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6 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Elias Elias ] 6 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Trent Seager ] 06 Sep Cooper Spur Woodpeckers - 9/6/2010 ["Craig Tumer" ] 6 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Leith McKenzie ] 6 Sep Re: Local RBA - LEAST FLYCATCHER Deschutes county, Tetherow Crossing, Redmond area [Russ Namitz ] 6 Sep Grant Co. birds [Russ Namitz ] 06 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Joel Geier ] 06 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Joel Geier ] 6 Sep Migrants ["Wayne Hoffman" ] 6 Sep Peregrine Sighting ["R. Adney Jr." ] 6 Sep Sandhill Cranes on Sauvie Island [Andy Frank ] 6 Sep Hudsonian Godwit in Humboldt Co. CA [David Fix & Jude Power ] 6 Sep North Portland Sept. 5th ["John Notis" ] 06 Sep common terns at fernhill [Steve Halpern ] 6 Sep Goose Lake [Norgren Family ] 06 Sep Breeding Sandhill Cranes [Bruce Newhouse ] 6 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Norgren Family ] 6 Sep Re: Waldo Lake, Sunday, 9/5 [Daniel Farrar ] 6 Sep Tuesday night is Birders Night [Owen Schmidt ] 6 Sep Re: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) [Shawneen Finnegan ] 6 Sep Re: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) [Alan Contreras ] 06 Sep Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [DJ Lauten and KACastelein ] 06 Sep Re: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) [DJ Lauten and KACastelein ] 06 Sep Re: Waldo Lake, Sunday, 9/5 [DJ Lauten and KACastelein ] 06 Sep Barn owl - Yard bird #69 ["Craig Tumer" ] 6 Sep Cooper Spur: 5 Species of Woodpeckers, etc. [Scott Carpenter ] 6 Sep FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) [David Irons ] 5 Sep Waldo Lake, Sunday, 9/5 [Brandon Green ] 5 Sep Volunteers needed - bird counts [Trent Seager ] 5 Sep [COBOL] Swifts in Bend ["judy" ] 5 Sep Ruddy & Black Turnstones, Wandering Tattler at Seaside Cove [Diana Byrne ] 5 Sep Lake Co RBA - Merlin [Trent Seager ] 5 Sep Mt. Tabor (SE Portland) migrants [Adrian Hinkle ] 5 Sep Shorebirds and scope eyepiece found near Florence [Adrian Hinkle ] 5 Sep Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds [Trent Seager ] 5 Sep 200 Silverton Swifts & Some Backyard Birds PLus New AZ Birding Book [John Thomas ] 05 Sep Evening Grosbeaks Bandon Coos Cty [DJ Lauten and KACastelein ] 5 Sep Valley Falls birds (Lake Co) [Trent Seager ] 5 Sep bird booksale #2 ["Larry McQueen" ] 05 Sep Curry Leach's from land [Alan Contreras ] 05 Sep [Fwd: Lark Sparrows in Umpqua? bird notes from Corvallis] [Joel Geier ] 5 Sep Bend/Prinville birding - 9/4 [Russ Namitz ] 5 Sep Re: Fwd: Evening grosbeaks [Tim Rodenkirk ] 05 Sep Fwd: Evening grosbeaks [Susan Hatlevig ] 5 Sep Long Billed Curlew Images ["R. Adney Jr." ] 5 Sep nw. CA update (brief) [David Fix & Jude Power ] 5 Sep (no subject) [david smith ] 5 Sep Eugene Swifts [Nicole Nielsen-Pincus ] 4 Sep Bend Vaux's Swifts ["Kim Boddie" ] 4 Sep Bend Vaux's Swifts ["Kim Boddie" ] 5 Sep Fern Ridge Saturday [] 4 Sep Smith-Bybee today- 192 Pelicans! [Andy Frank ] 4 Sep Long Billed Curlews ["R. Adney Jr." ] 4 Sep Re: some Tabor birds [] 04 Sep Columbia Estuary Report - 9/4/2010 [Mike Patterson ] 4 Sep Hummer photo ["David Heath" ] 4 Sep Crook County birds ["Charles Gates" ] 04 Sep Evening grosbeaks [Susan Hatlevig ] 3 Sep Benton Co nighthawk, yellowthroat ["Karan and Jim Fairchild" ] 3 Sep Florence shorebirds [Russ Namitz ] 3 Sep Newport RUFF + Forster's Tern [Russ Namitz ] 3 Sep No Ruff- Coos County 9/3/2010 [Tim Rodenkirk ] 03 Sep Re: Swainson's Thrushes--finally [DJ Lauten and KACastelein ] 03 Sep Fall Creek Reservoir/Lake request for information [Bruce Newhouse ] 3 Sep New River paddle: birds [Ellen Cantor ] 3 Sep C TERNS continued [Shawneen Finnegan ] 3 Sep Re: Fern Ridge Common Terns [Shawneen Finnegan ] 3 Sep Fern Ridge Common Terns [Shawneen Finnegan ] 3 Sep Local RBA - LEAST FLYCATCHER Deschutes county, Tetherow Crossing, Redmond area ["judy" ] 3 Sep Yaquina Bay: 2 Ruffs & 1 Forster's Tern near HMSC Nature Trail on Sept. 3 [Range Bayer ] 03 Sep Ageing the Ruff [Mike Patterson ] 3 Sep Swainson's Thrushes--finally [Wink Gross ] 03 Sep Re: Fw: Bandon Ruff [Mike Patterson ] 03 Sep Massive dragonfly movement yesterday [Mike Patterson ] 3 Sep Ridgefield NWR Birdfest ["Wilson Cady" ] 3 Sep Western Tanager, Wilsons, in Westmorland ["Martha taylor & Chris Bennett" ] Subject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Elias Elias <fabflockfinder AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:15:44 -0800 Owens Lake east of the southern Sierra Nevada mtns in California, while a glimmer of it former self, IS on the rebound. The Los Angeles Dept of water and power, if i recall correctly has rewatered 60 miles of the owen's river and a portion of that water is flowing into a portion of the Owens Lake bed again. The primary driver is air quality as windstorms aerosolize tons of playa sediments per annum. I expound on Owens Lake because is a fantastic birding area. Quite possibly the best waterbirding I have ever experienced. And I mention it to highlight another victory besides Mono Lake. So with enough perseverance and hard work, I am certain similar victories may be won in Oregon's great basin. Elias Arcata CA/Deadhorse AK Walkie talkie 707-633-8833 On Sep 6, 2010, at 8:40, Norgren FamilySubject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Trent Seager <stseager AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:15:09 -0700 Hi Dave, Yes, I'd be happy to help explain. The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) allocates water from rivers and streams for use by individuals and/or corporations without any water left for in-stream flow unless Oregon Dept. Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) or others apply for that. Lake Abert is an endorheic system, meaning a closed basin, single-source lake. It has primarily one in-flow water source, the Chewaucan River. It has no out-flow. Thus, it is a salt lake as all the minerals accumulate across time. This salt lake system is a powerful bottom-up ecoystem being driven by water and light, allowing for billions of brine shrimp and brine flies that feed on a lake with algae and diatoms and few to no aquatic predators. These brine shrimp and flies are only limited by food, but do in turn, get fed by on millions of migratory waterbirds (in use-days). While many agreed that the Chewaucan River was already over-allocated for water diversion and impoundment, an early 1990s ODFW study was done and many agencies agreed (USFWS, Ducks Unlimited, Army Corps, OWRD, etc.) that a private ranch, the River's End Ranch, could put in an impoundment and hold back the rest of the unallocated water to help breeding waterfowl. There was concern about the millions of bird use days of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds that already counted on the nearby salt lake ecosystem of Abert, so all remaining water during high flow years was allocated to ODFW for in-stream water rights. The RER reservoir therefore had permit restrictions put in place that it would be required to release water during low flow years when Lake Abert dropped below critical levels (4252'). However, those restrictions are no longer being honored. It is unclear why. A group of conservation organizations (WaterWatch, ONDA, ECBC, TNC, Audubon, among others), government organizations (ODFW, BLM), private industry (Oregon Desert Brine Shrimp Co.), and scientists recently commented on this to OWRD, asking for in-flow into Lake Abert. These groups, agencies, and individuals are still in discussion on how to proceed. My hope is that we can have specific bird-use data to help in this conversation. In addition, we are collecting data on water salinity and aquatic invertebrate activity (absence/presence, reproduction, etc.) with corresponding lake level. Water did reach Lake Abert for most of the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, in the last 4 years the lake has been dropping dramatically. This year there was no brine shrimp hatch until a late spring run-off occurred in May. Those brine shrimp began dropping in numbers in mid to late July. They are now in low number from normal seasonal cycles and high salinity. Brine flies never did hatch or were present in any numbers. These invertebrates are what the late fall migratory birds count on for their food source. Some groups are asking for a water use audit of the entire system to see how much has been allocated by OWRD, how much is being used by those permittees, and how much should be reaching Lake Abert each spring during snow-melt and run-off. Thanks for your interest, and for anyone willing to help do bird counts to help in this effort, Trent Trent Seager, MSc PhD student, Oregon State University ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DJ Lauten and KACasteleinSubject: Cooper Spur Woodpeckers - 9/6/2010 From: "Craig Tumer" <craig AT greatskua.com> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:34:13 -0700 I was at the Cooper Spur burn site originally reported by John Gatchett between approximately 9:45 and 11:00 this morning. The bird activity was rather quiet, but I did see three American three-toed woodpeckers, two black-backed woodpeckers and a male williamson's sapsucker. When first found, all three three-toed woodpeckers and one black-backed woodpecker were all in the same tree, approximately 100 yards or so upslope of the road. On the way home, I saw a Lewis's woodpecker as it flew across Rte 35, just south of Van Horn Road, between Odell and Hood River. Craig Tumer SW Portland _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Leith McKenzie <loinneilceol AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:48:12 -0700 (PDT) So Joel what do you say about the fact that the water use practices of cattle
ranchers in the Chewaucan Basin have been entrenched for generations. IMO the
re-playafication of Lake Abert is a direct result of drought attributable to
global warming. Maitreya
On Mon Sep 6th, 2010 8:34 PM PDT Joel Geier wrote:
>Dave Lauten wrote:
>
>> Trent,
>>
>> I suspect a few of us are a little ignorant of why Lake Abert is not
>> receiving water. Could you explain? Is this a man made decision or a
>> result of poor snowfall?
