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9 Feb Eugene Birders Night [Donald Schrouder ] 9 Feb Oregon birders in s. Texas [David Irons ] 9 Feb FW: ROCK SANDPIPER Depot Bay ["Dave Westerfield" ] 9 Feb "Rain River" [TIM SELLERS ] 08 Feb RBA: Portland. OR 2-9-12 [Harry Nehls ] 8 Feb Pittock, NW Portland, week ending 02/08/12 [Wink Gross ] 8 Feb Swamp Sparrow, Palm Warblers, Tillamook [Wink Gross ] 08 Feb Jerry Smith [Alan Contreras ] 8 Feb Jerry Smiyh Obituary [Barbara Combs ] 8 Feb Super-Spotted Towhee [Jack Williamson ] 8 Feb Re: Any recent Emperor Goose sightings? [Jeremy Breese ] 8 Feb Any recent Emperor Goose sightings? [Marcia Marvin ] 8 Feb Jerry Smith ["Al Prigge" ] 8 Feb Re: Salishan snowy owl? [Range Bayer ] 8 Feb Salishan snowy owl? [Zia Fukuda ] 8 Feb Wed morning, Eugene [Larry McQueen ] 08 Feb Remembering Jerry Smith [Linda Fink ] 08 Feb Mexico 2011 [Kevin Smith ] 8 Feb Re: On math and woodpeckers [Cindy Ashy ] 8 Feb more grosbeaks [Bobbett Pierce ] 8 Feb Re: Lincoln County Rough-leg--No & Watch Parking [Range Bayer ] 08 Feb Re: On math and woodpeckers [Mike Patterson ] 08 Feb On math and woodpeckers [Mike Patterson ] 7 Feb Band-tailed Pigeon, Yamhill Co ["pamelaj AT spiritone.com" ] 7 Feb Golden Eagles in the Desert ["Kim Boddie" ] 7 Feb Golden Eagles in the Desert ["Kim Boddie" ] 7 Feb Clatsop County Turkey Vulture [Evan Cain ] 7 Feb ECAS Bend - Alfalfa Rapttor Survey ["Kim Boddie" ] 7 Feb ECAS Bend - Alfalfa Rapttor Survey ["Kim Boddie" ] 7 Feb No raptor survey Wed. [Barbara Combs ] 07 Feb Photo Quiz and more YBLoon photos [Mike Patterson ] 07 Feb Re: Jerry Smith [Jeff Gilligan ] 7 Feb Jerry Smith ["Tom Crabtree" ] 7 Feb Tuesday night is Birder's night at Portland Audubom ["Tom Shreve" ] 7 Feb NOPO presentation 12 noon - 1pm, Wed Feb 15th [John Deshler ] 7 Feb Tufted Duck - Columbia County [Donald Coggswell ] 7 Feb Raptor Survey Participant? [Barbara Combs ] 7 Feb Re: Nesting material idea (was: Anna's nesting) [Mary Reese ] 6 Feb Northern Pygmy-Owl brown-bag presentation, Wed 15 February 12 - 1pm [John Deshler ] 07 Feb Bird pelting us from above? ["dawn" ] 6 Feb Snowy Owl at Mt. Hood Meadows, 5 Feb. [Jay Withgott ] 6 Feb Reminder #2 - Listing Results for 2011 ["Paul T. Sullivan" ] 6 Feb bald eagle roost [Colette Trotter ] 6 Feb Re: "Wild" Turkeys ["Al Prigge" ] 06 Feb [Fwd: [birding] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker back at E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area HQ] [Joel Geier ] 6 Feb Lincoln County Rough-leg ["Darrel & Laura" ] 6 Feb RE Varied Thrush [Jeff Bledsoe ] 6 Feb Re: Varied Thrush [Timothy Yaukey ] 06 Feb Varied Thrush ["kolwicz AT minetfiber.com" ] 6 Feb COASST beached bird training in Brookings - Feb 25 [COASST ] 5 Feb Re: Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 ["Darrel & Laura" ] 5 Feb Re: coastal outing ["Laura Mountainspring" ] 5 Feb Tillamook Bay [Bob Archer ] 5 Feb Lincoln county coast, Sunday ["Paul T. Sullivan" ] 5 Feb Re: "Wild" Turkeys [Roger ] 5 Feb "Wild" Turkeys ["Al Prigge" ] 5 Feb Re: Photo dump: dancin' coots and singin' sparrows ["Wayne Hoffman" ] 5 Feb Re: Waldport Glaucous Gull ["Wayne Hoffman" ] 5 Feb Vancouver Mockingbird [Ray Korpi ] 6 Feb Wallowa County Redpolls [Jim Johnson ] 5 Feb coastal outing ["Laura Mountainspring" ] 5 Feb Coos/Curry Birdies 2/5/2012 [Tim Rodenkirk ] 5 Feb nw. CA update [David Fix & Jude Power ] 05 Feb Photo dump: dancin' coots and singin' sparrows [Mike Patterson ] 5 Feb Northern Umatilla Co. Raptor Route ["Mike & MerryLynn" ] 5 Feb Large Falcon at Fort Stevens State Park [TIM SELLERS ] 05 Feb Re: Depoe Bay, Lincoln Co. [Jeff Gilligan ] 5 Feb Eugene Red-throated Loon continues [Thomas Meinzen ] 5 Feb Re: Four Salem Redheads ["Matthew" ] 05 Feb Re: Any Recent Snowy Owl Sightings? ["Charles R. Gates" ] 5 Feb Sauvie Harris's Sparrow, Northern Shrike, etc. [Jay Withgott ] 5 Feb Re: Fernhill grebes - possible Clark's ["Greg Gillson" ] 05 Feb Any Recent Snowy Owl Sightings? [Julia Siporin ] 5 Feb Skinner Butte Bald Eagle Pair, Eugene ["Al Prigge" ] 5 Feb Red-throated Loon, Eugene ["Roger Robb" ] 5 Feb Re: Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 ["Tom Crabtree" ] Subject: Eugene Birders Night From: Donald Schrouder <dcsbird AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:45:19 -0800 OBOL- Eugene Birders Night will be Monday, Feb. 13 at 7pm AGENDA: Usual bird chat and discussion, then ??? WHO: All are welcome LOCATION: EWEB building, 500 E 4th Ave in Eugene. We're in the "Community Room". This is in the building to the left as you walk under the skybridge toward the river. The Community Room accessed by following the curved wall to the right (toward the river) and entering the first door on the left. Parking is available right in front of the building. Google map is here: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=eweb&fb=1&gl=us&hq=eweb&hnear=0x54c119b0ac501919:0x57ec61894a43894d,Eugene,+OR&cid=0,0,15169214557055504751&ei=DkZiTpPzIpLUiAL5oO27Cg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&ved=0CAQQ_BI Don Schrouder/Eugene_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Oregon birders in s. Texas From: David Irons <llsdirons AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:23:48 +0000 Greetings All, Shawneen and I just returned from a 8-day trip to south Texas. We birded a rather mangled polygon that included San Antonio (north), Aransas NWR (east), Brownsville (southeast) and Falcon State Park to the west. Along the way, we ran into two other Oregon birding couples, and found the names of several Oregon birders on the visitor lists at various hotspots. We know of another group who arrived the weekend we came home and others who are headed there this coming week. I came home with nearly 400 photos (hundreds of others didn't make the cut). I've created a photo gallery of images that I will be adding to in the coming days. It already includes a nice selection of various orioles photographed at the feeding station at Salineno along with "the" Brown Jay that is wintering there. We also saw the Golden-crowned Warbler at the Frontera Audubon property in Weslaco. I got lousy low-light shots of it. For those who are interested, the images appear in a gallery at the link below. Captions can be viewed by selecting "thumbnail view" and rolling your cursor over the image. It was fun to get out of "Dodge" and we even took a little Oregon sunshine with us. Last Saturday (4 Feb) between 2-6" of rain fell over many parts of this drought-ravaged region (no rain for 14 months in some places). The locals were far more excited about the rainfall than any of the rare birds about. Of course we couldn't understand the fuss. http://www.birdfellow.com/photos/gallery/444-rio-grande-valley-trip-jan-feb-2012 Dave Irons Portland, OR _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: FW: ROCK SANDPIPER Depot Bay From: "Dave Westerfield" <dgwester AT q.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:26:40 -0800 From: Dave Westerfield [mailto:dgwester AT q.com] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:50 AM To: 'obol AT oregonbirds.org' Subject: ROCK SANDPIPER Depot Bay A one legged ROCK SANDPIPER was seen yesterday under the Hwy 101 bridge in Depot Bay. The bird was found on SE side of the channel with SURFBIRDS and BLACK TURNSONES. _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: "Rain River" From: TIM SELLERS <n7ts AT live.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:13:50 -0800 The "Rain River" location has been mentioned a time or two, but where in Tillamook County is it located?? Tim Selles _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: RBA: Portland. OR 2-9-12 From: Harry Nehls <hnehls6 AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:06:04 -0800 - RBA * Oregon * Portland * February 9, 2012 * ORPO120207 - birds mentioned Cinnamon Teal Tufted Duck Red-breasted Merganser Red-throated Loon Brown Pelican Turkey Vulture Wandering Tattler Long-billed Curlew Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin Snowy Owl YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Red-naped Sapsucker Tree Swallow Mountain Bluebird Northern Mockingbird Harrisıs Sparrow Bullockıs Oriole Evening Grosbeak - transcript Hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly) number: 503-292-6855 To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 compiler: Harry Nehls coverage: entire state Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This report was made Thursday February 9. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976. On February 6 an adult YELLOW-BELLIED SPASUCKER was seen at the EE Wilson State Wildlife Area north of Corvallis. It was thought to be the same bird seen there the past two winters. There was an in crease in TURKEY VULTURE sightings during the week with some as far north at Astoria, Scappoose, and Sisters. CINNAMON TEAL are arriving now also. EVENING GROSBEAKS are now increasing west of the Cascades. SNOWY OWL reports during the week included one near Ione, another north of Pendleton, and one flying south over Mt. Hood Meadows on the east slope of Mt. Hood. On February 1 about 12 BROWN PELICANS were at Brookings. The male BULLOCKıS ORIOLE continues at Myrtle Point, and the wintering MOCKINGBIRD is still at Gold Beach. The wintering TATTLER continues at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach. HORNED and TUFTED PUFFINS are now showing up dead on Clatsop Beach with a few at the North Coast Rehab center. On February 7 a male TUFTED DUCK was seen on the Columbia River near Clatskanie. A HARRISıS SPARROW was seen February 5 on Sauvie Island in the same area along Rentenaar Road where one wintered last year. The Vancouver MOCKINGBIRD continues to be seen. A male RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER was seen February 2 in Washougal. That day a MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was at nearby STEIGERWALD NWR. On February 4 a RED-THROATED LOON was at the mouth of the Clackamas River in Oregon City. Two TREE SWALLOWS were seen February 4 near Sherwood. That day a LONG-BILLED CURLEW was near Tangent. On February 5 a RED-THROATED LOON was in Springfield. On February 2 a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was at the Redmond Sewage Ponds. Thatıs it for this week. - end transcript_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Pittock, NW Portland, week ending 02/08/12 From: Wink Gross <winkg AT hevanet.