you get the most out of the project and its tools.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Prairie Falcon Audubon, Inc. fully supports
National Audubon Society's statement on
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Prairie Falcon Audubon, Inc. believes that everyone has the right to enjoy birds, the outdoors, and a healthy and safe environment. In order to fulfill our mission to educate the general public about birds, bird watching, and preservation/improvement of the environment that birds and bird watchers share, we will work to include everyone, no matter their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation, age, or disability. We are committed to building an equitable, diverse, anti-racist, accessible, fun, and inclusive organization that supports birds, and the people who watch them, in our community. 

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