[obol] Re: Benton Burrowing Owl and some Eugene yard birds
- From: Thomas Meinzen <thomasmeinzen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:42:16 -0700
Our wintering WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continues at our feeders daily here as
well. Strange to have it so late.
Happy migration,
Thomas Meinzen
Eugene
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Mark Nikas <elepaio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oscar's report of a Burrowing Owl in Benton County is 2 weeks later than
> any previous record for wintering birds in the valley and about 5 weeks
> later than typical late dates. Nice find.
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> The bird that wintered this year near Halsey departed sometime between
> March 4th and 17th. Most years wintering birds disappear in February. East
> side birds often return to nesting territories in March.
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> I've had 50 species of birds from my yard in west Eugene the past 2 days
> with 42 the count for each day. There's been a lot of turnover. Every
> spring I hope to hit the magic 50 in one day but 49 has been the limit so
> far. After almost 20 years here new yard birds are scarce but there's still
> a few I expect sooner or later. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was not on that
> expected list but as I stepped out the door last evening I had 1 croaking
> directly overhead as it flew westbound towards Fern Ridge Res. a mile away.
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> A male CALLIOPE HUMMER has visited apple blossoms briefly the past 2 days
> but has ignored my feeders. The wintering WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continues
> and is quite late for here.
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> BAND-TAILED PIGEONS made an impressive showing today. They nest in the
> neighborhood and first showed up last month in small numbers. Today I had
> flocks of 12, 14 and 44 fly over. The group of 12 flew to a nearby butte
> but the other 2 flocks continued northward. The group of 44 was quite high
> - aprox. 1000' up. I'm guessing these were late migrants.
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> HOUSE WREN showed up today. So did House Sparrows. They nest in
> neighboring barns and attempt to use my nest boxes each year but then
> disappear later in summer rarely to be seen again until the following
> spring. I used to think of them as a more sedentary species.
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> Mark Nikas
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> Eugene
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