>
>Hi Dave & All,
>
>To give a little more direct answer than Lars' note (which alluded to,
>but didn't exactly answer the question):
>
>The main issue at Lake Abert is diversion of water to agricultural uses
>along the Chewaucan River, before it gets to the lake. After these
>diversions, in an average year, the water that makes it to the lake
>apparently doesn't balance evaporation. So the lake keeps shrinking.
>
>As Lars implies, wildlife uses of water don't count for much in the
>legal framework of western water rights.
>
>On the other hand, one might keep in mind that Bobolinks along Lovers
>Lane near Paisley may be benefiting from water diversions that
>ultimately harm migrating phalaropes. Ditto for raptors that mass
>each year in the Chewaucan-irrigated pastures around Valley Junction.
>So it's not purely cows vs. phalaropes, though that might be the most
>significant part of the water-balance equation on the Chewaucan.
>
>I'm glad to see that Trent is organizing these counts to quantify the
>impacts, and I hope that birders will join the effort so far as you
>can.
>
>Happy birding,
>Joel
>
>--
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Subject: Re: Local RBA - LEAST FLYCATCHER Deschutes county,
Tetherow Crossing, Redmond areaFrom: Russ Namitz <namitzr AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:16:19 -0700 I searched again for the Least Flycatcher at 3:30pm this afternoon, but found very little birdlife. Most birds were silent and did not respond to pishing. I was only able to detect.... Western Tanager Canyon Wren Warbling Vireo White-crowned Sparrow Brewer's Blackbird I also briefly checked the Clyde Holiday park near John Day for Least Flycatcher, but was unsuccessful. Good birding, Russ Namitz Coos Bay _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Grant Co. birds From: Russ Namitz <namitzr AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:10:51 -0700 Nothing too exciting, but I did some birding around John Day with my brother. In the NW part of the county at the reservoir in Monument, there were 2 RUDDY DUCKS and 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the water as well as a visible VIRGINIA RAIL feeding on the mud. Good birding, Russ Namitz Coos Bay _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Joel Geier <joel.geier AT peak.org> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:39:04 -0700 Oops, make that Valley Falls ... > Ditto for raptors that mass > each year in the Chewaucan-irrigated pastures around Valley Junction. _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Joel Geier <joel.geier AT peak.org> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:34:46 -0700 Dave Lauten wrote: > Trent, > > I suspect a few of us are a little ignorant of why Lake Abert is not > receiving water. Could you explain? Is this a man made decision or a > result of poor snowfall? Hi Dave & All, To give a little more direct answer than Lars' note (which alluded to, but didn't exactly answer the question): The main issue at Lake Abert is diversion of water to agricultural uses along the Chewaucan River, before it gets to the lake. After these diversions, in an average year, the water that makes it to the lake apparently doesn't balance evaporation. So the lake keeps shrinking. As Lars implies, wildlife uses of water don't count for much in the legal framework of western water rights. On the other hand, one might keep in mind that Bobolinks along Lovers Lane near Paisley may be benefiting from water diversions that ultimately harm migrating phalaropes. Ditto for raptors that mass each year in the Chewaucan-irrigated pastures around Valley Junction. So it's not purely cows vs. phalaropes, though that might be the most significant part of the water-balance equation on the Chewaucan. I'm glad to see that Trent is organizing these counts to quantify the impacts, and I hope that birders will join the effort so far as you can. Happy birding, Joel -- Joel Geier Camp Adair area north of Corvallis _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Migrants From: "Wayne Hoffman" <whoffman AT peak.org> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:57:56 -0700 While woring around my house in South Beach today (Sept. 6) a variety of interesting migrants moved through the neighborhood. A Chestnut-backed Chickadee flock at about 12:30 included a Wilson's Warbler, at least 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, and a Brown Creeper, the latter a first for the yard list. At 3:30, a group of at least 8 Black Swifts passed overhead, in a fairly direct course south. They were 200-300 feet up, against a clear blue sky, and quite noisy. At 4:15, 4, and later 2 more Purple Martins moved through, circling and calling, but generally moving south. At 5:00 an Anise Swallowtail visited and fed from our Crocosmias. they are pretty regular around Yaquina Bay where their larva feed on Angelica plants, but rare here at the house. Wayne_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Peregrine Sighting From: "R. Adney Jr." <rfadney AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:56:09 -0700 On the way home from Corvallis we observed a rather large Peregrine Falcon eating something, atop a short utility pole, on the east side of Hwy 99, about 300 yards south of Finley rd. Rich Adney http://avianpics.blogspot.com/ http://adneyvisualarts.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/adneyvisualarts/ _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Sandhill Cranes on Sauvie Island From: Andy Frank <andydfrank AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:31:09 -0700 I biked to Oak Island on Sauvie Island today- lots of mud but not a single shorebird. There were 25 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, lots of Great Blue Herons and surprisingly no Great Egrets. There was a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER there and my first-of-fall SANDHILL CRANES bugling away. Per BOGR, they usually arrive on Sauvie Island "the first week of September" and so they have. Lots of swallows, now almost all VIOLET-GREEN whereas last week they were almost all BARN. I looked closely at a lot of swallows but couldn't find a Bank. Andy Frank_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Hudsonian Godwit in Humboldt Co. CA From: David Fix & Jude Power <foglark AT att.net> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 13:09:24 -0700 (PDT) Sean McAllister found Humboldt's fifth HUDSONIAN GODWIT, a juv., at Eel River Wildlife Area yesterday. This area is about 40 minutes sw. of Arcata, accessed by taking the Hookton Road exit off 101 s. of College of the Redwoods and going w. until you come to a sharp uphill right turn, when the tidelands of the wildlife area to the south are obvious. He also reports BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, an ad. and juv. PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, a juv. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (presently a review-list species in California), 17 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 7 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 30 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 15 WILLETS, 12 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, 65 MARBLED GODWITS, 1 RUDDY and 2 BLACK TURNSTONES, 300 WESTERN, 500 LEAST, 2 BAIRD'S, and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a possible SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (seen briefly; with Pecs and flew off with them; bright rufous cap), 1 unid. DOWITCHER, and a WILSON'S SNIPE. Because Doc Harris always tersely called it ERWA in his field notes in the Audubon newsletter, Eel River Wildlife Area is referred to by local birders as "Erwuh," just as Goose Lake State Recreation Area is becoming known as "Gilzra" (somewhere, too late at night, Irons is fighting a grin). It is also called Ocean Ranch. During the '90s and until 2007, it was the best shorebird site between Humboldt Bay and the San Francisco Bay, hosting thousands of birds and producing among other goodies Garganey; lots of rare waders including Lesser Sand-Plover and previous rare godwits; and passerines such as Red-throated Pipit, E. Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Lark Bunting, and Black-throated Sparrow. In an effort to make this corner of the Orion Arm of the galaxy just a little better for Mallards, Cal Fish & Game repaired a damaged levee that had allowed the main flats to be tidal, and for a few years the site was little but dust and weeds. Apparently there is a new break happening, or else the Department came to its senses and is providing for the needs of migratory shorebirds. Erwuh is visible on GoogleEarth as the general upper end of the major slough that drains from the north immediately inside the entrance to the Eel, which is a few miles s. of South Humboldt Bay. I'll hold off on further Humbolshun developments and do it in another little batch in a couple of weeks unless a monster shocker appears. Thanks for your interest. David Fix Arcata, California_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: North Portland Sept. 5th From: "John Notis" <notisj AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:50:02 +0000 Obol, I made a motorless circuit of north Portland yesterday, mainly looking for shorebirds in any suitable habitat. Didn't find anything spectacular, but little groups of them here and there, totaling maybe a hundred individuals that were close enough to identify. Most of them were Leasts, some Westerns, and decent numbers of both Yellowlegs. I think the low tide was a major factor, leaving lots of exposed mud and sand bars and spreading the birds out. The only highlight was a juv. SANDERLING at Broughton Beach, and my first-of-fall AMERICAN PIPITS also along the Columbia. I'll mention that last week I found two BLACK PHOEBE along the Columbia Slough, on the path from Portland Rd. to Heron Lakes Golf Course. They were just east of the first rr bridge, directly across the path from the smaller treatment pond. I didn't detect them yesterday. -John Notis SE Portland .. _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: common terns at fernhill From: Steve Halpern <steve AT stevenrhalpern.com> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:58:18 -0700 this morning between 9 and 10 am there were 3 common terns actively feeding at fernhill. _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Goose Lake From: Norgren Family <gnorgren AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:22:20 -0700 The recreation area referred to
by Dave Irons was the focus of high
expectations when Alan Contreras,
Sayre Greenfield, and I spent the night
there in June of 1976. The best we
came up with was Bewick's Wren, a much
more reportable species for eastern Oregon
34 years ago. It is in the town of New
Pine Creek, which straddles the state line.
To the best of my knowledge that's the
only place one can hold a California
driver's license with an OREGON address.
Someone, maybe the Dennys, found a
territorial Plumbeous Vireo upslope (east)
from New Pine Creek during the Oregon
Breeding Bird Atlas project. When Goose Lake
is high enough it flows into Pitt River,
a tributary of the Sacramento. This is the
eastern edge of the Modoc Plateau, where
a truly diligent soul might be able to
observe Oak and Juniper Titmice together.
The Warner Mountains, impressive enough
in Oregon with summits over 8000 feet,
rise to 12000 at the California end.
Biologically they hold elements of the
Cascades, Great Basin, and Sierra Nevada.
"State Recreation Area" implies to me
that this is managed by the State Park
system, but not deemed worthy of the name
"Park" by Oregon standards. Goody for the
birds, who never asked for manicured lawns
and non-native trees and shrubs in the first
place. The dominant woody plant at Goose Lake
may be Klamath Plum (Prunus subcordata), a
native plant restricted to a very small
part of Oregon and California. It's a long
drive from any population center, but a short
drive from Hart Mountain. Whether a birder
is resident in California, Nevada, or Oregon,
I'd recommend ignoring the political boundaries
to make the trip more worthwhile. Lars Norgren
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Subject: Breeding Sandhill CranesFrom: Bruce Newhouse <newhouse AT efn.org> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:15:01 -0700 They also breed in Lane County in some of high elevation, remote, wilderness wet meadows. Bruce Newhouse in Eugene >>>Message: 14 Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:19:12 -0700 From: Daniel FarrarSubject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Norgren Family <gnorgren AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:40:46 -0700 Whiskey's for drinking. Water's for fighting.
