About SWIBA

The purpose of the club is to promote bird watching among its members and with the general public and to encourage environmental conservation. The club meets every month on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the Visitor Center at Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge. The meetings start at 7:00 p.m. and include a program about bird watching or another nature topic.

Each month the club hosts one or two fieldtrips.  The fieldtrips take us to many areas around the state or into eastern Oregon.  Depending on the season, you can be assured to see wintering, migratory, or resident birds.  

Visitors are always welcome at the meetings and fieldtrips.   

SIBA Members only: If you are a current member of Southwestern Idaho Birders Association, please log in to access 'member only' pages. If you have never logged in to the 'member only' pages, please click 'create account' and a user name and password will be emailed to you.  After you have logged in, click on "my account" to change your password.

   

PRAIRIE FIELDTRIP

                  

If you are looking for a daytrip out of the valley, this is the fieldtrip for you. Join us as we travel out of the valley and above the south fork of the Boise River. The views are spectacular and the birds are plenty. Warbling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Lewis's Woodpeckers, American Dippers, Western Bluebirds and Mountain Bluebirds are just some of the species to be found in the Prairie area.

We will meet at the park and ride in Nampa at 7:00 a.m. (exit 36, next to the Shell gas station) or at the Black's Creek exit on I-84, east of Boise. Wear walking shoes and bring a picnic lunch, water and snacks.  Bring a lawn chair if you don't want to sit on the ground.  

If you have any questions about the fieldtrip, please call Cheryl Huizinga at 459-4116 or Al Larson at 343-0959 or click on the Fieldtrips and Events Calendar link.