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:11:02 -0800 Here is the summary of my morning dogwalks from NW Seblar Terrace to the Pittock Mansion for the week 02/02/12 to 02/08/12. Species neither seen nor heard the previous week (1/5 to 1/11) are in ALL CAPS. Additional information about my dogwalk, including an archive of weekly summaries and a checklist, may be found at http://www.hevanet.com/winkg/dogwalkpage.html We did the walk 6 days this week. Species # days found (peak #, date) CANADA GOOSE 1 (1, 2/5) RED-TAILED HAWK 2 (1, 2/2 & 4) Band-tailed Pigeon 5 (4) Mourning Dove 4 (3) Anna's Hummingbird 5 (3) Downy Woodpecker 1 (1, 2/3) Hairy Woodpecker 2 (3, 2/6) Northern Flicker 6 (3) PILEATED WOODPECKER 2 (1, 2/2 & 5) Steller's Jay 6 (4) Western Scrub-Jay 3 (2) American Crow 5 (7) Black-capped Chickadee 6 (10) Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 (2) Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 (6, 2/2) Brown Creeper 2 (1, 2/2 & 6) Pacific Wren 4 (2) Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 (3, 2/2) RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 1 (1, 2/3) Hermit Thrush 2 (1, 2/4 & 7) American Robin 6 (35, 2/6) Varied Thrush 6 (16, 2/4) European Starling 5 (3) Townsend's Warbler 1 (1, 2/2) Spotted Towhee 6 (4) Fox Sparrow 1 (1, 2/7) Song Sparrow 6 (8) Dark-eyed Junco 6 (18, 2/6) House Finch 5 (10, 2/6) Pine Siskin 6 (30) Lesser Goldfinch 4 (3) Misses (birds found at least 3 days in previous 2 weeks [12/29/2011 to 1/4/2012] but not found this week): Cackling Goose, Bushtit, Red Crossbill Wink Gross Portland _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Swamp Sparrow, Palm Warblers, Tillamook From: Wink Gross <winkg AT hevanet.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:59:05 -0800 Andy Frank, Tait Anderson and I birded Tillamook county today. At Rain River we heard a singing SWAMP SPARROW (song was a slightly shortened rendition of the "slow song" on the Sibley iPhone app), saw two BLACK PHOEBES, a large, soggy immature PEREGRINE FALCON, a BARN OWL, and all three merganser species. A WHITE-TAILED KITE flew overhead. A stop at Barview Jetty yielded only SURFBIRDS (no Rock Sandpipers). The Bay City oyster dock had BLACK TURNSTONES (but no Ruddies). We counted 3(!) PALM WARBLERS on Fenk Road, all in the grove of trees by the house on the west side of the road about 2/3 of the way in. Wink Gross Portland_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Jerry Smith From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56 AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:39 -0800 Oregon Birds will run an obit for Jerry Smith in the fall issue (spring is already full). If you have any Jerry anecdotes or, especially, photos in the field, please send to me. -- Alan Contreras Medford, Oregon acontrer56 AT gmail.com _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Jerry Smiyh Obituary From: Barbara Combs <bcombs232 AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:13:42 -0800 Here is a link to the Statesman Journal's obituary for Jerry. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesmanjournal/obituary.aspx?n=gerald-smith&pid=155790197&fhid=8598 He was a good friend of mine and I will miss his presence in the world. -- Barbara Combs obie '70 Lane County, OR_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Super-Spotted Towhee From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:09:01 -0800 Last year about this same time, Greg Gillson posted a link to photos of a super-spotted Towhee he found visiting his backyard. His blog post is here http://nwbackyardbirder.blogspot.com/2011/02/barely-spotted-towhees-get-super.html Today, I had a similar experience, and even though the pictures are quite grainy, the difference in coloration is obvious. Two pictures here: Super_Spotted_Towhee -- Jack Williamson West Linn, Oregon_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Any recent Emperor Goose sightings? From: Jeremy Breese <jdmjeremy AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:24:05 -0800 No, no Emperor, I was there on Saturday and didn't see it. Even walked the trail, there were many bluebirds out and the screech owl was seen in it's usual spot the day before. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Marcia Marvin wrote: > OBOL - > > Has anyone seen the Emperor Goose at the Tualatin River NWR recently? The last report from OBOL was on January 28 (thanks, Tim!) > > Good birding (and goosing)! > > Marcia > > > -- > "Nature bats last." > > > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Any recent Emperor Goose sightings? From: Marcia Marvin <mmarvin AT spiritone.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:06:40 -0800 OBOL - Has anyone seen the Emperor Goose at the Tualatin River NWR recently? The last report from OBOL was on January 28 (thanks, Tim!) Good birding (and goosing)! Marcia -- "Nature bats last." _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Jerry Smith From: "Al Prigge" <prigge1 AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:36:46 -0800 I would like to add a comment to what others have said about Jerry. I was a participant on the trips mentioned by Tom Crabtree as well as several other trips with Jerry, including a trip to Big Bend National Park.I quickly learned that one could always feel at home with him. I will not try to add more to what has already been well said by others. Along with the many other birders who knew Jerry, I will miss him. Al Prigge _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Salishan snowy owl? From: Range Bayer <range.bayer AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:13:38 -0800 Hi, The last report of the Salishan Snowy Owl was on Jan. 13. There haven't been any more recent reports in Lincoln County. Cheers, Range Bayer, Newport, Oregon On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Zia Fukuda wrote: > Was wondering if anyone has heard/seen anything regarding the snowy owls > observed along the coast? > Cheers, > Zia > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Salishan snowy owl? From: Zia Fukuda <zialeefukuda AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:51:07 -0800 Was wondering if anyone has heard/seen anything regarding the snowy owls observed along the coast? Cheers, Zia_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Wed morning, Eugene From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:32:04 -0800 Our group of 4 in one car, since it was raining, took the roads east and south of Fern Ridge. We went on Cantrell, Central, K. R. Nielsen, part of Fisher Rd, Greenhill, and Clear Lake, then north, to the south-west end of the airport. At the southern-most point at the end of Halderson Rd, we found 47 ELK resting in a field at the edge of an oak-ash woods. This is also an area where we had a White-tailed Kite and one Red-shouldered Hawk. Canada Goose - some Cackling Goose - very large flocks Mallard - few Northern Pintail - few Great Blue Heron - 1 Great Egret - 5 Wild Turkey - 10 California Quail - 1 White-tailed Kite - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 14 American Kestrel - 7 Ring-billed Gull - 340 Glaucous-winged Gull - 1 Mourning Dove - 18 Great Horned Owl - 1 on nest (Greenhill) Northern Flicker - 6 Common Raven - 22 American Crow - 40 Steller's Jay - 1 Western Scrub Jay - 13 Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 American Robin - 700+ Varied Thrush - 1 American Pipit - heard European Starling - 1000+ Spotted Towhee - 5 Song Sparrow - 2 Savannah Sparrow - 15 Golden-crowned Sparrow - 5 White-crowned Sparrow - 35 Dark-eyed Junco - 20 Red-winged Blackbird - 400 Western Meadowlark - 15 Brewer's Blackbird - 12 House Finch - 1 House Sparrow - 2 Fred Chancey, Dave Brown, Dennis Arendt, and Larry McQueen _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Remembering Jerry Smith From: Linda Fink <linda AT fink.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:35:08 -0800 When Johnny and I lived in the Salem area long years ago, we read a blurb in the Salem paper about a new Audubon chapter starting up. We became charter members. Tom McCamant was the first president. I think Salem Audubon became so successful so quickly because of the kindness and inclusiveness of people like Tom McCamant and Jerry Smith. Jerry acted like you were one of his favorite people even if he hadn't seen you for years. He loved Salem Audubon and the Nature Reserve in West Salem that he helped establish. From the Statesman-Journal newspaper: "A memorial service will be held at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 at Capital Manor in West Salem. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Salem Audubon Society would be appreciated." There will also be a time of remembering at the next Salem Audubon meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m. Linda Fink _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Mexico 2011 From: Kevin Smith <kevinsmithnaturephotos AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:27:03 -0800 Finally! My trip to the Yucatan in Mexico is on my web site. Go to http://www.kevinsmithnaturephotos.com click on Mexico Trips in the left column, then Mexico 2011. A most wonderful trip from Rio Lagartos (Gulf of Mexico) to Bacalar (13 miles from Belize). From 4500 shots taken in 15 days I have selected short of 300 to post on my site. I would urge you to look through and see if I have Identified any incorrectly. I have had the help of many great local birders in Mexico (and here in Oregon) so there shouldn't be any mistakes but who knows? I DO need help still on some insects and reptiles, so if anyone out there can help it would be greatly appreciated. Enjoy. Kevin -- Kevin Smith Crooked River Ranch, Oregon _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: On math and woodpeckers From: Cindy Ashy <tunicate89 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:33:01 -0800 (PST) For those who don't like to click on links that track you, here is the direct link: http://cs.birdwatchingdaily.com/BRDCS/blogs/field_of_view/archive/2012/02/02/ivory-billed-woodpecker-is-extinct-say-two-teams-of-researchers.aspx Methodology is not discussed in this article. To me, that would be a far more interesting story. I would like to point out that many well-respected scientists were just as convinced that the southern sea otter was extinct, including the Stanford University scientists who openly belittled the fellow who reported them in 1938 near the Bixby Bridge (Big Sur) in California. However, his