Mark Twain came up with that after a brief
sojourn in the Far West during the Civil War.
Ever seen Walker Lake? It's got shorelines with
annual signs back to the early 20th century.
The Walker River has been diverted for flood
irrigation. Now I suspect some of those water
rights have been transferred and are keeping
Reno golf courses green. All over the American
west wildlife doesn't even come with junior
water rights.
The most important aspect of the federal
government acquiring the Donner und Blitzen
Valley portion of Malheur NWR was it came
with water rights and made it possible to keep
Malheur Lake full in dry years. Ever heard of
Owen's Lake? It's gone baby gone to LA. It was
one of the three principal stopping spots for
Eared Grebes in North America. Mono Lake
ultimately won in court (by good fortune the
presiding judge was an enthusiastic fly fisherman).
The most elegant solution to Abert Lake is buy
enough of the water rights to keep it full.
I'm sure the saber=rattling Gordon Smith
types would ring alarm bells if a few failing
ranches closed (with a generous bank account)
as a result. What's a few hundred cows next to
those hundreds of thousands of phalaropes and
grebes? Lars Norgren
On Sep 6, 2010, at 7:38 AM, DJ Lauten and KACastelein wrote:
> Trent,
>
> I suspect a few of us are a little ignorant of why Lake Abert is not
receiving water. Could you explain? Is this a man made decision or a result of
poor snowfall?
>
> Cheers
> Dave Lauten
>
>
>
> On 9/5/2010 2:36 PM, Trent Seager wrote:
>>
>> The number of live brine shrimp has crashed at Lake Abert in the last two
weeks. Two weeks ago, the shoreline had a mat of live shrimp that went out 10'.
This week, there were fewer than 20 live brine shrimp per square foot. All
along the shore were dead brine shrimp on the lake bottom. Similarly, the
number of waterbirds has dropped dramatically: from ~18,000 to ~ 6,000. This is
at a time when migratory bird numbers usually go up.
>>
>> Over half of all AMERICAN AVOCETS were foraging out in the lake, swimming
and grabbing invertebrates off the surface of the water (assumed live adult
brine shrimp). I have rarely seen this in the last 18 years of birding on the
lake. With little to no brine flies, the birds are left with few options for
foraging. The peeps were in the freshwater seeps and open areas at the north
end of the lake and along the eastern shore. These seeps are now far from the
lake, including miles from the lakeshore at the north end.
>>
>> The lake is below the lowest measuring gauge installed by Oregon Water
Resources Department (OWRD). At its current level (assumed to be below 4249'),
the lake will go dry within a year or two without freshwater inflow.
>>
>> This count is part of a group monitoring waterbird use of Lake Abert as it
drops in elevation and area. These counts are to compare to counts done in the
1990s by the BLM, and so are done in a similar fashion. Single counts do not
tell a story, but it is our hope that counting birds through the fall and next
spring, summer, and fall - that we will be able to monitor migratory waterbird
use of the lake when it is 4-5 feet lower and possibly going dry. Normal fall
counts average 50,000 birds per weekly count (range: 20,000 to 80,000).
>>
>> Waterbird count of Lake Abert
>>
>> Date: 3 September 2010
>>
>> Time: 7:30am until 11:00 am
>>
>> Route: South end to North
>>
>> Weather: slight wind, clear, sunny
>>
>> - 60F starting temp; 85F ending temp
>>
>> Lake visibility: slight winds making west side choppy; no white-caps, south
end calm; phalaropes still visible in binos
>>
>> Lake level: unreadable – below lowest gauge
>>
>> Counters: Trent Seager
>>
>>
>> Ducks and Waterfowl:
>>
>> 955 Ducks (85% Northern Shovelers; other species: Northern Pintail,
Blue-winged Teal)
>>
>> 50 Canada goose
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>> Grebes:
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>> 510 Eared Grebe
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>>
>> Large Shorebirds:
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>> 1055 American Avocet
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>> 110 Black-necked Stilt
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>> Peeps:
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>> 965 Least and Western Sandpiper
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>> Phalaropes:
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>> 610 Red-necked and Wilson’s Phalarope
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>> Gulls:
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>> 2040 Ring-billed and California Gull
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>> 6, 295 TOTAL COUNT
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Subject: Re: Waldo Lake, Sunday, 9/5From: Daniel Farrar <jdanielfarrar AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:19:12 -0700 Sandhill Crane is a decent Lane County bird anytime. They migrate over the county, but rarely land in it. They breed in Deschutes on the Cascades Lakes highway not too far from Waldo as the crane flies. Daniel On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 7:35 AM, DJ Lauten and KACastelein < deweysage AT verizon.net> wrote: > Forgot to mention that we were up at Waldo Lake on 27 Aug and a SANDHILL > CRANE flew over the lake. Not sure if that is a good bird for that area or > not, as we have never been there before. We found GRAY JAYS to be pretty > common. > > Cheers > Dave Lauten and Kathy Castelein > Bandon OR > deweysage AT verizon.net > > > > > On 9/5/2010 9:02 PM, Brandon Green wrote: > >> I birded/photographed the North Waldo Lake area this morning/early >> afternoon (10-1). This included the Waldo Lake Trail near the 1996 >> Burn area and the immediate area around the North Waldo campground and >> shoreline. The birding was mediocre but not surprisingly so, given >> the time of year. The most interesting find was a small flock of GRAY >> JAYS, who were boldly looting the holiday campers (one even landed on >> my car shortly after I stepped out). In the burn area, ROBINS were >> all over the place and several MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were still present. >> The swallows and flycatchers are gone for the summer. Not >> surprisingly, I wasn't being eaten alive by mosquitoes. The flocks of >> PINE SISKINS and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES that were present a month ago >> have also dispersed, the former possibly due to the poor cone crop >> that I've been hearing about. I haven't seen a BLACK-BACKED >> WOODPECKER up there in about two years now. >> >> Unidentified raptor (really far away, looked vaguely like a Red-tailed >> Hawk) >> Hairy Woodpecker >> Northern Flicker >> Steller's Jay (a few) >> Gray Jay (6+) >> Red-breasted Nuthatch (a few) >> American Robin (lots) >> Townsend's Solitaire >> Mountain Bluebird (5+) >> DE Junco (a few) >> American Goldfinch (a few, heard) >> >> Brandon >> Eugene >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Daniel Farrar Dunes City, Oregon jdanielfarrar AT gmail.com_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Tuesday night is Birders Night From: Owen Schmidt <oschmidt AT att.net> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:04:05 -0700 ...... Portland Audubon House, 5151 NW Cornell Road, 7:30 pm, Tuesday September 7th. Free. Bird quiz, birds of Paris, potpourri. Bring your bird videos and photos to show on Audubon's flat screen TV. oschmidt AT att.net Monday, September 6, 2010 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) From: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 08:29:38 -0700 Lake County right on the CA/OR state line. South of Lakeview. Shawneen On Sep 6, 2010 7:44 AM, "Alan Contreras"Subject: Re: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) From: Alan Contreras <acontrer AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 07:43:21 -0700 It is the state park south of lakeview on the state line, mostly in Oregon. Alan Contreras Sent from my iPhone On Sep 6, 2010, at 7:37 AM, DJ Lauten and KACasteleinSubject: Re: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: DJ Lauten and KACastelein <deweysage AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:38:45 -0700 Trent, I suspect a few of us are a little ignorant of why Lake Abert is not receiving water. Could you explain? Is this a man made decision or a result of poor snowfall? Cheers Dave Lauten On 9/5/2010 2:36 PM, Trent Seager wrote: > The number of live brine shrimp has crashed at Lake Abert in the last > two weeks. Two weeks ago, the shoreline had a mat of live shrimp that > went out 10'. This week, there were fewer than 20 live brine shrimp > per square foot. All along the shore were dead brine shrimp on the > lake bottom. Similarly, the number of waterbirds has dropped > dramatically: from ~18,000 to ~ 6,000. This is at a time when > migratory bird numbers usually go up. > > Over half of all AMERICAN AVOCETS were foraging out in the lake, > swimming and grabbing invertebrates off the surface of the water > (assumed live adult brine shrimp). I have rarely seen this in the > last 18 years of birding on the lake. With little to no brine flies, > the birds are left with few options for foraging. The peeps were in > the freshwater seeps and open areas at the north end of the lake and > along the eastern shore. These seeps are now far from the lake, > including miles from the lakeshore at the north end. > > The lake is below the lowest measuring gauge installed by Oregon Water > Resources Department (OWRD). At its current level (assumed to be > below 4249'), the lake will go dry within a year or two without > freshwater inflow. > > This count is part of a group monitoring waterbird use of Lake Abert > as it drops in elevation and area. These counts are to compare to > counts done in the 1990s by the BLM, and so are done in a similar > fashion. Single counts do not tell a story, but it is our hope that > counting birds through the fall and next spring, summer, and fall - > that we will be able to monitor migratory waterbird use of the lake > when it is 4-5 feet lower and possibly going dry. Normal fall counts > average 50,000 birds per weekly count (range: 20,000 to 80,000). > > Waterbird count of Lake Abert > > *Date*: 3 September 2010 > > *Time*: 7:30am until 11:00 am > > *Route*: South end to North > > *Weather*: slight wind, clear, sunny > > - 60F starting temp; 85F ending temp > > *Lake visibility*: slight winds making west side choppy; no > white-caps, south end calm; phalaropes still visible in binos > > *Lake level*: unreadable – below lowest gauge > > *Counters*: Trent Seager > > _Ducks and Waterfowl_: > > 955 Ducks (85% Northern Shovelers; other species: > Northern Pintail, Blue-winged Teal) > > 50 Canada goose > > _Grebes_: > > 510 Eared Grebe > > _Large Shorebirds_: > > 1055 American Avocet > > 110 Black-necked Stilt > > _Peeps_: > > 965 Least and Western Sandpiper > > > _Phalaropes_: > > 610 Red-necked and Wilson’s Phalarope > > _Gulls_: > > 2040 Ring-billed and California Gull > > > *6, 295 TOTAL COUNT* > > > > * > * > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.orgSubject: Re: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) From: DJ Lauten and KACastelein <deweysage AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:37:45 -0700 Hey Dave, Could you give us more ignorant folks an idea of what county and where GLSRA is? I haven't a clue! As far as I know this place could be anywhere in the state....... Cheers Dave Lauten On 9/5/2010 9:33 PM, David Irons wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I just got home from Sunday dinner at my mom's house and found this > e-mail from California birder Steve Rottenborn. Steve has been > actively birding the campground and surrounding area at Goose Lake > S.R.A. for about two years now. A visit there a couple years ago > convinced me that this place has great vagrant potential. Steve is > proving this to be the case with this latest of several good finds > there (and Shawneen Finnegan saw a Gray Catbird that I missed when we > were there in June). This YELLOW-THROATED VIREO is just the 2nd Oregon > record. > > Dave Irons > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subject: Re: YT Vireo at GLSRA > From: srottenborn AT harveyecology.com > Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:18:02 -0700 > To: srottenborn AT harveyecology.com > CC: llsdirons AT msn.com; foglark AT att.net > > YTVI still present at 16:45 or so, along the same trail but before the > first boardwalk. Only 40-50 m from the state line, but couldn't > figure out how I might coax it into the poorer habitat on the CA side. > > Also a singing Black Phoebe there (ph), along Pine Creek just below > the RR tracks, where beavers have backed up water. I think there are > only two Modoc County records, both from Adin in the SW corner of the > county, so I assume this is a very good bird for GLSRA as well. > > Steve > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 5, 2010, at 10:20 AM, "Steve Rottenborn" >Subject: Re: Waldo Lake, Sunday, 9/5 From: DJ Lauten and KACastelein <deweysage AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:35:43 -0700 Forgot to mention that we were up at Waldo Lake on 27 Aug and a SANDHILL CRANE flew over the lake. Not sure if that is a good bird for that area or not, as we have never been there before. We found GRAY JAYS to be pretty common. Cheers Dave Lauten and Kathy Castelein Bandon OR deweysage AT verizon.net On 9/5/2010 9:02 PM, Brandon Green wrote: > I birded/photographed