[obol] Broadtail Hummers in Oregon.

  • From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx" <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:32:14 -0700

Well, I was't going to mention this, but.
A neighbor who has lived here 40+ years has always kept a hb feeder.
she enjoys birds but is not a birder.
Talkimg to her a few days ago as we watched the hoards at our feeder
She mentioned that a few years ago she had a hummer that loudly
Buzzed everywhere it went. She historically had (as we did)
only rufous but for 5.years or so also annas. The buzzer was
Around a week or so.
Soooo, how many records of bt hummer west pf cascades?

Bob obrien carver or

On Friday, June 12, 2015, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is very significant news. I don't think there is previous evidence
at this level that they breed in the Warners. There have been reports at
Hart Mtn, Steens and strays elsewhere, but breeding evidence is very thin.

Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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On Jun 12, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Roy Gerig <roygerig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I do not want to steal any of Jim Kopitzke's "thunder" as he will write
about the trip, and this should not be taken that way. He and I took a
four day trip into Lake County, just got back.

Following Tim Rodenkirk's lead, we camped high up off the road near the
Warner Peak ski area, at 6500-7000' in a beautiful old growth mixed conifer
forest with openings dominated by two species of Ribes shrubs and other
shrubs on the ground. First bird we encountered on the way up in one of
those openings was BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD - when it flies near you its
loud trill is totally unmistakable - and as Jeff Harding once said to me
after we saw from arm's length away with sound- Any Questions? Later, Jim
walked to another opening and heard another Broadtail. In the morning we
heard and saw one doing a display dive 200 yards up from where we saw the
one the night before. Then later at the original spot another one.

We were apparently above Tim's spot, up a dirt road to the right. I
don't keep up with bird distribution news, but, and, I feel this could be a
little bit significant/broadtails seemed common in the high elevation
openings in the Warner Mountains.

Roy Gerig, Salem OR

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