persistence eventually paid off and the scientists had to eat crow (their words). Thank goodness because there were those at the time who were trying to shoot the entire pod of sea otters and without the persistence and defiance of that dear old fellow, who is a hero in my book, we likely would not have southern sea otters today. I suspect we will see a similar situation with the Ivory Bill. Cindy Ashy --- On Wed, 2/8/12, Mike Patterson wrote: > From: Mike Patterson > Subject: Re: [OBOL] On math and woodpeckers > To: "OBOL" > Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 11:53 AM > The sight was incorrectly identified. > It's BirdWatchingDialy.com. > Use the tinyurl for best results. > > Mike Patterson wrote: > > Here's a post from BirdWatchingDaily.com on the > statistical likelihood > > of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers... > > > > http://tinyurl.com/7lgsgrp > > > > > > -- > Mike Patterson > Astoria, OR > Manx Shearwater or something like it... > http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=222 > > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org > _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: more grosbeaks From: Bobbett Pierce <ensatina3 AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:18:18 -0500 This morning there were between 35-40 EVENING GROSBEAKS consuming sunflower seeds in the backyard and calling from the trees. Numbers vary but the grosbeaks are here daily now, typically most abundant before noon. Lona PierceColumbia County _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Lincoln County Rough-leg--No & Watch Parking From: Range Bayer <range.bayer AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:53:29 -0800 Hi, Chuck Philo and and Janet Lamberson looked for the Rough-legged hawk yesterday (Feb. 7) as part of their Yaquina-Siletz Raptor Run but did not see it. Janet advises: "We would advise anyone looking for it not to park in the roadside gravel area on the east side of Fruitvale Road just off Hwy 20, near the house. The landowner there is not at all friendly to anyone he suspects having a camera, and our binoculars looked like cameras to him until he came close and accosted us. He became less hostile when we explained what we were doing, but I will not park there again." Janet reports the following results for their Raptor Run: Red-tailed Hawk 12 American Kestrel 2 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle (all adults) 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 White-tailed Kite 3 Total 22 -- Range Bayer, Newport, Oregon On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Darrel & Laura <5hats AT peak.org> wrote: > Obolites >     AT 9:30 this morning I saw a dark phase adult male Rough-legged Hawk > perched on a power pole about 1/10 of a mile east of the junction of US > Highway 20 and Fruitvale Road, about two miles east of Newport.  It was coal > black above and below except for some fine grayish flecking on the uppertail > (which did not appear as bands), and had black underwing coverts and white > flight feathers.  Also a small bill.  It flew from the pole across the small > meadow and landed in a tree about fifty yards from the barn, and was still > there when I left the area.  For county listers, this is one you might try > for, as Rough-legged Hawk is by no means common in Lincoln County. > Certainly one is not reported every year, or even every other year. > > Darrel > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org > _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: On math and woodpeckers From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:53:10 -0800 The sight was incorrectly identified. It's BirdWatchingDialy.com. Use the tinyurl for best results. Mike Patterson wrote: > Here's a post from BirdWatchingDaily.com on the statistical likelihood > of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers... > > http://tinyurl.com/7lgsgrp > > -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Manx Shearwater or something like it... http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=222 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: On math and woodpeckers From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:55:32 -0800 Here's a post from BirdWatcher.com on the statistical likelihood of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers... http://tinyurl.com/7lgsgrp -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Manx Shearwater or something like it... http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=222 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Band-tailed Pigeon, Yamhill Co From: "pamelaj AT spiritone.com" <pamelaj@SpiritOne.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:59:42 -0800 This afternoon around 3 as I drove up the driveway I saw the familiar white-tipped tail feathers of a Band-tailed Pigeon fan out as it flew off my platform feeder. Just one! This is the earliest date I have seen one here, 5 miles NW of McMinnville. Pamela Johnston_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Golden Eagles in the Desert From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie AT bendbroadband.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:32:01 -0800 Today, 2/7, I ran the ECAS Christmas Valley Raptor Survey under cloudy skies, calm winds and temps. between 20 and 36 degrees. I counted 18 Golden Eagles compared to 21 last month. Also had 8 Bald Eagles. Lots of times when we find lots of eagles, there is a bunch hanging around a large carcass such as an elk or cow. Last month they were found on 8 of nine road segments and this month they were found in 7 of nine segments so they were really spread out in the basin. I also found another 6 Golden eagles in the basin going to and from the designated route. I also found two large flocks of Horned Larks, the first of the season. Red-tailed Hawk 28 American Kestrel 8 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 7 A, 1 S Golden Eagle 18 Rough-legged Hawk 16 Ferruginous Hawk 5 Unident. Buteo 4 Prairie Falcon 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Total 94 Kim Boddie Bend _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Golden Eagles in the Desert From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie AT bendbroadband.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:32:01 -0800 Today, 2/7, I ran the ECAS Christmas Valley Raptor Survey under cloudy skies, calm winds and temps. between 20 and 36 degrees. I counted 18 Golden Eagles compared to 21 last month. Also had 8 Bald Eagles. Lots of times when we find lots of eagles, there is a bunch hanging around a large carcass such as an elk or cow. Last month they were found on 8 of nine road segments and this month they were found in 7 of nine segments so they were really spread out in the basin. I also found another 6 Golden eagles in the basin going to and from the designated route. I also found two large flocks of Horned Larks, the first of the season. Red-tailed Hawk 28 American Kestrel 8 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 7 A, 1 S Golden Eagle 18 Rough-legged Hawk 16 Ferruginous Hawk 5 Unident. Buteo 4 Prairie Falcon 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Total 94 Kim Boddie Bend _______________________________________________ COBOL mailing list COBOL AT lists.oregonstate.edu http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/cobol To unsubscribe, send a message to: COBOL-request AT lists.oregonstate.edu with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. Subject: Clatsop County Turkey Vulture From: Evan Cain <evanrcain AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:25:16 -0800 Today at 3:00pm a single Turkey Vulture skimmed over the hill above my house. Evan Cain Astoria, Oregon_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: ECAS Bend - Alfalfa Rapttor Survey From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie AT bendbroadband.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:06:29 -0800 Yesterday, 2/6 I ran the Bend - Alfalfa Raptor Survey under clear skies, calm - low winds and Temps. between 26 and 36 degrees. Lots of Red-tails out and about and a fraction of the Robin numbers I had last month. The highlight of the trip was the Bend dump Bald Eagles. An adult and a sub adult put on a show over the dump chasing each other and several times did their lock talons thing. Red-tailed Hawk 53 American Kestrel 6 Bald Eagle 3 A, 2 S Prairie Falcon 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Great horned Owl 1 Golden Eagle 1 The non raptor highlight is the Alfalfa Elk. A year ago last summer a spotted bull calf elk showed up in a pasture by a farmhouse. At the time, the pasture contained a couple of cows and a horse. The elk is still there and he will be 2 years old this spring. When I went by the pasture yesterday he was lying next to the cow chewing his cud. It will be interesting to see how long he sticks around. The landowners have not tried to tame him but let him eat any feed they give the livestock. Kim Boddie Bend_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: ECAS Bend - Alfalfa Rapttor Survey From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie AT bendbroadband.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:06:29 -0800 Yesterday, 2/6 I ran the Bend - Alfalfa Raptor Survey under clear skies, calm - low winds and Temps. between 26 and 36 degrees. Lots of Red-tails out and about and a fraction of the Robin numbers I had last month. The highlight of the trip was the Bend dump Bald Eagles. An adult and a sub adult put on a show over the dump chasing each other and several times did their lock talons thing. Red-tailed Hawk 53 American Kestrel 6 Bald Eagle 3 A, 2 S Prairie Falcon 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Great horned Owl 1 Golden Eagle 1 The non raptor highlight is the Alfalfa Elk. A year ago last summer a spotted bull calf elk showed up in a pasture by a farmhouse. At the time, the pasture contained a couple of cows and a horse. The elk is still there and he will be 2 years old this spring. When I went by the pasture yesterday he was lying next to the cow chewing his cud. It will be interesting to see how long he sticks around. The landowners have not tried to tame him but let him eat any feed they give the livestock. Kim Boddie Bend_______________________________________________ COBOL mailing list COBOL AT lists.oregonstate.edu http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/cobol To unsubscribe, send a message to: COBOL-request AT lists.oregonstate.edu with the word "unsubscribe" in the body. Subject: No raptor survey Wed. From: Barbara Combs <bcombs232 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:43:34 -0800 I have rescheduled the raptor survey due to schedule conflicts that came up today, so I will not be going out this Wednesday Feb. 8. -- Barbara Combs obie '70 Lane County, OR_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Photo Quiz and more YBLoon photos From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:57 -0800 I caught some predator prey action along Stringtown Road this morning... http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/ And I have more photos of the YELLOW-BILLED LOON at Ilwaco Boat Basin. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/ -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Manx Shearwater or something like it... http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=222 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Jerry Smith From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgill AT teleport.com> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:20 -0800 I am saddened to read this news. As Tom indicated, Jerry was an enthusiastic birder, and his chipper personality made him always a pleasure to be with. Jeff Gilligan On 2/7/12 2:08 PM, "Tom Crabtree" wrote: > I learned this morning that long time Salem birder Jerry Smith passed away > recently. I knew Jerry for many years and accompanied him on trips to places > across the US from Florida to Maine and Alaska. He was along with Bob Lucas a > mainstay of Salem Audubon when I moved their in my 20s. He inspired a host of > people over the decades to be interested in birds and conservation. He always > had a smile on his face and a funny story to tell. He will be sorely missed. > > Tom Crabtree, Bend > > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Jerry Smith From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc AT empnet.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:08:13 -0800 I learned this morning that long time Salem birder Jerry Smith passed away recently. I knew Jerry for many years and accompanied him on trips to places across the US from Florida to Maine and Alaska. He was along with Bob Lucas a mainstay of Salem Audubon when I moved their in my 20s. He inspired a host of people over the decades to be interested in birds and conservation. He always had a smile on his face and a funny story to tell. He will be sorely missed. Tom Crabtree, Bend _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Tuesday night is Birder's night at Portland Audubom From: "Tom Shreve" <TASGENL AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:35:06 -0800 ........ February 7th ,Portland Audubon House, 5151 NW Cornell Road, 7:30 pm, all are welcome, free! Potpourri. Bring your bird photos and videos ...... see what others' brought. Tom Shreve "If one truly loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere" Vincent Van Gogh _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: NOPO presentation 12 noon - 1pm, Wed Feb 15th From: John Deshler <johndeshler AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:31:41 -0800 (PST) Hi Obolers, The pygmy-owl presentation next week is from 12 noon - 1 pm.   Wed, Feb 15th. The Portland Building, 2nd floor auditorium 1120 SW 5th Ave Portland 97204 I put the time in the previous subject line, but it seems like the line was too long because some folks couldn't see it there. Cheers, John_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Tufted Duck - Columbia County From: Donald Coggswell <dcoggswell AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:55:50 -0800 Yesterday there was a near-shore male Tufted Duck on the Columbia R. at Port Westward just prior to the entrance to the PGE power plant. Also, a flock of 18 Greater White-fronted Geese at the Marshland mitigation wetlands and a Red-throated Loon along Riverfront Road. Don _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Raptor Survey Participant? From: Barbara Combs <bcombs232 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 01:04:53 -0800 Several people have expressed a desire to go along on a raptor survey. I have a last-minute seat available on the Harrisburg-Coburg survey this Wednesday, Feb. 8. The meeting place is in Harrisburg, but carpooling is possible from northwest of Eugene. Please let me know ASAP if you would like to come along and help keep records. -- Barbara Combs obie '70 Lane County, OR_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Nesting material idea (was: Anna's nesting) From: Mary Reese <uuspirit AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:10:05 -0800 (PST) Last year I collected cat fur every time I brushed my four (indoor, of course) cats.  I hung it up in a suet feeder.  The birds really went through it like wildfire.  I never did see who took it, but I had to keep replenishing it often for months.  How ironic that the little bird babies in my neighborhood were all snuggled up in a predator's coat.  Too weird.      Mary Reese                     uuspirit AT yahoo.com     503-929-7788 cell        _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Northern Pygmy-Owl brown-bag presentation, Wed 15 February 12 - 1pm From: John Deshler <johndeshler AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:01:19 -0800 (PST) Hi Obolers, Next week I will present five years worth of data on the Northern Pygmy-Owl in downtown Portland and that presentation is open to everyone : The Northern Pygmy-Owls of Forest Park at The Portland Building 1120 SW 5th Ave,  2nd Floor Auditorium Portland  97204 The auditorium is a comfortable presentation room, and holds about 200.  Forest Park continues to be the premier field site for gathering information on Northern Pygmy-Owls, and the recently accepted longevity record adult for this species may still be out there, preparing for yet another breeding season.  Most of these data on breeding biology (clutch size, nest success, renesting, timing of breeding, body size, diet), nest habitat selection, and survival are the best available for the species and the relationships therein become more interesting with each new year. I will use a combination of video, photo, sounds, charts, graphs and rarely an expletive to describe the behaviors and life history of pygmy-owls as I have come to understand them in recent years.  I can't possibly cover it all in 50 minutes but will do my best to entertain and inform. John Deshler_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Bird pelting us from above? From: "dawn" <d_villa AT mail.com> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:45:47 -0500 What kind of bird would send chunks of something (bark? pine cones?) crashing to the ground around us? We were looking across one of the ponds when we both heard stuff pelting the ground near us -- we both thought of squirrels, but were surprised when a bird flew out of the tree, making a rapid alarm call (rapid one note ik-ik-ik-ik-ik-ik). Neither of us got good looks - I think it was robin size, seemed to be monotone - dark gray or ??? Sorry, just not much of a look at all. I keep thinking about it though and am intrigued by the behavior -- a woodpecker loosening large chunks of bark??? We were quickly distracted by other things and didn't even note the type of tree or investigate the ground to see what it was that was falling (seemed very loud)... dawn Lincoln City/Nelscott Blogging About the Coast dvillabirds.blogspot.com Sometimes things come when you stop looking_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Snowy Owl at Mt. Hood Meadows, 5 Feb. From: Jay Withgott <withgott AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:21:31 -0800 Hi OBOL -- I'm forwarding a report from Seth Isenberg and Amber Keyser, who observed a SNOWY OWL at the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area (Hood River County) on Sunday 5 February. Seth describes the bird as being viewed from just below the top of the Vista lift, flying to the south at about 300 ft away with no apparent intent of stopping. This was at roughly 2:00 p.m. He and Amber judged it to most likely be a first-year bird due to relatively heavy dark barring. The sighting seems especially noteworthy to me in that Snowy Owls are rarely found at high elevations, and seem generally to shun mountainous terrain. Seth and Amber are both knowledgeable and experienced former field biologists with graduate degrees doing ornithological field research, and I know them to be highly reliable observers. They each saw the bird and came to the same conclusion independently. (Forwarded by Jay Withgott, Portland) _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Reminder #2 - Listing Results for 2011 From: "Paul T. Sullivan" <paultsullivan AT onlinenw.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:28:25 -0800 OBOL: Reminder #2: I am once again calling for birder's Listing Results as of the end of the year, i.e. as of Dec. 31, 2011. I will compile the results and they will appear in the issue of Oregon Birds to be published in April 2012. [of the 25 people with the highest Oregon totals, I've not heard from 11 ] I am calling for either Life Lists or Year 2011 lists. I am calling for 1. your Oregon state list 2. your individual county lists 3. your individual 15-mile diameter count circle lists 4. your motorless lists You can submit your list in one of 3 ways: 1. Fill out the list below and mail it to me at my NEW address: Paul T. Sullivan 1014 SE Rummel St. McMinnville, OR 97128 2. Fill out the list below and email it back to me at my NEW email address paultsullivan AT onlinenw.com 3. Go to the OFO website http://www.oregonbirds.org/ , fill out the online form and click "submit" Your list will be sent to me and you won't need to fuss. PLEASE trust that I will receive you submissions and compile them. I will not send individual confirmation that I have received your list as the lists come in. However, I will be sending out a "proof" copy in late February to everyone who submits, so that you can make corrections. Watch for that. If you don't see that, let me know. --------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: The threshold for your numbers to be published are as follows: Oregon Life List: 300 or more Oregon Year List: 250 or more County Life and 2011 Year lists: 100 or more -------------------------------- Life 2011 _____ _____ Oregon State Oregon counties: _____ _____ Baker _____ _____ Benton _____ _____ Clackamas _____ _____ Clatsop _____ _____ Columbia _____ _____ Coos _____ _____ Crook _____ _____ Curry _____ _____ Deschutes _____ _____ Douglas _____ _____ Gilliam _____ _____ Grant _____ _____ Harney _____ _____ Hood River _____ _____ Jackson _____ _____ Jefferson _____ _____ Josephine _____ _____ Klamath _____ _____ Lake _____ _____ Lane _____ _____ Lincoln _____ _____ Linn _____ _____ Malheur _____ _____ Marion _____ _____ Morrow _____ _____ Multnomah _____ _____ Polk _____ _____ Sherman _____ _____ Tillamook _____ _____ Umatilla _____ _____ Union _____ _____ Wallowa _____ _____ Wasco _____ _____ Washington _____ _____ Wheeler _____ _____ Yamhill _____ _____ Your chosen 15-mile circle Please include a description of where your circle is located. _____ _____ Your motorless list Thanks, Paul T. Sullivan _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: bald eagle roost From: Colette Trotter <colettetrotter AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:52:10 -0800 (PST) Hi Everybody, I have greatly enjoyed reading the entries on OBOL these past couple of months but this is the first message I've sent.  