the North Waldo Lake area this morning/early > afternoon (10-1). This included the Waldo Lake Trail near the 1996 > Burn area and the immediate area around the North Waldo campground and > shoreline. The birding was mediocre but not surprisingly so, given > the time of year. The most interesting find was a small flock of GRAY > JAYS, who were boldly looting the holiday campers (one even landed on > my car shortly after I stepped out). In the burn area, ROBINS were > all over the place and several MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were still present. > The swallows and flycatchers are gone for the summer. Not > surprisingly, I wasn't being eaten alive by mosquitoes. The flocks of > PINE SISKINS and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES that were present a month ago > have also dispersed, the former possibly due to the poor cone crop > that I've been hearing about. I haven't seen a BLACK-BACKED > WOODPECKER up there in about two years now. > > Unidentified raptor (really far away, looked vaguely like a Red-tailed Hawk) > Hairy Woodpecker > Northern Flicker > Steller's Jay (a few) > Gray Jay (6+) > Red-breasted Nuthatch (a few) > American Robin (lots) > Townsend's Solitaire > Mountain Bluebird (5+) > DE Junco (a few) > American Goldfinch (a few, heard) > > Brandon > Eugene > > _______________________________________________ > 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.orgSubject: Barn owl - Yard bird #69 From: "Craig Tumer" <craig AT greatskua.com> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:14:56 -0700 Sunday afternoon, while doing some gardening chores, I noticed several upset scrub-jays in the cedars along the north side of the yard. I've heard a great horned owl in the neighborhood, and I suspected the jays had found it. But, when I went to investigate, I was surprised to find a barn owl in one of the cedars. Judging by the amount of white wash under the trees, this appears to be a regular roost. Barn owl is now the 69th bird species I've seen in or from the yard in the 2 1/2 years I've been in the house. Craig Tumer SW Portland _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Cooper Spur: 5 Species of Woodpeckers, etc. From: Scott Carpenter <slcarpenter AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 02:35:47 -0700 I birded the Gnarl Ridge burn near Cooper Spur/Cloud Cap in Mt. Hood National Forest on Sunday, September 5 from 10:20 a.m. - 2:10 p.m. and came across the following: Osprey (flyby) Williamson’s Sapsucker: 1 male Hairy Woodpecker: 3 females, 2 males AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER: 1 male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER: 4-5 (at least 3 males, other(s) not sexed) Pileated Woodpecker: 1 Hammond's Flycatcher Steller’s Jay Gray Jay: 1 pair Chestnut-backed Chickadee: 5-6 Red-breasted Nuthatch Western Bluebird: many Townsend’s Solitaire: 3+ Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Western Tanager Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) The woodpeckers were mostly in the burned areas between the parking area originally described by John Gatchet and the stump he marked with "BBWO". At least one Black-backed and the Pileated were S/SE of (prior to) the parking area, flying between the burn area and non-burned forest. One Black-backed Woodpecker was right across the road from the parking area. Photos of the American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers are online at: http://www.scottcarpenterphotography.com/recent Many thanks to John Gatchet for originally reporting this location via Paul Sullivan, and to other OBOLers who provided updates. Scott Carpenter Portland, Oregon_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: FW: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at GLSRA (Goose Lake State Recreation Area) From: David Irons <llsdirons AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 04:33:14 +0000 Hi Folks, I just got home from Sunday dinner at my mom's house and found this e-mail from California birder Steve Rottenborn. Steve has been actively birding the campground and surrounding area at Goose Lake S.R.A. for about two years now. A visit there a couple years ago convinced me that this place has great vagrant potential. Steve is proving this to be the case with this latest of several good finds there (and Shawneen Finnegan saw a Gray Catbird that I missed when we were there in June). This YELLOW-THROATED VIREO is just the 2nd Oregon record. Dave Irons Subject: Re: YT Vireo at GLSRA From: srottenborn AT harveyecology.com Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:18:02 -0700 To: srottenborn AT harveyecology.com CC: llsdirons AT msn.com; foglark AT att.net YTVI still present at 16:45 or so, along the same trail but before the first boardwalk. Only 40-50 m from the state line, but couldn't figure out how I might coax it into the poorer habitat on the CA side. Also a singing Black Phoebe there (ph), along Pine Creek just below the RR tracks, where beavers have backed up water. I think there are only two Modoc County records, both from Adin in the SW corner of the county, so I assume this is a very good bird for GLSRA as well. Steve Sent from my iPhone On Sep 5, 2010, at 10:20 AM, "Steve Rottenborn"Subject: Waldo Lake, Sunday, 9/5 From: Brandon Green <brandon.green18 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 21:02:41 -0700 I birded/photographed the North Waldo Lake area this morning/early afternoon (10-1). This included the Waldo Lake Trail near the 1996 Burn area and the immediate area around the North Waldo campground and shoreline. The birding was mediocre but not surprisingly so, given the time of year. The most interesting find was a small flock of GRAY JAYS, who were boldly looting the holiday campers (one even landed on my car shortly after I stepped out). In the burn area, ROBINS were all over the place and several MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were still present. The swallows and flycatchers are gone for the summer. Not surprisingly, I wasn't being eaten alive by mosquitoes. The flocks of PINE SISKINS and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES that were present a month ago have also dispersed, the former possibly due to the poor cone crop that I've been hearing about. I haven't seen a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER up there in about two years now. Unidentified raptor (really far away, looked vaguely like a Red-tailed Hawk) Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Steller's Jay (a few) Gray Jay (6+) Red-breasted Nuthatch (a few) American Robin (lots) Townsend's Solitaire Mountain Bluebird (5+) DE Junco (a few) American Goldfinch (a few, heard) Brandon Eugene _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Volunteers needed - bird counts From: Trent Seager <stseager AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:56:33 -0700 Hello birders - A group of us are trying to get complete waterbird counts at Lake Abert this fall - as I am sure you have been reading! Thanks to ECBC, ODFW, ONDA, and BLM for their help! We are still in need of having volunteers help us fill in the weekly counts. Anyone who is interested, your help would be greatly appreciated! IF INTERESTED... The dates ~ September 10 (Friday)* October 1 (Friday)* October 8 (Friday)* October 15 (Friday)* October 22 (Friday)* October 29 (Friday)* * always the option to do Sat or Sun instead, knowing folks work and if weather is bad on Friday The skinny ~ - It is a 3-4 hour bird count along the east shore of Lake Abert (Hwy 395) starting at 7-7:30 am on the Friday of each week. - Binos and spotting scope are required (preferably a scope of at least 25x, higher for cooler mornings is helpful). - The count involves stopping to count birds out on the lake proper as well as shorebirds along the shoreline (and N and S ends where fresh water seeps into the lake). - For those traveling from out of the area, there may be a gas stipend available if that will help. I would prefer folks with experience counting shorebirds and/or waterbirds, but for those willing to learn and calibrate as they go, you are welcome to participate. The counts can be by yourself, or bring along another birder or join up with someone. If more than 1 person signs up, we can communicate about meeting up at the lake. I have a "quick guide" to counting birds at Lake Abert to make sure we are all doing it as much as the same as possible. I will also be happy to send along key 'hotspots' for other birds in the area (especially raptor places) to the volunteers for any afternoon birding you may want to do. Please email me if you are interested - and send along to friends who may want to help! thanks! Trent -- Trent Seager_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: [COBOL] Swifts in Bend From: "judy" <jmeredit AT bendnet.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:34:32 -0700 Obol Christmas Presence at 644 NW Harriman again hosted many swifts tonight. I didn't go myself but got the report just now from Therese Langley, Maria Langley and Helen Guerrero-Randall who observed tonight. Temp - something in 50's. First birds in 7:25, and all were into the chimney by 7:50, total 204 birds. They apparently went in a few at a time or up to 50 at a time in periodic groups like they did a couple of nights ago. So, the show continues! Good birding Judy Meredith jmeredit AT bendnet.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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._______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Ruddy & Black Turnstones, Wandering Tattler at Seaside Cove From: Diana Byrne <diana.byrne AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:02:48 -0700 Seaside Cove had 1 Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage today, along with 20 or more Black Turnstones and about 12 Heerman's Gulls in non- breeding plumage. Also saw a Wandering Tattler at the Cove and saw one at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach yesterday, too. Pictures of Turnstones are at: http://cannonbeachbirder.blogspot.com/2010/09/ruddy-turnstone-black-turnstone.html -Diana Byrne NW Portland & Cannon Beach _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Lake Co RBA - Merlin From: Trent Seager <stseager AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:19:35 -0700 I saw a female MERLIN at the north end of Lake Abert on Friday 9/3. This is only the 2nd merlin I've seen since I started birding there in 1993. I have never seen on in Lakeview in all these years of visiting there. The female merlin flew right by my car, and then stooped onto a sparrow between the road and the shore. While common-place for Burns and many towns in the Valley, this was quite a sight for Lake County! Trent -- Trent Seager_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Mt. Tabor (SE Portland) migrants From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 15:22:27 -0700 We biked to Mt. Tabor this morning and found several flocks of migrants. The biggest flock was near the pump building at the smallest reservoir. Today's highlights: Rufous Hummingbird--2 (down from 20 a week ago) Red-breasted Sapsucker--1 Western Wood-Pewee--5 Olive-sided Flycatcher--1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher--5 Warbling Vireo--12 Swainson's Thrush--3 Hermit Thrush--1 (first of season) Orange-crowned Warbler--10 Yellow Warbler--2 Black-throated Gray Warbler--30 Townsend's Warbler--20 Wilson's Warbler--5 Western Tanager--3 Good birding! Adrian and Christopher Hinkle_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Shorebirds and scope eyepiece found near Florence From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 15:07:36 -0700 A couple of days ago (September 3rd) we found a scope eyepiece near the end of Dotterel Dike. If you lost an eyepiece out there, send me a description and I can tell you if it's yours. We found the eyepiece while hiking out to the deflation plain. There is a long, shallow lake there with excellent shorebird habitat right now. Anywhere along the lake has good shorebird habitat, but the best is at the very end of the deflation plain. We had the following highlights there on 9/3/10 (late afternoon): Semipalmated Plover--85 Killdeer--3 Greater Yellowlegs--4 Baird's Sandpiper--1 Semipalmated Sandpiper--1 Western Sandpiper--200 Least Sandpiper--5 Pectoral Sandpiper--heard 1+ Short-billed Dowitcher--3 Wilson's Snipe--5 American Bittern--1 Red-shouldered Hawk--1 American Pipit--7 There were also about ten Caspian Terns and lots of gulls at the end of the deflation plain. They had been at the Crab Docks earlier, but must have moved over to the deflation plain at high tide. We're guessing that the best time for the deflation plain would be around high tide; that's when we were there. Prior to hiking the deflation plain, we checked the Crab Docks and had ten flyby Red-necked Phalaropes, a few small flocks of Western Sandpipers, 5 Semipalmated Plovers, two Greater Yellowlegs, and a Pectoral Sandpiper. Good Birding! Adrian Hinkle, Christopher Hinkle, and Em Scattaregia_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Lake Abert - brine shrimp die off, fewer birds From: Trent Seager <stseager AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 14:36:31 -0700 The number of live brine shrimp has crashed at Lake Abert in the last two
weeks. Two weeks ago, the shoreline had a mat of live shrimp that went out
10'. This week, there were fewer than 20 live brine shrimp per square
foot. All along the shore were dead brine shrimp on the lake bottom.
