Jeff et al., There were/are some rice fields along Gap Rd. about two miles or so south of Brownsville in Linn County. Dave Irons Subject: [obol] Re: Ebird-y project a little south of us...with those birds heading our way From: jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:48:34 -0700 CC: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx Tom That is encouraging. Can someone let is know if there are still rice fields in the Willamette Valley, and if so where, and do they have water on them now? Jeff Gilligan On Apr 17, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Tom McNamara <tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hey, It's April and people are out, seeing birds and all of nature's spring unfolding... and reporting the good times afield and not in surly, suppressed February mode. So I'm Really not trying to pour gasoline on extinguishing embers to revive a I Love Ebird/ I Hate Ebird exchange. Save that for next February, it's always so...... But this is a link to an article I read in the good ol' hard copy of the NYT Science section. It's some encouraging news about a project for shorebirds. Have a look. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/science/paying-farmers-to-welcome-birds.html?_r=0 good birding, Tom