[obol] Re: Coos/Curry Coastal Sooty Grouse
- From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 19:31:31 -0700
I have seen Sooty Grouse in the dune grass at Bayocean Spit. There are dense
stands of Sitka Spruce and doug fir nearby, as I recall.
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Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
On Oct 9, 2014, at 7:21 PM, Tim Rodenkirk wrote:
> A few days back Knute Andersson sent me a photo of a SOOTY GROUSE he took
> about a mile from the coast where he lives SW of Langlois in Curry. I thought
> wow, how crazy, this is a species we normally see MILES inland and mostly at
> higher elevations.
>
> This evening, on my way out of the north spit of Coos bay where I was
> working, sitting on the sand road just 1/4 mile from the beach, was a juvie
> SOOTY GROUSE- wow! My work partner stopped the truck and asked what it was
> because it was just sitting in the road. I would expect maybe a Ruffed in
> this habitat in Coos maybe every 10 yrs. or so but a Sooty- wow! It is not
> like there is a mountainous area just next to the coast like many areas on
> the north coast, it is miles (like 15) to the closest suitable breeding
> habitat?
>
> Incredible! First in my 15+ years of birding the coast in Coos?
>
> Many pipits on the south end of the north spit but still no Laplands. Slow
> year for them so far.
>
> Merry migration!
> Tim R
> Coos Bay
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