Similarly, the number of waterbirds has dropped dramatically: from ~18,000
to ~ 6,000. This is at a time when migratory bird numbers usually go up.
Over half of all AMERICAN AVOCETS were foraging out in the lake, swimming
and grabbing invertebrates off the surface of the water (assumed live adult
brine shrimp). I have rarely seen this in the last 18 years of birding on
the lake. With little to no brine flies, the birds are left with few
options for foraging. The peeps were in the freshwater seeps and open areas
at the north end of the lake and along the eastern shore. These seeps are
now far from the lake, including miles from the lakeshore at the north end.
The lake is below the lowest measuring gauge installed by Oregon Water
Resources Department (OWRD). At its current level (assumed to be below
4249'), the lake will go dry within a year or two without freshwater
inflow.
This count is part of a group monitoring waterbird use of Lake Abert as it
drops in elevation and area. These counts are to compare to counts done in
the 1990s by the BLM, and so are done in a similar fashion. Single counts
do not tell a story, but it is our hope that counting birds through the fall
and next spring, summer, and fall - that we will be able to monitor
migratory waterbird use of the lake when it is 4-5 feet lower and possibly
going dry. Normal fall counts average 50,000 birds per weekly count (range:
20,000 to 80,000).
Waterbird count of Lake Abert
*Date*: 3 September 2010
*Time*: 7:30am until 11:00 am
*Route*: South end to North
*Weather*: slight wind, clear, sunny
- 60F starting temp; 85F ending temp
*Lake visibility*: slight winds making west side choppy; no white-caps,
south end calm; phalaropes still visible in binos
*Lake level*: unreadable – below lowest gauge
*Counters*: Trent Seager
*Ducks and Waterfowl*:
955 Ducks (85% Northern Shovelers; other species: Northern
Pintail, Blue-winged Teal)
50 Canada goose
*Grebes*:
510 Eared Grebe
*Large Shorebirds*:
1055 American Avocet
110 Black-necked Stilt
*Peeps*:
965 Least and Western Sandpiper
*Phalaropes*:
610 Red-necked and Wilson’s Phalarope
*Gulls*:
2040 Ring-billed and California Gull
*6, 295 TOTAL COUNT*
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Subject: 200 Silverton Swifts & Some Backyard Birds PLus New AZ
Birding BookFrom: John Thomas <johnpam AT mtangel.net> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 14:24:07 -0700 Three of us had 200 Vaux's Swifts enter the downtown chimney between 8:00 and 8:15 PM last night. The temperature was approximately 62 F and I didn't discern much wind. This was a nice shift from last weekend when I only saw two swifts and they headed off somewhere else at dusk. Matthew S.r told me he had heard two N Pygmy Owls up at the Silverton Reservoir along with some PIleated Woodpecker calls earlier in the day. Out here north of town, we have RB Nuthatch. WB Nuthatch, Common Yellowthroat, Downy Woodpecker, noisy GH Owls in the woodlot (sounds like a younger one pestering the parents), California Quail, BC Chickadee, Chestnut Backed Chickadee (1), Western Tanager(1), BH Grosbeak (1), and the typical Song Sparrows,House Finch, Spotted Towhees, Bewick's Wrens, Scrub Jays. We had a bright Yellow Warbler male on Thursday along with an OC Warbler - passing through. Lots of Barn Swallows over the fields and an occasional Cooper's Hawk to stir up things. We still have a Rufous Hummingbird or two but expect them to head south very soon. There is also an Anna's hanging around. There is a Barn Owl somehow (again) sharing the woods with the Great Horned Owls. I see the molting feathers showing up every couple of days. The owl has been totally silent around the bigger predators but is still coughing up pellets and shedding feathers so I know it's out there in the canopy somewhere. John Thomas 5 mi N of Silverton (Marion Co.) PS RW Morse Co has put out a fine new book to add to their assortment of pocketable bird guides. The title is "Birds of Southeastern Arizona" by Richard Caylor Taylor. It just came out & I have been perusing it for several days. Really like the "Color Elevation Charts" and the clear explanation of the various habitats available down there. Most of the birds (but not all!) can be seen in other areas that share some of the same habitats so the book is actually useful even beyond Arizona. We use "Birds of the Willamette Valley Region" with our 4th grade students in Silverton, give the book to neighbors and relatives interested in birds, and are generally fans of the entire series published by Bob and Christina Morse. Just a heads up for those of you who might be interested. _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Evening Grosbeaks Bandon Coos Cty From: DJ Lauten and KACastelein <deweysage AT verizon.net> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:07:22 -0700 EVENING GROSBEAKS are around the yard today, north of Bandon, Coos Cty. Cheers Dave Lauten and Kathy Castelein Bandon OR deweysage AT verizon.net _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Valley Falls birds (Lake Co) From: Trent Seager <stseager AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 14:00:53 -0700 I was in Valley Falls from Aug 30 through Sept 3. I was birding on morning and evening walks. Swainson’s Hawk* Red-tailed Hawk Prairie Falcon Golden Eagle Bald Eagle American Kestrel Northern Harrier Turkey Vulture Barn Owl Great-horned Owl Sandhill Crane* Brewer’s Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Common Raven California Quail Western Meadowlark Morning Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove American Robin European Starling Western Kingbird Common Nighthawk* *Of special note - (1) a pair of SWAINSON'S HAWKS were still defending the area around Valley Falls where their young were foraging. SWHAs were also seen in the fields of Crooked Creek Valley and outside of Lakeview in the fields to the N and W. (2) the SANDHILL CRANES began migrating out of the area. One pair lifted up from Valley Falls and flew south. Up on Abert Rim, a small flock of 10 cranes circled up above the rim and continued south. (3) a foraging 'kettle' of 125 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS circled above Valley Falls on the evening of 9/2. An impressive gathering! I could look up through the foraging nighthawks and as my eyes re-focused, I could see more and more up through each set. Trent ---- Trent Seager Corvallis and Newport, Oregon_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: bird booksale #2 From: "Larry McQueen" <larmcqueen AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:48:22 -0700 OBOL:
Here is my booksale # 2, with #1 following below. Prices are generally
lower than used book listing. Condition is from very good to pristine.
Many hardbound retain original coverslips.
Free-list with purchase is included at the end.
Price does not include shipping.
