[obol] 87 snipe, 1200 Shovelers

  • From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:30:09 -0700

We birded Sheridan Sewage Ponds and other spots in Yamhill County today.  We
saw:

 

4             Eared Grebe

1             Great Blue Heron

20           Canada Goose

140        Cackling Geese

5             American Wigeon

150        Mallard

1200      Northern Shoveler

12           Northern Pintail

1             Green-winged Teal

5             Ring-necked Duck

1             Greater Scaup

20           Lesser Scaup

100        Bufflehead

6             Hooded Merganser

175        Ruddy Duck  

2             Red-tailed Hawk

500        American Coot

6             Killdeer

35           Dunlin

10           Wilson's Snipe

2             California Gull

2             Herring Gull

1             Eurasian Collared Dove

1             Belted Kingfisher

2             Western Scrub-Jay

2             American Robin

6             European Starling

3             Song Sparrow

4             White-crowned Sparrow

1             Western Meadowlark

12           Brewer's Blackbird

 

Brigittine Monastery SW of Amity

 

2             Pied-billed Grebe

300        American Wigeon

500        Mallard

50           Northern Shoveler

400        Northern Pintail

600        Green-winged Teal

50           Ring-necked Duck

50           Ruddy Duck  

3             Bald Eagle

 

McKee Rd pond, S of Amity

 

6             Mallard

1             Greater Yellowlegs

87           WILSON'S SNIPE - Has anyone else seen such a gathering of this
species?

 

Good birding, everyone,

 

Paul Sulllivan & Carol Karlen

McMinnville

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