Because of a posting on OBOL I got to see harlequin ducks for the first time - someone posted about seeing them at Seal Rock. They were so beautiful! And tonight, because of Jeff Fleischer's post and his excellent set of directions, I watched 54 Bald Eagles come into the night roost west of Tangent. What an amazing experience!  Thank you everyone for the great postings and pictures you share.  Happy birding, Colette_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: "Wild" Turkeys From: "Al Prigge" <prigge1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:24:06 -0800 Hi Roger-- Could be the same flock. Where I live at Hunington Heights Condos the turkeys are present about every day.One must be careful about putting a foot down in the wrong place. I have done this on a couple of occasions. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger To: Al Prigge Cc: obol AT oregonbirds.org Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [OBOL] "Wild" Turkeys xmas break, I saw 5 or 6 turkeys about 11th and Van Buren area. A co-worker saw about that many in the 13th/monroe area this past week. I'm wondering if it's the same flock. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Al Prigge wrote: I forgot to mention this along with the Bald Eagle posting this afternoon. "Wild" Turkeys have now extended their range into the wilderness on Pearl Street adjacent to the mausoleum (aka the Federal Building). Two were strolling-- heedless of traffic-- right in the middle of the street. There were two birds. AAP _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: [Fwd: [birding] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker back at E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area HQ] From: Joel Geier <joel.geier AT peak.org> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:36:40 -0800 -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Joel Geier Reply-to: joel.geier AT peak.org To: MidValley Birds Subject: [birding] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker back at E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area HQ Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:03 -0800 Hi all, At lunchtime today, while letting our niece's beagle x Jack Russell terrier, Charlie, drag me around E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area (with Heidi, our Aussie shepherd mix trotting sedately along behind), I managed to slow him down long enough for a good look at a sapsucker which turned out to be an adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. I first saw the bird as it swooped across Camp Adair Rd, heading north toward the wetland which is immediately on the west side of the headquarters complex. It flew into a sprawling apple tree near the road, at the edge of this wetland, where it initially stayed out of sight. After about a 5-minute wait (which seemed more like 5 hours while Charlie danced around on the end of his leash) with just occasional peeks, the bird finally came into full view in the bright sunlight, foraging in twiggy growth near the end of one of the upper limbs It basically looks like the same bird that showed up as an adult last winter, after a juvenile was seen in the same area the winter before. It has broad, wavy, black barring on a buffy background across the back, as on Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, but shows a clearly darker dorsal stripe, about 1/6th to 1/5th as wide as the breadth of the barring. The dorsal stripe is suggestive of Red-naped Sapsucker but, according to the U. of Calgary sapsucker charts that I've worked through in past years, this back pattern is well into the Yellow-bellied side of the spectrum. The nape is off-white without any trace of red. The red on the crown is very extensive, nearly contacting the white nape except for a thin black border. The throat is red outlined with black, with a distinctly yellowish background color on the sides of the breast just below the black of the bib. On the lower cheek, the red nearly bleeds across the black border, which of course is suggestive of Red-naped Sapsucker. There have been some cases in the past where this was observed on Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers as a function of a few feathers being slightly out of place. Photos might be helpful to work through this bird's ID as thoroughly as we've done in past years, but I expect that we'll come around to the same conclusion: far enough into the Yellow-bellied end of the Red-naped/Yellow-bellied Sapsucker spectrum, that it makes more sense to call it a Yellow-bellied rather than a hybrid. For anyone who wants to look, the apple tree is about 100 yards west of the driveway for the wildlife area headquarters (so, about 50 yards west of the weird-looking walnut tree that the sapsucker has favored in past winters). Happy birding, Joel P.S. There were plenty of other birds around, but I couldn't tell if any of them were federal, state, county, or municipal birds. Anyway I decided it would be more fun to start a list of "bird species seen while getting dragged around by a beagle x Jack Russell terrier" and figure I'm up to 35 already. It wouldn't be fair to compare this to motorless lists such as Randy Campbell and John Sullivan have shared, since those guys go birding on their own power. I still need to figure out how to mark ticks on a list while one arm is getting stretched beyond normal human dimensions. -- Joel Geier Camp Adair area _______________________________________________ birding mailing list birding AT midvalleybirding.org http://midvalleybirding.org/mailman/listinfo/birding _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Lincoln County Rough-leg From: "Darrel & Laura" <5hats AT peak.org> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:47:07 -0800 Obolites AT 9:30 this morning I saw a dark phase adult male Rough-legged Hawk perched on a power pole about 1/10 of a mile east of the junction of US Highway 20 and Fruitvale Road, about two miles east of Newport. It was coal black above and below except for some fine grayish flecking on the uppertail (which did not appear as bands), and had black underwing coverts and white flight feathers. Also a small bill. It flew from the pole across the small meadow and landed in a tree about fifty yards from the barn, and was still there when I left the area. For county listers, this is one you might try for, as Rough-legged Hawk is by no means common in Lincoln County. Certainly one is not reported every year, or even every other year. Darrel_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: RE Varied Thrush From: Jeff Bledsoe <bledsoephotography AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:11:32 -0800 > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:53:13 -0800 > From: "kolwicz AT minetfiber.com" > To: obol AT oregonbirds.org > Subject: [OBOL] Varied Thrush > Message-ID: <4F301389.2070503 AT minetfiber.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I've been seeing Varied Thrushes in the yard for the past several weeks, > despite the nice weather and snow-free lower portions of the Coast > Range. This is the first time in in the 9 years we've been here when > they've been around when the winter weather has been mild, the usual was > to find them here only when the mountains were snowy to 500' or less and > they'd be gone as soon as it cleared a bit. > > Also, I'm somewhat surprised to find them eating seeds a lot. I thought > thrushes were more into the bugs and worms, if not obligate carnivores. > > Frank > > We're in Lake Oswego and have VT from early fall well into spring. Generally there's 2-4 that are around that long and mid winter it goes up to about 8-10 depending on the day and weather. They especially love the apples just as they start to turn from very ripe to rotting, that's always their #1 choice. This year I noticed they started eating seeds from the mix we toss out, not sure what they pick out. They ate some in previous years but only occasionally and this year definitely every day. Late in the winter they figured out the suet, first the females, then a couple males finally got the hint a few weeks after the ladies. That was a surprise, both them liking the suet and the females first since they are much more timid than the males. They all love to spend some of each day just tossing leaves and getting whatever is under, but I'd say it's more like 20% of their feeding this year, with other food sources being 80%. Last week or so we're down to 2-4 birds, assume the same ones that come early and seem to set up for the long spell. We call them our chickens, cause they just sit around in the apple tree much of each day. Jeff_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Varied Thrush From: Timothy Yaukey <yaukey AT willowsoft.