Larry McQueen
2175 Agate St
Eugene, OR 97403
SALE # 2
Robert Porter Allen - Birds of the Caribbean - The Viking Press - 1961
(hardbound; coverslip) $ 5.00
William Boyle - A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey - Rutgers University
Press - 1986 (flexi-bound) $ 10.00
Farrand - An Audubon Handbook, 3 vols: "Eastern Birds", "Western Birds",
and "How to Identify Birds - McGraw-Hill - 1988 (flexi-binding) for the
set: $ 15.00
P. J. Grant - Gulls: A Guide to Identification - Poyser - 2nd Ed, 1986
(hardbound; coverslip)
$ 12.00
Bret Lane & Davies - Shorebirds in Australia - Nelson Publishers - 1987
(hardbound; coverslip) $ 30.00
Lars Lofgren - Ocean Birds - Alfred Knopf - 1984 (hardbound; coverslip) $
6.00
George Sutton - Birds Worth Watching - University of Oklahoma Press - 1986
(hardbound; coverslip) $ 5.00
All the World's Animals: SONG BIRDS - Torstar Books - 1985 (numerous
contributors) (hardbound) $ 5.00
SALE # 1 (Revised from earlier posting)
Ali - The book of Indian Birds (12th Ed., Revised and enlarged) - Bombay
Natural History Society, Oxford Univ. Press - 1996 (hard; slip cover) $12
Dickinson, Kennedy, and Parkes - The Birds of the Philippines - British
Ornithologists' Union (Check-list No. 12) - 1991 (hard) $50
Forshaw & Cooper - Parrots of the World - T.F.H. Publications - 1977
(hard) $10
Hails & Jarvis - Birds of Singapore - Times Editions - 1988 $5
Kotagama and Fernando - A field guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka - Wildlife
Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka - 1994 (soft) $45
MacKinnon - Field Guide to the Birds of Java and Bali - Gadjah Mada
University - 1988 (soft) $35
McGraw-Hill: Our Living World of Nature (hard)
McCormick - The Life of the Forest - 1966
Allen - The Life of Prairies and Plains - 1967
Life of the Rainforests - 1970 Three vols: $6
Mukherjee - Birds of the Arid and Semi-arid Tracts - Zoological Survey of
India - Occasional Paper No. 142 - 1995 (soft) $15
Palmer - Handbook of No. American Birds - Vol. 1, Loons through Flamingos -
1962 $10
Vols. 4 & 5, Diurnal Raptors - Yale University Press - 1988 (hard;
coverslips)
Each: $50
Raffaele & Raffaele, Wiley, Garrido, Keith - A Guide to the Birds of the
West Indies - Princeton - 1998 (hard; coverslip) $30
Rising and Beadle - A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of The
Sparrows of the United States and Canada - Academic Press - 1996 (soft)
$30
Round - Resident Forest Birds in Thailand: Their Status and Conservation -
International Council for Bird Preservation, Monograph No.2 - 1988 (soft)
$10
Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf - A Manual of California Vegetation - California
Native Plant Society - 1995 (soft) $100
Simpson & Day - The Birds of Australia: a Book of Identification - Tanager
Books, N.H. - 1984 (hard; coverslip) $40
Sinclair and Langrand - Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar,
Mauritius, Riunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles and the Comoros) -
Chamberlain/Struik 1998 (soft) $20
Tyrrell & Tyrrell - Hummingbirds, Their Life and Behavior - Crown
Publishers, 1985 (North American Hummingbirds) (hard; coverslip)
$42
Weathers - Birds of Southern California's Deep Canyon - Univ. of California
Press - 1983 (hard; coverslip) $4
Wetmore, et al - The Birds of the Republic of Panama' - Parts 3 (1972) & 4
(1984) - Smithsonian Institution (hard; coverslip) each $5
ONE FREE WITH PURCHASE
VanCamp and Henny - The Screech Owl: Its Life History, etc. - North American
Fauna No.71, U.S. Dept. of the Interior - 1975
Gooders - The Survival World of Birds - McGraw/Hill - 1992
Peterson - All Things Reconsidered, My Birding Adventures - Edited by Bill
Thompson 111 - Houghton/Mifflin - 2007
Langrand with illustrations by Bretagnolle - Guide to the Birds of
Madagascar -Yale Univ. - 1990 (hard; coverslip)
Pforr & Limbrunner - The Breeding Birds of Europe: A Photographic Handbook,
2 vols. - Croom Helm - 1981
Allaby - Animal Artisans - Knopf - 1982
The American Ornithologists' Union - Check-List of North American Birds -
6th ed., 1983
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Subject: Curry Leach's from landFrom: Alan Contreras <acontrer AT MINDSPRING.COM> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:21:36 -0700 This message comes from Alan Grenon in Seattle. He can be reached at: Panmail AT fastmail.fm "I saw four or five passes by single LEACH'S STORM-PETRELs last night (9/4/10, in clear weather) between 10 and 11 p. m. at the lumber mill just north of Brookings. The watchmen said many more had been present the previous night in fog. I would expect some to be possible for the next week or so. Cheers, Alan Grenon Seattle" -- Alan Contreras EUGENE, OREGON acontrer AT mindspring.com Oregonreview.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: [Fwd: Lark Sparrows in Umpqua? bird notes from Corvallis] From: Joel Geier <joel.geier AT peak.org> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:28:53 -0700 -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Bob AltmanSubject: Bend/Prinville birding - 9/4 From: Russ Namitz <namitzr AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 11:12:40 -0700 I tried to refind the Least Flycatcher at Tetherow Crossing near Redmond both Friday night and Saturday morning, but was unsuccessful in the unfavorable conditions (cold & dark). The canyon was still chilly and dark at 8am. I would suggest late morning/late afternoon for the insect life to pick up. Hatfield Water Treatment Ponds (close pond for shorebirds, far pond for waterfowl) Killdeer 6 Western Sandpipers 4 Least Sandpipers 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs lots of ducks including a Blue-winged Teal on the far pond along with 6 Red-necked Phalaropes Prinville Water Treatment Ponds many ducks 1 Least Sandpiper 30+ Red-necked Phalaropes 50+ Greater White-fronted Geese Good birding, Russ Namitz Coos Bay _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: Fwd: Evening grosbeaks From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 11:11:42 -0700 (PDT) The EVENING GROSBEAKS are thick along the south coast now also. In addition, the AMERICAN PIPITS are starting to show up in multiple locations. Tim R Coos Bay ________________________________ From: Susan HatlevigSubject: Fwd: Evening grosbeaks From: Susan Hatlevig <hatlevis AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:54:13 -0700 Sorry, forgot to put this through as plain text.. I heard loud calls from Evening grosbeaks this morning in our backyard area in NW Corvallis. The cedar waxwings are being to hover in to check out the Portuguese laurel fruit. The Stellar's jay tucks so many peanut pieces into his gullet (14 or more) that he can't close his mouth, then picks up one more piece before he flies off and caches them somewhere, only to come back for more. Other corvids at the peanuts on the big platform feeder and we have had a pair of young black-headed grosbeaks at the mixed seed feeders. Lots of finches of various flavors and ages at the tube feeders. I think I saw what someone else mentioned-a goldfinch youngun' begging from a house finch adult. Although it seemed to have been ignored. This year we have a family of chestnut-backed chickadees hanging around when we normally only have black-capped. A rufous hummer and sometimes two of them are hummering about; they especially like what is popularly known as "hummingbird sage" among the other flowers. A downy woodpecker has been at the suet-this summer I watched a female showing its baby how to climb up the pole and get into the suet cage. The flicker wrapped itself around it yesterday to get its head inside. Bushtits in balls around it too. Suet seems to be very popular with everyone lately, so must stock up. Rumor has it that we're going to have a cold winter. Two weekends ago was at a Balkan dance and music camp along the Sandy River (exit 18 off I-84) and heard a spotted owl calling in the wee hours. Also heard the whit and another type of call (not the song) of Swainson's thrush that was able to be checked on an I-Phone app that a friend had. He had it on an non-phone type I-phone contraption-I'll have to find out what it is. The only reason I would get it-it was nice to check the sounds to verify the type of owl, for example. Haven't been out listening for night overflights yet-had gbladder surgery & an intense after-effect resp. virus-I'm hoping next week is better. It's been a nice diversion to take in the sun and the birds while I'm recuperating. Susie in Corvallis _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Long Billed Curlew Images From: "R. Adney Jr." <rfadney AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 09:50:58 -0700 Here is a link to some photos of the Long Billed Curlews we saw on Diamond Hill road on Saturday. http://www.flickr.com/send?nsid=39373809 AT N00&set=72157624757177025 Rich Adney http://avianpics.blogspot.com/ http://adneyvisualarts.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/adneyvisualarts/ _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: nw. CA update (brief) From: David Fix & Jude Power <foglark AT att.net> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 09:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Here's a summary of recent sightings from Humboldt and Del Norte counties: 8-18: Wandering, out-of-place PILEATED WOODPECKER flew across highway and landed on lightpost on Indian I., mid-Humboldt Bay (Brad Freeman) 8-19: Muddy BLACK BEAR tracks along 400' of blacktop on South I Street at the Arcata Marsh (Stan and Michael Harris et al.), still there. A remarkable first record from this site, at which Black-tailed Deer has yet to be recorded! It probably visited at night. 8-20: SY male AMERICAN REDSTART continuing and 2 GREEN HERONS, Arcata Marsh logpond (Ken Irwin). Herons nested here again in 2010. 8-20: CALIFORNIA TOWHEE, Blue Lake farm (Paul Lohse). This is about 9 mi. inland and as close to the coast as they normally occur in n. HUM; they are resident along the coast n. to Cape Mendocino (30 mi. into the county) 8-20: BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, w. shore L. Talawa DN (Lucas Brug) 8-20: 2 WANDERING TATTLERS (alertly ID'd by voice as well; they were on mud/river cobble), SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, Mad R. estuary (Brent Campos) 8-20: 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and an ad. BANK SWALLOW, Brackish Pond, Arcata Marsh (Bruce Deuel) 8-20: 75 ELEGANT TERNS, s. spit Humboldt Bay (Tom Leskiw) 8-20: Three dependent young PIED-BILLED GREBE chicks, e. side of Loleta Pond (Tom Leskiw); continuing 8-21: Redwood Region Aud. Soc. pelagic out of Trinidad on F/V Shenandoah led by Gary Lester and David Fix NW to upper end Trinidad Canyon above 5000' of water at deepest produced: 8 BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS 5 NORTHERN FULMARS 20 PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS 600 SOOTY SHEARWATERS 150 BULLER'S SHEARWATERS 2 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS (breeds commonly on coastal HUM islands, but tough to get on a pelagic) 2 FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS 1 BLACK TURNSTONE, circling boat 15 mi. off 3 RED PHALAROPES 12 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES 10 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS 2 POMARINE JAEGERS 1, possibly 2 SOUTH POLAR SKUA 25 SABINE'S GULLS 30 COMMON/ARCTIC TERNS (both spp. ID'd) 500 COMMON MURRES, with many wheedling chicks 50 CASSIN'S AUKLETS 15 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS 1 TUFTED PUFFIN (a nearly extirpated breeder, and tough to find now in the county) 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, circling boat 12 mi. off 1 juv. BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, circling boat for 90 min. about 15 mi. off 8-21: Jeff Jacobsen aboard his R/V Tsitika Red reported 150 SABINE'S GULLS between Trinidad HUM and Klamath R. entrance DN. He photographed a fly-by ARCTIC TERN along the track. 8-21: 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, Brackish Pond and an early ad. male REDHEAD and a SORA, Brackish Pond Northeast, Arcata Marsh (David Fix, Jude Power), the Redhead remaining. 8-23: 2 HY WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, Shay Park, Arcata (Rob Fowler) 8-25: SAY'S PHOEBE, Arcata Airport (Rob Fowler). Very rare early in fall in HUM. 8-25: A trip on Tsitika Red to 6.5 mi. off Humboldt Bay entrance found 2 NORTHERN FULMARS, 2 PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS, a BULLER'S SHEARWATER, 50 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 100-200 SABINE'S GULLS, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 100 ARCTIC TERNS--remarkably, no Commons were seen--and 15 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS (Jeff Jacobsen, Gary Friedrichsen, Jude Power) 8-25: 12+ BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and 100+ SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, Clam Beach (George Ziminski, Terry Schultz) 8-28: Female BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER (thought continuing past 2-3 wks.; could have summered), PURPLE MARTIN, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and Black Bear scat, Mad R. estuary (Ken Irwin) 8-28: 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS harrassing ELEGANT TERNS and a light S movement of AHY RED-THROATED LOONS, n. jetty Humboldt Bay (Matt Wachs, David Fix, Jude Power) 8-28: SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, Brackish Pond, Arcata Marsh (Tony Kurz et al.) 8-29: "the" CRESTED CARACARA, on fencepost at Lake Earl Drive and Bailey Road, just w. of 101 between Smith River and Fort Dick (Alan Barron) 8-29: OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, Shay Park, Arcata (Jude Power, David Fix) 9-2: RUFFED GROUSE, "Horse Pasture," Fairhaven (Ken Irwin). A first not only for this well-worked patch but for the north spit of Humboldt Bay, and many miles out of place, it would appear to be the southernmost for the immediate West Coast. 9-3: 6 or 7 WHITE-FACED IBIS, just s. of Arcata/Sunny Brae exit, Hwy 101 (Tony Kurz) 9-4: Worn AHY ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, Shay Park, Arcata (Rob Fowler et al.) 9-4: 12 summering BRANT, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS harrassing some of 15 ELEGANT TERNS, s. spit Humboldt Bay (Matt Wachs, Jude Power, David Fix) /// _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: (no subject) From: david smith <smithdwd AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 15:42:15 +0000 Summer is over! OBOL has revealed many great coastal fall sightings! Newport 24-26 Sep for the OFO Annual Meeting featuring Jon Dunn Sat eve, and Dr Bill Bridgeland Fri eve. Jon will be leading a Sunday 25$ fundraiser tour to support OBOL. A variety of shore and land bird field trips looking for fall migrants(no gulls?) will be offered. The Holiday Inn Express will be hosting the event with catered dinners planned both nights. They have offered us much reduced rates. Recent Oregon Birds magazine orSubject: Eugene Swifts From: Nicole Nielsen-Pincus <nnielsenpincus AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 06:37:01 -0700 (PDT) Last night was an excellent showing of Vaux's swifts at Agate Hall in Eugene.
