[obol] Re: Birds and the moon
- From: Wayne Hoffman <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 05:51:15 -0700
Hi -
I saw a few HY Californias and HY Ringbills at Summer Lake Thursday. The
westward movement of California Gulls is out to the coast and nearshore
ocean. Ring-bills do not come out to the coast in nubers, and I don't
think they gather in bigger numbers in the Willamette Valley than can be
explained by dispersal from the Columbia River colonies.
Wayne
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I have been in the high Cascades in the first half of July,
> California Gulls are often in sight westbound through the mountain passes.
> I can't recall other species doing this in such numbers, but I suppose RB
> could, too.
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> Alan Contreras
> acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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> Eugene, Oregon
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> On Jul 5, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Floyd Schrock wrote:
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> At 9:08 this evening (July 5) I was getting set to take some photos of the
> first-quarter moon through my spotting scope (at 40X) when I was startled
> by the sudden movement of a flock of birds flying east to west across the
> face of the moon. I missed the opportunity for a photo of the event, but I
> immediately swung off to the west to follow the birds.
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> It was easy to identify them as gulls (the sky was still light enough),
> but not to the species level. There were six of them flying closely
> together in an irregular line, but so high and far away I could not see
> them with the unaided eye. I'm assuming they might have been California
> Gulls already headed for the coast from somewhere east of the Cascades.
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> No birds visible in the photo, but you can see my moonshot here:
> http://empids.blogspot.com/
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> Floyd Schrock
> McMinnville, Oregon USA
> http://empids.blogspot.com
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