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:17:10 -0800 I get Varied Thrushes pretty regularly this winter in North Albany, though not coming to feeders. In another location outside Corvallis they would regularly forage on the ground under my feeders, though I don't remember the time of year. I've got a flock of about a dozen Western Bluebirds wandering my neighborhood also, which I've seen twice in the last week. Siskins appeared a few weeks ago as well. I sense from OBOL postings that I'm not the only person seeing more of them recently. Tim On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:53 AM, kolwicz AT minetfiber.com wrote: > I've been seeing Varied Thrushes in the yard for the past several weeks, > despite the nice weather and snow-free lower portions of the Coast Range. > This is the first time in in the 9 years we've been here when they've been > around when the winter weather has been mild, the usual was to find them > here only when the mountains were snowy to 500' or less and they'd be gone > as soon as it cleared a bit. > > Also, I'm somewhat surprised to find them eating seeds a lot. I thought > thrushes were more into the bugs and worms, if not obligate carnivores. > > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Varied Thrush From: "kolwicz AT minetfiber.com" <kolwicz@minetfiber.com> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:53:13 -0800 I've been seeing Varied Thrushes in the yard for the past several weeks, despite the nice weather and snow-free lower portions of the Coast Range. This is the first time in in the 9 years we've been here when they've been around when the winter weather has been mild, the usual was to find them here only when the mountains were snowy to 500' or less and they'd be gone as soon as it cleared a bit. Also, I'm somewhat surprised to find them eating seeds a lot. I thought thrushes were more into the bugs and worms, if not obligate carnivores. Frank _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: COASST beached bird training in Brookings - Feb 25 From: COASST <coasst AT u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:38:55 -0800 Help make a difference for the environment by collecting data for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)! COASST is a citizen science project dedicated to involving volunteers in the collection of high quality data on the status of coastal beaches, and trends of seabirds. COASST volunteer systematically count and identify bird carcasses that wash ashore along ocean beaches from northern California to Alaska. Join COASST staff for a full 6-hour training session to hear about how COASST started, learn how to use the custom Beached Birds field guide, and try out your new identification skills. This event is free and open to the public; volunteers need NO experience with birds. New participants that commit to survey a specific beach (about 3/4 mile) each month pay a $20 deposit on supplies and materials. COASST TRAINING Chetco Activity Center 550 Chetco Ln, Brookings, OR Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10am-4pm Coffee/snacks provided, pack a lunch or get one nearby Please RSVP to coasst AT uw.edu or 206-221-6893 if you plan to attend. _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 From: "Darrel & Laura" <5hats AT peak.org> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:00:45 -0800 Tom, You never know about vagrants. Darrel -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tom Crabtree" Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:48 PM To: "Dan Heyerly" ; "OBOL" Subject: Re: [OBOL] Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 > Dan, > > What is the winter range of a Darrel Faxon? I thought they were more > common inland in Lincoln County than on the shoreline. > > Tom > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Heyerly" > To: "OBOL" > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:22 AM > Subject: [OBOL] Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 > > >> 8:30-10:00am >> >> Darrel Faxon (1) >> Paul Sullivan (1) >> Carol Karlen (1) >> I guess Paul and Carol took the direct route today! >> Norm Barrett (1) >> And another Medford birder whose name has not stuck with me. Sorry! >> >> Ancient Murrelet (3) riding waves just offshore. >> Rhinoceros Auklet (2) >> Black Scoter (1) flyby >> White-winged Scoter (25 +/-) >> Common Murre (30) flyby >> Pelagic Cormorant (5) >> >> Numbers are estimates only! >> >> Good birding >> >> Dan & Anne Heyerly >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OBOL mailing list >> OBOL AT oregonbirds.org >> http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org > _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: coastal outing From: "Laura Mountainspring" <mntsprg AT wizzards.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:18:39 -0800 husband wants to note a correction...we saw the harlequins on the NORTH SIDE....in case others want to visit!! From: Tim Rodenkirk Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:42 PM To: Laura Mountainspring Subject: Re: [OBOL] coastal outing Laura, The Brown Pelis are the first northbound birds reported- nice find! I've yet to see an Ancient Murrelet either this winter there, also a nice find!! What a nice weekend.... Tim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Laura Mountainspring To: OBOL Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:33 PM Subject: [OBOL] coastal outing Noteworthy birds, Charleston - Cape Arago; 2/5/12 afternoon, very low tide Common Loon - 5 Re-necked Grebe - 1 Brown Pelican - 3 White-winged Scoter - 1 (Charleston harbor) Harlequin Duck - 10 (in pools, south side Cape Arago) Long-tailed Duck - 2 (off end of Cape Arago) Black Oystercatcher - 8 (on rocks at end of Cape Arago) Ancient Murrelet - 1 (off end of Cape Arago) Peregrine Falcon - 1 adult (south side of Cape Arago) on the way to and back we noted (roseburg) 3 great blue heron 4 American Kestal 10 great Egret Laura Mountainspring _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Tillamook Bay From: Bob Archer <rabican1 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:36:30 -0800 Hi all: I like everyone else it seems , headed to the coast. I went to Tillamook Bay today, I found a Black Phoebe along with two White-tailed Kites at the Tillamook Wetlands parking lot. Good numbers of Dunlin, Leasts, and Sanderlings on the mudflats and beach (well 1 Dunlin on beach, scads on the mudflats.) Here is a full report: http://www.birdfellow.com/members/BobArcher/field_reports/519-tillamook-bay-2-5-2012 Bob Archer PDX_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Lincoln county coast, Sunday From: "Paul T. Sullivan" <paultsullivan AT onlinenw.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:22:08 -0800 OBOL: We were focused and got out to the Lincoln county coast by 10 AM today. We found Siletz Bay full and birdless. At Boiler Bay we found: 1 CASSIN'S AUKLET 2 ANCIENT MURRELETS 1 RHINOCEROS AUKLET Black Oystercatchers - heard Pelagic Cormorants White-winged Scoters Pacific Loons Gt. Blue Heron Western Gulls Glaucous-winged Gull At Depoe Bay we found 1 Black Turnstone 18 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS - roosting at high tide, 11:30 AM At Moolack Beach we found 20 BLACK SCOTERS few Surf Scoters At the south jetty of Yaquina Bay we found 1 RED-THROATED LOON 3 Common Loon 2 RED-NECKED GREBE 2 Western Grebe many Horned Grebes Greater Scaup many Surf Scoters 5 Common Goldeneye 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Buffleheads 1 Pigeon Guillemot Mew Gulls Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 N. Harrier Good birding, everyone, Paul Sullivan & Carol Karlen _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: "Wild" Turkeys From: Roger <roger.in.eugene AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:19:19 -0800 xmas break, I saw 5 or 6 turkeys about 11th and Van Buren area. A co-worker saw about that many in the 13th/monroe area this past week. I'm wondering if it's the same flock. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Al Prigge wrote: > ** > I forgot to mention this along with the Bald Eagle posting this afternoon. > "Wild" Turkeys have now extended their range into the wilderness on Pearl > Street adjacent to the mausoleum (aka the Federal Building). Two were > strolling-- heedless of traffic-- right in the middle of the street. There > were two birds. > > AAP > >_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: "Wild" Turkeys From: "Al Prigge" <prigge1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:15:19 -0800 I forgot to mention this along with the Bald Eagle posting this afternoon. "Wild" Turkeys have now extended their range into the wilderness on Pearl Street adjacent to the mausoleum (aka the Federal Building). Two were strolling-- heedless of traffic-- right in the middle of the street. There were two birds. AAP_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Photo dump: dancin' coots and singin' sparrows From: "Wayne Hoffman" <whoffman AT peak.org> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:10:58 -0800 Hi - I see you got a photo of a Notre Dame alumnus! Wayne -----Original Message----- From: obol-bounces AT oregonbirds.org [mailto:obol-bounces AT oregonbirds.org] On Behalf Of Mike Patterson Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 7:12 PM To: OBOL; swalalahos_group Subject: [OBOL] Photo dump: dancin' coots and singin' sparrows Photos from today's walkabout... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/archives/date-posted/2012/02/05/ -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Manx Shearwater or something like it... http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=222 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Waldport Glaucous Gull From: "Wayne Hoffman" <whoffman AT peak.org> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:59:42 -0800 Hi - A couple of comments: If you want to see Black Scoters in Lincoln Co., the biggest wintering concentration uses the surf and ocean just off the surf from Yaquina Head north for 1-2 miles. Can generally be seen by scope from the head, or from the first pull-offs overlooking the ocean to the north. This time of year there are sometimes close birds near the base of the south jetty, and under the Yaquina Bay fishing pier. These and the Port of Alsea ones seem to be feeding on herring spawn, Feb - Marc h, along with other waterfowl. Just this week I saw a couple east of the first finger of the south jetty, and also some Greater Scaup feeding near the rocks. I worked over the same Yachats Rockpiper flock a week or 2 ago with the same results. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: obol-bounces AT oregonbirds.org [mailto:obol-bounces AT oregonbirds.org] On Behalf Of jeffharding AT centurytel.net Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 5:35 AM To: obol AT oregonbirds.org Subject: [OBOL] Waldport Glaucous Gull There was a 1st winter Glaucous Gull at Waldport yesterday, February 2nd. I first saw it at the mouth of the bay, from the pull-out just before the highway leaves the bay. The bird was across the river on the sandspit opposite. That was some distance, but the bird was recognizable by it's very pale tan color and pink bill, with a sharply set-off black tip. After returning from Yachats, I found the bird, or another similar, at the boat ramp, where it could be seen up close. Here's a photo: https://picasaweb.google.com/106965511049981757965/InterestingGulls#57055101 88269070130 One of the reasons I went down that way was to make sure I found a Black Scoter, and Seal Rocks seems to be a good place. There was at least one there, but a bit distant. At the boat ramp in Waldport later, distracting me from the Glaucous Gull, was an adult male Black Scoter swimming and diving between the sidewalk and the 1st boat dock, inviting photography. At Yachats, there was a large flock of Surfbirds, on the order of 200, with a few Black Turnstones. I was unable to detect a Rock Sandpiper with them, though. good birding! _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Vancouver Mockingbird From: Ray Korpi <rkorpi AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:57:53 -0800 The Northern Mockingbird near 53rd and Harney in Vancouver was there around 1140 am this morning. The bird was in the trees described the other day--some still berried hollies about 20 yards west of Harney on 53rd on the south side of 53rd. RK Ray Korpi rkorpi AT hotmail.com Vancouver WA _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Wallowa County Redpolls From: Jim Johnson <jt_johnson AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Before exiting the Wallowa Valley this morning, Sherry Daubert and I drove the Golf Course Road/Leap Lane loop outside of Enterprise to see what we could turn up. We had a very nice flock of COMMON REDPOLLS several miles up Golf Course Road—at least 40 or 50 of them. They were near one of the few ranches up there at a little area of fenced off trees adjacent to a fairly extensive patch of teasel. Jim Johnson Vancouver, Washington http://nwdragonflier.blogspot.com/ http://odonata.bogfoot.net/ Mite-y Dragons : http://nwdragonflier.blogspot.com/2012/01/mite-y-dragons-odonata-and-water-mites.html _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: coastal outing From: "Laura Mountainspring" <mntsprg AT wizzards.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:33:54 -0800 Noteworthy birds, Charleston - Cape Arago; 2/5/12 afternoon, very low tide Common Loon - 5 Re-necked Grebe - 1 Brown Pelican - 3 White-winged Scoter - 1 (Charleston harbor) Harlequin Duck - 10 (in pools, south side Cape Arago) Long-tailed Duck - 2 (off end of Cape Arago) Black Oystercatcher - 8 (on rocks at end of Cape Arago) Ancient Murrelet - 1 (off end of Cape Arago) Peregrine Falcon - 1 adult (south side of Cape Arago) on the way to and back we noted (roseburg) 3 great blue heron 4 American Kestal 10 great Egret Laura Mountainspring_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Coos/Curry Birdies 2/5/2012 From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:28:13 -0800 (PST) Rick Foster reports the return of the male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE to his feeder in Myrtle Point, Coos.  He hadn't seen it in several weeks, must have some other feeders it's been enjoying this winter in Myrtle Point. Joe Metzler had found a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT up the Coos River on the east side of Coos Bay in early December and refound it on CBC day.  I was unable to relocate it until today, in the same general area Joe found it.  There are at least three overwintering in Coos this winter. Holly and I were up the Rogue River today and stopped by Jot's in Gold Beach on the way home and quickly located the NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (this is its 4th winter there). Another awesome day on the south coast, what a winter! ENJOY, Tim R Coos Bay_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: nw. CA update From: David Fix & Jude Power <foglark AT att.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:28:52 -0800 (PST) Here are some reports from the past week: 1/29: During his regular eBird survey of Arcata's Shay Park, Rob Fowler found his first WILSON'S SNIPE for the site, as well as 3 HUTTON'S VIREOS. I don't believe any "Hooves" nest there, so these likely were in-wanderers from the nearby foothills, where they are common. He relocated the now- obviously wintering CASSIN'S VIREO along Janes Creek at the corner of Zehndner and Q Streets. A SORA was at No-Name Pond at the Arcata Marsh. 1/30: 8 CASPIAN TERNS were at the n. end of Woodley I., opposite downtown Eureka (Rob Fowler). Humboldt Bay and the nearby Eel R. estuary are notable for usually hosting from 1-3 or so Caspian Terns during winter, far n. of the nearest birds otherwise. I believe 8 is a new winter high count. 1/31: Continuing ad. dark-morph HARLAN'S HAWK, 101 near Bayside Cutoff, s. of Arcata (David Fix, Jude Power). This is its 8th or 9th winter known present in the vicinity. I have seen it once as far n. as my place just se. of Arcata proper. 1/31: Sixteen BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen at King Salmon, and 4 more just s. at Fields Landing (Matt Wachs). These pelagic gulls are irregular inside Humboldt Bay, but there have been many along the coast recently. 1/31: At the Humboldt Bay north jetty were 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 ROCK SANDPIPERS, 1-2 female BLACK SCOTERS (the obligatory one, as well as an unsettling new pretender?), and many KITTIWAKES (Ralph Bucher; Rob Hewitt) Black-legged Kittiwake, Sanderling, and (remarkably) Red-breasted Sapsucker were recently accepted as additions to the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary bird checklist on the basis of written details. I have birded there since spring '92, and somehow there are still fifty species reliably recorded from the Marsh that I haven't yet encountered. 2/1: Assumed continuing PRAIRIE FALCON, V Street Loop (Old Samoa Rd.) at Pacheco Lane; flew shortly s. to one of the 13.2 Kv towers (George Ziminsky) 2/2: SHRIKE, sp., foot of Wabash near Costco, Eureka (John Thomas). Observer mentioned the possibility of Northern but stated that he didn't have binoculars. The only other shrikes seen anywhere in the vicinity this season were the Northern out at Lanphere Dunes w. of Arcata and the Loggerhead less than a mile from the present sighting in Eureka, both, serendipitously, for the Arcata CBC (the circle takes in both cities). 2/3: The shrike in Eureka proved to be a LOGGERHEAD (John Thomas; Greg Chapman; Daryl Coldren; Rob Hewitt), and was around the intersection of Wabash and Railroad in Eureka 2/3: WANDERING TATTLER and LONG-TAILED DUCK, n. jetty Humboldt Bay, along with a RHINOCEROS AUKLET "in with the surfers" (Ian...Grethill...or something like that). As in Oregon, tattlers are rare here in winter, with sightings after late Sep unusual. 2/3: 5-6 RED-NECKED GREBES, 15 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, and 7-8 female COMMON GOLDENEYES were seen from King Salmon (Rob Hewitt) 2/3: ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, mid-way along the V Street Loop, watched to fly se. and ultimately take up a perch e. of 101 along the Bayside Cutoff; 10-15 GR. WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and a SNOW GOOSE were also at the latter site (Tony Kurz). Also, Rob Hewitt saw the continuing PRAIRIE FALCON along the Loop. 2/3: The LARK BUNTING found by John Oliver continued at the w. side of the dairy on Lanphere Rd., in brambles with Zonotrichia sparrows near a pile of old tires (Daryl Coldren) 2/4: The LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE continued, this time at Del Norte St. and Railroad Ave. shortly s. of Costco in Eureka (Tony Kurz; Ken Burton). Tony described it as "a very friendly bird." 2/4: Two TRUMPETER SWANS, seen and heard flying over the end of Morgan Slough Rd. w. of Camp Weott in the outer Eel R. delta and heading toward the Centerville wetland, were the first reported from Humboldt Co. in more than twenty years. The birds were not reported Sunday the 5th.Two BLACK-LEGGED KITTWAKES, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, GR. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, and a w. NASHVILLE WARBLER were also seen out Morgan slough Road. Also, a PRAIRIE FALCON was at the intersection of Morgan Slough Rd. and Camp Weott Rd., a N. MOCKINGBIRD was in front of the Gilded Rose Tavern in Loleta, several more KITTIWAKES were at the mouth of the Eel, a BURROWING OWL and a SHORT-EARED OWL were along the n. Eel R. spit about a mile and half s. of Table Bluff, and a bird thought to be a first-cycle "NELSON'S GULL" (GLAUCOUS X HERRING) was at Fernbridge, along with a PALM WARBLER (Tony Kurz, Daryl Coldren). The only previous Trumpeter Swan report for Humboldt involved an ad. and 4 imms. seen and heard in the Arcata Bottoms 12/20/90- 1/7/91. I was still birding the North Umpqua then, but I seem to recall the report spent time getting bandied about by the California Bird Records Committee, was accepted, and then later rejected because the swans couldn't be positively identified in the photos. Since then the small annual wintering flock of Tundras has been looked through for odd swans, and only a Chevy-standard Bewick's Swan, about ten years ago, has been found. Trumpeters have had no history of traditional use of this area, and the increase in wintering birds in w. WA and w. OR has not yet had any ripple effect here, at least until now. The wintering population of Tundra Swans here appears rather isolated from others (e.g., in Coos Co. to the n. and, at least formerly, in the Garcia R. estuary pastures just n. of Pt. Arena, in s. Mendocino Co.); perhaps the mingling of Trumpeters with Tundra Swans en route has less chance to take place among this group (if that's any factor playing into the southerly occurrence of Trumpeters). 2/5: The accommodating LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was again seen at Railroad and Wabash in Eureka (Holly and Ron Vetter) 2/5: Two PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS and a LONG-TAILED DUCK were seen from Gill's By The Bay in King Salmon (Chet Ogan) David Fix Arcata, California_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Photo dump: dancin' coots and singin' sparrows From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:11:51 -0800 Photos from today's walkabout... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/archives/date-posted/2012/02/05/ -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Manx Shearwater or something like it... http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=222 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Northern Umatilla Co. Raptor Route From: "Mike & MerryLynn" <m.denny AT charter.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:09:13 -0800 Hello All, Once again MerryLynn and I had the privilege of joining Ginger and Rodger Shoemake on the northern Umatilla County Raptor Route- We started at about 9:10 am and finished at 3:38pm- We were in the brightest sunshine the first three hours and the last 15 min. The rest of the day was in FOG! So this had a real impact on our ability to see more than a couple hundred feet out off the edge of the road. So here are the species we did locate. Red-tailed Hawk............103 Rough-legged Hawk......1 American Kestrel............65 Northern Harrier...............9 Coopers Hawk.................1 Northern Goshawk...........1sub-adult Barn Owl............................1 SNOWY OWL...................1sub-adult-high above the Walla Walla River canyon along a low basalt rim. Spotted by ML Great Horned Owl............11 TOTAL..............................192 Raptors Also observed: 1300 American Robins feeding on old apples in orchards around Umapine and west of Milton-Freewater. 1 Northern Shrike 18 Cedar Waxwings That is it for now. Later Mike Denny ******************************************************* Mike & MerryLynn Denny Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley "If you haven't birded, you haven't lived"_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Large Falcon at Fort Stevens State Park From: TIM SELLERS <n7ts AT live.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:32:03 -0800 Sorry for the late post. Friday afternoon my wife and I were hiking along the west side of Coffenbury Lake at Fort Stevens State Park. We observed a large Falcon attemp to take a duck off the water. It missed and then had to swim for shore. Crawled up on a log and then a tree too dry off. Very long tail with buff colored breast with steaking. Maybe immature Gyrfalcon?? Tim Sellers Gladstone, OR _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Depoe Bay, Lincoln Co. From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgill AT teleport.com> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:46 -0800 I spent about a half an hour on the cliff at North Point, Depoe Bay, near Boiler Bay on January 31. That location had two very near shore Ancient Murrelets and a single Rhinoceros Auklet. Jeff Gilligan >> 8:30-10:00am >> >> Darrel Faxon (1) >> Paul Sullivan (1) >> Carol Karlen (1) >> I guess Paul and Carol took the direct route today! >> Norm Barrett (1) >> And another Medford birder whose name has not stuck with me. Sorry! >> >> Ancient Murrelet (3) riding waves just offshore. >> Rhinoceros Auklet (2) >> Black Scoter (1) flyby >> White-winged Scoter (25 +/-) >> Common Murre (30) flyby >> Pelagic Cormorant (5) >> >> Numbers are estimates only! >> >> Good birding >> >> Dan & Anne Heyerly >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OBOL mailing list >> OBOL AT oregonbirds.org >> http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Eugene Red-throated Loon continues From: Thomas Meinzen <thomasmeinzen AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:00:18 -0800 The RED-THROATED LOON at the gravel pond west of North Delta Highway and north of Crescent Avenue was still there and actively swimming around this afternoon at 3 PM. It's a nice bird, but if anyone looks for it I recommend they take a scope - it was a little tough with just binoculars. Also in the area were two Wilson's Snipe, 1 Killdeer, 1 Common Merganser, and a plethora of others ducks. Enjoy the sun! Thomas Meinzen Eugene_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Four Salem Redheads From: "Matthew" <gaviaimmer AT live.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:40:34 -0800 Hi Birders, I stopped by the lake to look for the Redheads and found all four. It was a lifer for my sister, brother, and I. There also were many Ruddy Ducks and Bufflehead. Matthew Schneider Silverton, Oregon gaviaimmer AT live.com From: Jeff Harding Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:00 PM To: obol AT oregonbirds.org ; birding AT midvalleybirding.org Subject: [birding] Four Salem Redheads A visit to Stone Quarry Lake at noon today revealed four Redheads, one drake and tree hens. They were all there yesterday, but allowed a closer look today. Yesterday I passed one of the hens off as a scaup, because there was a light patch behind the bill, looking from a distance like the white spot on a female scaup. Once more, I failed to detect any swallows, there or at Lowe's pond. They must move around, or go downtown for lunch. Good birding, Jeff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ birding mailing list birding AT midvalleybirding.org http://midvalleybirding.org/mailman/listinfo/birding_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Any Recent Snowy Owl Sightings? From: "Charles R. Gates" <cgates326 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:15:39 -0800 So far, there have been no Snowy Owl reports in Central Oregon this winter. On 2/5/2012 2:21 PM, Julia Siporin wrote: > I'm in Eugene& haven't seen a Snowy Owl yet. I'll be going to Bend this next week& could do some checking there. Any recommendations of where to look? > > - Julia > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org -- Chuck Gates Crook County High School NAMC State Coordinator - East Cascades Audubon Society Online Oregon Birding Site Guide - birdingoregon.info 541-280-4957 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Sauvie Harris's Sparrow, Northern Shrike, etc. From: Jay Withgott <withgott AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:14:47 -0800 Today Dennis Paulson, Susan Masta, and I took a spin around Sauvie Island in the sunny weather. Our best bird was a HARRIS'S SPARROW at Rentenaar Road. It was with the flock of Golden-crowns that roam the brambles and the magic apple tree at the offset 4-way junction about halfway down Rentenaar Road. Is this the same individual that was in this general area last year? I'm not sure, as we got only two non-optimal views and from what we could tell the plumage looked somewhat intermediate between an immature and an adult. Dennis managed one photo that may help age the bird once he gets it onscreen. There was also one WHITE-THROATED SPARROW with this group. At one point I thought I heard an Orange-crowned Warbler chip, but I never heard it again. Several thousand SNOW GEESE and several hundred SANDHILL CRANES provided inspiring background music the whole time. All our other good birds were along Oak Island Road near the barn and silage pile where the road takes a big bend to the right around some wetlands: 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 1 BARN OWL, 25+ WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, and a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS (one on the nest and one hooting in broad daylight). The Northern Shrike perched on the picnic table behind the line of conifers lining the roadside before flying off. Enjoy the weather, everyone, Jay Withgott Portland _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Fernhill grebes - possible Clark's From: "Greg Gillson" <greg AT thebirdguide.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:45:55 -0800 I gave this grebe a second look a couple of days ago and came to the conclusion that it was either Western or tending toward a hybrid. Overall it was paler than the other 3 Western Grebes present, but had a greenish-yellow bill. There were white lores on one side of the head, but not so much on the other! You may find this brief ID article with photos useful. http://nwbackyardbirder.blogspot.com/2010/07/identification-clarks-and-western.html Greg_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Any Recent Snowy Owl Sightings? From: Julia Siporin <jsiporin AT mac.com> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:21:14 -0800 I'm in Eugene & haven't seen a Snowy Owl yet. I'll be going to Bend this next week & could do some checking there. Any recommendations of where to look? - Julia _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Skinner Butte Bald Eagle Pair, Eugene From: "Al Prigge" <prigge1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:19:37 -0800 The Skinner Butte Bald Eagle pair were seen about 1:45pm sitting in the top of a tall Douglas-fir at the access road curve uphill from the EWEB water structure. A couple I talked to had seen them mating. Looks like the show is on. Al Prigge _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Red-throated Loon, Eugene From: "Roger Robb" <brrobb AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:05:58 -0800 This morning I found a RED-THROATED LOON along with 4 HORNED GREBES at the gravel pond west of North Delta Highway and north of Crescent Ave. Roger Robb Springfield, OR _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org Subject: Re: Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc AT empnet.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 13:48:18 -0800 Dan, What is the winter range of a Darrel Faxon? I thought they were more common inland in Lincoln County than on the shoreline. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Heyerly" To: "OBOL" Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:22 AM Subject: [OBOL] Boiler Bay, Lincoln Co. 2/5/2012 > 8:30-10:00am > > Darrel Faxon (1) > Paul Sullivan (1) > Carol Karlen (1) > I guess Paul and Carol took the direct route today! > Norm Barrett (1) > And another Medford birder whose name has not stuck with me. Sorry! > > Ancient Murrelet (3) riding waves just offshore. > Rhinoceros Auklet (2) > Black Scoter (1) flyby > White-winged Scoter (25 +/-) > Common Murre (30) flyby > Pelagic Cormorant (5) > > Numbers are estimates only! > > Good birding > > Dan & Anne Heyerly > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > OBOL mailing list > OBOL AT oregonbirds.org > http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org > _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.org