I was planning to count at the old Sacred Heart hospital downtown where numbers
have been bigger so far this fall. There were a couple hundred in the sky and
a Cooper's hawk was perched on the chimney. My husband called from Agate and
said to get there quick! We averaged a count of 12,000 that entered the
chimney between the 2 of us!
I'm still looking for volunteers to help cover some of these sites across the
state, escpecially on Saturdays this month. A new roost was "rediscovered" by
a volunteer in Independence last night, I still have one to nail down in
Junction City, and Cottage Grove hasn't been checked in a few years.
Interested in counting swifts? Get in touch!
Nicole Nielsen-Pincus
Eugene
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Subject: Bend Vaux's SwiftsFrom: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie AT bendbroadband.com> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:32:39 -0700 Tonight, Sat. 9/4, six of us counted 172 Swifts enter the chimney at 644 NW Harriman St. in Bend. The first sighting was at 7:10; the first entry was at 7:36 and the last on in was at 7:47. The temp. at sunset was 65 degrees and the winds were 10 to 20 mph out to the northwest. The number was down from the last two nights and may be contributed to a cold spell coming tomorrow. Just a guess. -----kim_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Bend Vaux's Swifts From: "Kim Boddie" <kcboddie AT bendbroadband.com> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:32:39 -0700 Tonight, Sat. 9/4, six of us counted 172 Swifts enter the chimney at 644 NW Harriman St. in Bend. The first sighting was at 7:10; the first entry was at 7:36 and the last on in was at 7:47. The temp. at sunset was 65 degrees and the winds were 10 to 20 mph out to the northwest. The number was down from the last two nights and may be contributed to a cold spell coming tomorrow. Just a guess. -----kim_______________________________________________ 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: Fern Ridge Saturday From: Oropendolas AT aol.com Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:02:59 EDT Hello All, Laura and I biked to Royal Avenue then south through the refuge ending at the mud flats north of the wildlife area headquarters. It was a fun day! Royal Observation Platform: Semi-plover - 8 Wilson's Snipe - 10 Long-billed Dowitcher - 200+ on pelican island WHIMBREL - 3, circling overhead and calling, landed briefly on a bit of exposed gravel on Royal Ave. seen from the platform. Greater Yellowlegs - 14 Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Red-necked Phalarope - 7 on observation pond Common Tern - 8 in the cove between the platform and Gibson Island Wildlife Area HQ Pond, not much happening this afternoon: Semipalmated Plover - 20 Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 Long-billed Dowitcher - 90 Good Birding, John Sullivan & Laura Johnson Springfield, Oregon_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Smith-Bybee today- 192 Pelicans! From: Andy Frank <andydfrank AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:44:58 -0700 I biked back to Smith-Bybee today and was amazed at how many fewer birds there were compared with 3 days ago. My estimate is that there are now only about 1/3 the total number of birds today as compared with then. As before, all the action was on Bybee. GREAT EGRET numbers went from 122 down to 31 and there was a similar decrease in GREAT BLUE HERONS. There were also far fewer PIED-BILLED GREBES and AMERICAN COOTS. There was one flock of mixed LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS with 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. I did not refind the Red-necked Phalaropes, Bonaparte's Gull or Greater White-fronted Geese. There are still good numbers of GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS now with more Greater. There were a few DOWITCHERS all at the far shore. What made up for the drop in total number of birds was the spectacle of seeing 192 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS flying overhead. Photos are at http://andyfrank.blogspot.com/. As I arrived at Bybee Lake I saw 3 separate large groups of them wheeling overhead heading in the direction of Smith. After heading that direction awhile, they started circling back and as they did I started counting but they got lost in the trees by the time I got to 94. Blowing up the first photo I count 192 (with a surprising amount of difficulty). This is by far the most I've seen around here. Andy Frank_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Long Billed Curlews From: "R. Adney Jr." <rfadney AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:11:37 -0700 Spent the afternoon birding southern Linn County, Birds of note were two Long Billed Curlews feeding on the south side of Diamond Hill road, about a mile east of I-5. I got a few pictures that I will post on my Facebook, and Flicker pages later tonight. Other than the Curlews, we saw 3 RTH, 4AK, 7 TV's and those precious European Starlings numbering in the Ga-Zillions. Kind of a slow day for us raptorphiles. Rich Adney http://avianpics.blogspot.com/ http://adneyvisualarts.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/adneyvisualarts/ _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: some Tabor birds From: gerard.lillie AT comcast.net Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:53:32 +0000 (UTC) All, Wow, that is a very good number of Black-throated Grays for fall migration. I didn't go to the park today but was outside in the morning reading the paper with the binoculars on my lap. Like the previous few days, there was the typical trickle of migrants thru my yard that comprises fall migration. Today there were three flyovers of small groups of EVENING GROSBEAKS, ~14 in all. There also were 3 WESTERN TANAGERS, 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, 1 WARBLING and 1 CASSIN'S VIREO. Today and in the previous two days there have been 2 or 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES "whitting" in and around the yard. Both chickadee sp., both jay sp. and the Red-breasted Nuthatches have been hitting the sunflower feeders very hard of late, as well. Oh, Band-tailed Pigeon numbers are building, also.  Good birding, Gerard Lillie Mt. Tabor Portland, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom McNamara"Subject: Columbia Estuary Report - 9/4/2010 From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:27:05 -0700 Columbia Estuary Report - 9/4/2010 There were 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS at the South Jetty of the Columbia River this morning. The ponds don't hold water the way they did before jetty repairs so the shorebirding was non-existent. I saw 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS on the trail to the beach and heard a flyby GREATER YELLOWLEGS. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was swimming in the ocean near the jetty. Most of the seabird action was too far out to get ID's on anything. But there were lots of BROWN PELICANS and COMMON MURRES in the mix. A GRAY WHALE came by fairly close to the jetty while I was on watch. The southbound SAVANNAH SPARROW migration was conspicuous at SJCR and at Wireless Rd. PACIFIC DUNE TIGER BEETLES (_Cicindela bellissima_) were seen in the sandy part of the beach trail. -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Migrant Dragonflies http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/northcoastdiaries/16882/ _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Hummer photo From: "David Heath" <drheath82 AT frontier.com> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:25:23 -0700 A new snap of my resident Anna's alpha male. http://www.flickr.com/photos/drheath/4957528423/in/set-72157622192618511/ David _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Crook County birds From: "Charles Gates" <cgates326 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:50:52 -0700 Along North Shore Road today (Prineville Reservoir) in Crook County: 1 Great Egret 1 Peregrine Falcon (Juv) 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Gray Flycatchers 1 Steller's Jay 15 Pinyon Jays 1 House Wren 2 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS 120 Orange-crowned Warblers 1 Nashville Warbler 2 Black-throated Gray Warblers 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers 17 Western Tanagers 5 Lincoln's Sparrows 5 White-crowned Sparrows I continue to have an Anna's Hummingbird at my feeder in Powell Butte. This is the first time one has stayed all summer. Chuck Gates Powell Butte Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. Ambrose Bierce _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Evening grosbeaks From: Susan Hatlevig <hatlevis AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:59:54 -0700 _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Benton Co nighthawk, yellowthroat From: "Karan and Jim Fairchild" <alderspr AT peak.org> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:01:46 -0700 We heard a COMMON NIGHTHAWK both peenting and booming this evening, though could not spot it. Getting on the late side for our records. We have only two prior years in several decades with a latest date beyond Sept 4 (7th & 8th). So keep your eyes peeled if you want to catch your L-O-Y nighthawk. Also a unusual COMMON YELLOWTHROAT for our location, it was hawking four-winged termites. Jim and Karan Fairchild 6 mi SW Philomath_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Florence shorebirds From: Russ Namitz <namitzr AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 19:02:51 -0700 A quick check this morning on the way to Newport yielded..... Dog Pond0 shorebirds, but 5 WHIMBREL + 1 RED KNOT fly over1 AMERICAN BITTERN Crab DockWestern Sandpipers & Semipalmated Plovers Good birding,Russ NamitzCoos Bay _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Newport RUFF + Forster's Tern From: Russ Namitz <namitzr AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:59:18 -0700 This morning Eric Horvath and I observed a single RUFF in front of the wooden shack along the paved path behind the Hatfield Marine Science Center. The bird always seemed to be on the opposite side of my tideflats that I was on as I drove back and forth to Idaho Flats. At one point, the bird flushed and was joined by another bird of the same ilk. So, both Ruffs are possibly still around.There was also a juvenile FORSTER'S TERN roosting and then feeding in the same general vicinity. It had a nice black ear patch, brownish tones on the mantle & head and a lack of a dark carpal bar on the folded wing.There were also 4 MARBLED GODWITS, 5 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS with WESTERN SANDPIPERS and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. Good birding,Russ Namitz _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: No Ruff- Coos County 9/3/2010 From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:21:04 -0700 (PDT) Here is the skinny on the Ruff. Mike Marsh stayed in Bandon last night.
