[obol] Gilliam County
- From: Jen Sanford <jjsanford@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 06:26:24 -0700
Hi all,
Last week I spent a day birding in Gilliam County, just to see what all the
fuss is about. Kidding, there's no fuss. It was a great day and with the
help of eBird and the Birding Oregon website I had no shortage of places to
explore (too many in fact, I will have to return). I only turned up 32
species for the day but I can imagine a fine spring day turning up quite a
few more. This day made me even more impressed with those that have 200
species in this county!
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE- Arlington town park
VARIED THRUSHES- Arlington park and Condon City Park
COOPER'S HAWK- taking on the pigeons by the Arlington marina
HORNED LARKS- along Highway 19- swirling like swallows as far as I could
see- quite a spectacle.
PRAIRIE FALCON- along Devils Butte Road (Esau Road)
Mixed flock of GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, one
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, one SAVANNAH SPARROW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS on the Gilliam County side of Cottonwood Canyon
State Park (Oregon's newest!)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT- flushed from a field near an abandoned house on 206
between Condon and Cottonwood Canyon SP
HERMIT THRUSHES- Condon City Park (the water feature is great!) and Ramsey
Canyon
Non-avian highlights:
My first Oregon badger along Mikkalo Road
Gopher snakes, one which I poked till it got out of the middle of the
highway
A dead porcupine (highlight because it allowed close study, not because it
was dead)
I put together an album on Flickr from the day here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stoptellingmeitsokay/sets/72157648671852002/
And all birds in eBird if you go here:
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-OR-021?yr=all
Good birding!
Jen Sanford
Portland
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