[obol] ECAS Field trip Bend to Harney County, the Burns/Hines incl Foley Dr, Greenhouse Ln, etc.
- From: "judy" <jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:15:27 -0700
Highlights - Millican Valley - We started with scoring our "sage trifecta".
About 24 Greater Sage Grouse, Sage Thrasher, 1st one impossible to find but
singing vigorously and many seen later, and a Loggerhead Shrike being
pestered beautifully by a pair of Sagebrush Sparrows. Another Sagebrush
Sparrow sat up on a tall bitterbrush giving us ample time for everyone to
have scope views front and back. Steve reviewed the plumage details to note,
now that it has been split and ours is no longer the "Sage". Wowed in
Harney county with the beauty and numbers of white geese, with their varied
flight patterns, strings, then blizzards, a few Vees and their flocking
behaviors. Heavy plops from above left 5 of us sporting wet green excrement.
A different kind of wow. We had 2 black Ross's Geese, among a flock
estimated by some to number 15 to 20 K birds, about 97% Ross's and rest
Snow. A GRAND spectacle. Other large flocks were in the area as well.
Hundreds of Sandhill Cranes and many Long-billed Curlews, calling,
displaying and feeding were throughout the wet fields. Greater White-fronted
Geese were only found north of town along Foley Dr. as were the only Marbled
Godwits (15) of the day. No Rough-legs today but we were happy to see 2 or 3
Swainson's Hawks. See the full list of birds below. D means Deschutes county
only, MV means Millican Valley, in D county. Thanks to Merle for e-birding
the birds of today. Thanks to the many who brought scopes, it was helpful to
have 7 scopes so everyone saw the birds. And thanks to so many birders with
keen eyes and ears. A very brief stop on the way home at Horse Ridge to
enjoy the Mountain Goat was a nice cap to the day.
Thanks to Karen Gentry who co-led, birders Sherrie Pierce, Merle Greenway,
Steve Kornfeld, Barry McKenzie, Cathy Beck, Tom Lawler, Joan Mayer, Ken and
Ann Nora Hashagen, Mary Ann Kruse, Peter Low, Ann and Dave Wildman, Todd
Alleger, Cindy Zalunardo and Loren Smith. If anyone ever wonders what it
takes to "lead" these trips, it mostly means communication, paperwork,
reminders, making a list, timekeeping, as there are so many great birders on
the trips, that everyone locates the birds and shares. Great team effort as
always. Can we clone Peter? judy, jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx
This report was mailed for Judy Meredith by http://birdnotes.net
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Sage Grouse - D, MV - lek, displays
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis - Mostly N Hwy20/395, some 361 in one flock, more nearby
Turkey Vulture
Osprey - D, Hwy 20 perch pole nest
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon - pair nesting in rimrock along Foley, No Barn Owl again.
Duh.
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs - several locations
Lesser Yellowlegs - total 3 birds or so, Greenhouse Lane.
Willet - spread mult locations
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit - Foley Dr, east side
Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 along Greenhouse Lane
Common Snipe - 1 along Hotchkiss
Franklin's Gull - only 2, along Hotchkiss. None heard?
Ring-billed Gull - mult locations
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Horned Owl - 2 pair, Greenhouse, in deciduous trees
Northern Flicker
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike - 1 in D, MV
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark - D , MV
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee - at the home with feeders Foley Dr at Lone Pine
Sagebrush Sparrow - D, MV
Savannah Sparrow - Foley Dr
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow - Side road off Hotchkiss,
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Total number of species seen: 81
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