[obol] Re: Fwd: [nwcalbird] Apparent COMMON SCOTER in Del Norte County, 25 Jan.
- From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:34:10 -0800
I looked at the photos a little while ago, and it sure looks like the
Eurasian Common Scoter I know from over there ... great find!
Hendrik
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 11:19 PM, David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> Paul Lehman sent links to the photos of this bird to me and Shawneen
> earlier today. It appears to be a legit Common Scoter (split from our
> American Black Scoter a number of years ago). I got a note just now from
> David Fix. He will be joining several other Humboldt County birders in an
> effort to refind this bird tomorrow. Remote as it might seem to be, this is
> a species that we should probably learn and look for on the Oregon coast.
> The differences in bill patterns and shapes of these two species are quite
> striking.
>
> So far as I know, there are no prior records for the U.S. Like Romain, if
> I hear anything I will report it to this list.
>
> Dave Irons
> Portland, OR
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> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 23:03:31 -0800
> To: RV-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: romain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] Fwd: [nwcalbird] Apparent COMMON SCOTER in Del Norte
> County, 25 Jan.
>
> FYI, Very close to OR. Nice photos. Romain
>
>
>
> List-Id: <nwcalbird.yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:26:24 -0800
> Subject: [nwcalbird] Apparent COMMON SCOTER in Del Norte County, 25 Jan.
> Reply-To: Rob Fowler <migratoriusfwlr@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi all,
> Last Sunday Bill Bouton (from San Luis Obispo County) photographed an
> apparent COMMON SCOTER in the Crescent City Harbor. He posted a message
> this evening to Calbirds that you can read here: :
> http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=856472&MLID=CA01&MLNM=CA%20-%20Calbirds
>
> Just to give an idea of how rare this bird is: there is one record for
> GREENLAND. Greenland. That. Is. It.
>
> So, many of us are going up tomorrow in hope of refinding the bird and
> will post immediately from the field to this listserv and CALBIRDS if it is
> refound.Â
>
> Fingers crossed.
>
> Rob
>
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> Rob Fowler
> McKinleyville, CA
> www.fowleropebirding.com
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