I two was up in the Warners recently but only late one afternoon. I too
had a calling MOUNTAIN QUAIL which Craig Miller indicated was pretty
unusual. Nice to hear that someone else had one also.
Tim R
Coos Bay
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The one time I had a summer Western Fly in the Warners it was making a
Pacslope sound.
The Bufflehead sightings are noteworthy as the breeding range in Oregon is
somewhat obscure.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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On Jun 12, 2015, at 11:35 PM, Jim Kopitzke <james.kopitzke63@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
the intention of exploring Lake county. We left on Sunday June 7th and
Roy Gerig and I took a 5 day 4 night camping trip to eastern Oregon with
returned on Thursday the 11th.
produce many interesting finds .Though we arrived at 10:30, and it was not
Our first stop out of Salem was at Detroit Flats, a place that has
very birdy, we stilled managed to find a pair of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS
checking out all of the snags on the "island" area at the end of the trail.
A county bird for both of us, it will be interesting to see if they stay to
breed at this relatively low elevation of 1600 feet.
near Sisters. While birdy, nothing of note was found, including missing the
From the flats, we drove over Santiam Pass and stop at several sites
reported Chestnut-sided Warbler at Cold Springs Campground, though a
nesting pair of Williamson's Sapsuckers was a nice consolation prize.
the night at Silver Creek Marsh campground which is south of the town of
from the Sisters area, we drove south into Lake County and stopped for
Silver Lake on a good paved road. The area was very birdy, with both
White-headed and Lewis' Woodpeckers among the 6 species of woodpeckers. As
dusk(and mosquitos)settled in, a pair of Western Screech-Owls started to
call. After I fell asleep, Roy heard a Flammulated Owl give 5 or 6 toots.
In the morning, we heard(but never saw) a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH singing.
Though it continued to sing, we were never able to get to a spot where we
might view it.
There was a small seep that brought in a parade of birds to bathe and
After we broke camp, we drove up to an area Roy knew as Alder Springs.
drink. Six species of Woodpeckers here included 3 different Sapsucker
species, White-headed and Black-backed. Fox Sparrows and Green-tailed
Towhees were both numerous here. From there, we went up to Thompson
Reservoir, which was already low on water. Lots of Forster's Terns, but no
Black, and a Bufflehead pair were highlights.
Lake Wildlife Area. Between the heat(92 degrees) and the mosquitos, one
From the Silver Lake area, we went south to spend the night at Summer
night was all that we could stand. Best birds were a Snowy Egret, 3
Red-necked Phalaropes, and 2 Semipalmated Plovers on the auto tour on
Tuesday morning and a Common Loon on Ana Reservoir on Monday night. Despite
several searches for Black-throated Sparrows at both quarries, the heat and
the wind left them unfound.
east of the city of Lakeview. As Roy has already mentioned, the bird of the
From the Summer Lake area, we went south to the Warner Mountains, just
trip was 2 male BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS, one of them in classic J shaped
display dives. Other birds in this beautiful area included Pacific-slope
Flycatcher(the field guides show Cordilleran here), Mountain Quail, and
Sooty Grouse.
Rails, but never heard them. Best birds here were a pair of Buffleheads,
Our last night was spent at Klamath Marsh NWR. We listed late for Yellow
Clark's Nutcrackers, and tons of calling Virginia Rails and Soras.
Full checklists for all of our stops will be on E-Bird soonish.
Jim Kopitzke
Salem
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