Someone in the same motel had a bird they had photographed they could not ID
which turned out to be a juvie RUFF. The bird was seen not yesterday, but the
day before (1 September) below the now closed restaurant near the end of the
south jetty in Bandon. This has marginal Ruff habitat only at low tide when it
is often visited by hikers and such. Chances are the bird didn't stay there
long. Meanwhile, the marsh has been birded by several folks the past couple
days and no one has seen either the Ruff or the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper found
several days back. I would assume that both of them have moved on.
Here is what I saw today while birding with Chris who is doing a Big Year in
the
lower 48 (check out his blog by doing a web search on slowbirding):
1,000+ WESTERN SANDPIPERS (it was real foggy at time making it difficult to see
any distance)
250+ LEAST SANDPIPERS
2- SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
25- SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS (I didn't scoped them all, I'm sure there could
have
been a Long-billed or two)
16- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS
20+ SEMIPALMTED PLOVERS
3- juvie PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS (we checked tail and primary length, exposed
primary tips, etc.)
2- RED KNOTS
2- MARBLED GODWITS
1- WILLET
1- RUDDY TURNSTONE
2- GREATER YELLOWLEGS
At Pigeon Point in Empire later in the PM:
10- MARBLED GODWITS
3- WHIMBREL
2- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS
North Spit of Coos Bay, early AM (very slow for shorebirds these days with
marginal habitat):
1- GREEN HERON (seen on 9/2 also)
1- AMERICAN PIPIT
1- PECTORAL SANDPIPER (there had been 5 the last few days)
12- WHIMBREL, fly-over with other flocks heard over the beach but not seen due
to dense fog, it sounded like a pretty good movement of Whimbrel though.
2- BLUE-WINGED TEAL (been there several days, I don't think they bred on the
spit and they are not a regular fall migrant in the county)
9- SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS
1- BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
On 8/31 at high tide with dense fog on the north spit I had over 400
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, my highest total for the year.
The shorebirding his hopping now,
ENJOY!
Tim R
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Subject: Re: Swainson's Thrushes--finallyFrom: DJ Lauten and KACastelein <deweysage AT verizon.net> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:38 -0700 Been hearing them the last few mornings around our yard in Bandon, Coos Cty...... cheers Dave Lauten and Kathy Castelein Bandon OR deweysage AT verizon.net On 9/3/2010 11:02 AM, Wink Gross wrote: > OK, I can relax now. A major flight of SWAINSON'S THRUSHES finally > arrived in my neighborhood this morning. As you can see from the > records for the last umpteen years (below), this is pretty late. > > Interestingly, the only one I actually saw on my dogwalk was of the > "olive-backed" form. > > 1998: Aug 27 > 1999: Aug 28 > 2000: Aug 26 > 2001: Aug 25 > 2002: Aug 26 > 2003: Aug 25 > 2004: Aug 20 > 2005: Aug 23 > 2006: Aug 22 > 2007: Aug 23 > 2008: Aug 28 > 2009: Aug 21 > 2010: Sep 3 > > Wink Gross > NW Portland > > _______________________________________________ > 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.orgSubject: Fall Creek Reservoir/Lake request for information From: Bruce Newhouse <newhouse AT efn.org> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:43 -0700 Greetings, OBOLites! For an analysis of habitat around the shoreline of Fall Creek Reservoir/Lake (a few miles east of Eugene), I would like to know about use of the lake and shore by birders, and any interesting bird sightings there in the last few years. Do you bird in the Fall Creek Reservoir/Lake area, either along the shoreline or from a boat? Is this year's early drawdown an opportunity to see any shorebird use? Is there much winter waterfowl use when the water level is down? Have you seen any interesting birds while birding there? Please e-mail me directly unless you think there is other interest out there on OBOL. Thanks in advance. Bruce Newhouse in Eugene _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: New River paddle: birds From: Ellen Cantor <ellencantor AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:13:50 -0700 Just back from a camping trip to the coast and spent a day paddling on the
New River, going north from the Floras Lake put in about 18 miles south of
Bandon, southwest of Langlois (31 August but no chance to post until now). A
very rich habitat and managed to hit a rare day with just a little breeze
instead of the strong winds common to this area. Had some nice bird
sightings, plus 2 River Otters.
Best birds:
1 imm. GREAT HORNED OWL on day roost—a very cooperative, close-in
photo subject!
1 imm. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS
1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
2 BLACK PHOEBES
2 BALD EAGLES
1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Both the GH Owl and the BC Night Heron were in the narrow channel less than
a mile past the put-in.
Happy migration!
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Subject: C TERNS continuedFrom: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:56:30 -0700 OK. So much for trying to write this in a moving car while Dave drives. We just saw four of the COMMON TERNs from Shore Lane. Shawneen_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: Fern Ridge Common Terns From: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:40:59 -0700 Dele On Sep 3, 2010 1:38 PM, "Shawneen Finnegan"Subject: Fern Ridge Common Terns From: Shawneen Finnegan <shawneenfinnegan AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:38:18 -0700 While conducting a grebe survey by boat Dave Irons had 19 COMMON TERNs. They were last seen flying in the broad channel just north and east of Gibson Island. Best seen from Shoee_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Local RBA - LEAST FLYCATCHER Deschutes county, Tetherow Crossing, Redmond area From: "judy" <jmeredit AT bendnet.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:08:14 -0700 Steve Dougill just called in bird news and I will briefly post. Look for his detailed description later when he can get to a computer. LEAST FLYCATCHER, immature with buffy wing bars, was upstream from the bridge just now at Tetherow Crossing, Redmond. Steve was upstream from the bridge at the old house, take the trail upstream, past bramble patch, over two irrigation crossings, and just past the second crossing, in the large junipers next to the river, on the right side, the bird was bill snapping and making "whit" sounds. Steve also had a couple of Willow Flycatchers, some warblers, good mix of birds. He had a good look, all the field marks on Least. For location and directions to Tetherow, see the most excellent website http://birdingoregon.info/ Good birding, Judy Meredith jmeredit AT bendnet.com_______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Yaquina Bay: 2 Ruffs & 1 Forster's Tern near HMSC Nature Trail on Sept. 3 From: Range Bayer <range.bayer AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:50:43 -0700 Hi,
Russ Namitz & Eric Clough telephoned Dawn Grafe that they saw 2
Ruffs and 1 juvenile Forster's Tern on the mudflats near the shelter
along the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center Nature Trail at about
10:30 AM this morning (Friday, Sept. 3).
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Subject: Ageing the RuffFrom: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:30:43 -0700 I spent this morning looking closely at the photos of the birds I saw on 9/1. They both show plumage characters entirely consistent with juvenile birds. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/4954904560/ As is the case with Pectorals and Sharp-tails we would expect adults earlier in the season and juveniles later. I have seen adults of both sexes at the SJCR and I would expect adults to still be sporting at least a few breeding plumage feathers here and there this time of year. Both bird I photographed to have all juvenile feathering and no sign of molt. -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Migrant Dragonflies http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/northcoastdiaries/16882/ _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Swainson's Thrushes--finally From: Wink Gross <winkg AT hevanet.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:02:54 -0700 OK, I can relax now. A major flight of SWAINSON'S THRUSHES finally arrived in my neighborhood this morning. As you can see from the records for the last umpteen years (below), this is pretty late. Interestingly, the only one I actually saw on my dogwalk was of the "olive-backed" form. 1998: Aug 27 1999: Aug 28 2000: Aug 26 2001: Aug 25 2002: Aug 26 2003: Aug 25 2004: Aug 20 2005: Aug 23 2006: Aug 22 2007: Aug 23 2008: Aug 28 2009: Aug 21 2010: Sep 3 Wink Gross NW Portland _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Re: Fw: Bandon Ruff From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:15:51 -0700 A Ruff was also reported from Ocean Shores WA. Looks like we're having a Ruff year... -- Mike Patterson Astoria, OR Migrant Dragonflies http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/northcoastdiaries/16882/ _______________________________________________ OBOL mailing list OBOL AT oregonbirds.org http://oregonbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/obol_oregonbirds.orgSubject: Massive dragonfly movement yesterday From: Mike Patterson <celata AT pacifier.com> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:44 -0700 There was a spectacular movement of Variegated Meadowhawks along the coast yesterday, stretching from at least Lincoln City to the Columbia River. While this event is report just about every year, the size and duration of yesterday's event was several magnitudes larger than the typical movement. It went on all day at Gearhart and estimates were between 500 and 1000 PER MINUTE during the half-hour that I watched between 17:30 and 18:00. 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Providing the backdrop are the sights and sounds of fall migration, and the best in bluegrass on Saturday and gospel on Sunday. Ridgefield is just a 25-minute drive from Portland. Visitors only need to park their once and can then ride the festival shuttle between the three locations. Admission to the refuge is free during Birdfest and Bluegrass. Activities include Audubon-guided bird walks, raptor shows, tours of Cathlapotle Plankhouse, demonstrations of Native American life and traditions, and a salmon bake with samplings on Sunday. Children can learn about nature and have fun at nature craft stations, the Oregon Zoo “Wildlife” show, and storytelling tent. Special offerings on both days include guided kayak and sunset paddle tours of the refuge. There is also the rare opportunity to see Sandhill Cranes flying in and from a closed sanctuary of the refuge. These and several other tours are offered on a limited basis and fill quickly, with reservations and fees required. 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