[obol] HMSC Gray CatbirdS

From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'OBOL' <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:25:09 -0700

I arrived at the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) Trail at
6:10 this morning, entering from the Oregon Aquarium end of the
trail.  A young man with one of those hipster beards was busily
mowing the part of the trail that is leads to the wetland bridge.
That's also right next to the favored bush for the GRAY CATBIRD.
I figured I was SOL.  I walked the other parts of the trail in a
very grumpy mood.  I stopped to pish at some chickadees and had
gray UFO zip past me.  Almost certainly a catbird, because it
disappeared into the shrubbery never to be noted again.  I figured that
was the catbird tick for the day.

I went to breakfast.

I wasn't going to start my work until around 10:00 so I came back to the
HMSC trail around 07:45.  The catbird was back in its favorite bush.

Then a second one appeared and then disappeared.

I saw another birder down the trail and I called her to come see the
catbirds.  It turns out that she'd already seen one of them, but being
from Arkansas didn't think much of it.  We chatted for a while.  I
pointed out West Coast Bewick's Wrens and Song Sparrows.  Then the
catbirds started performing.

It is surprisingly difficult to get two catbirds in the same shot.  This
is the best I could do.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbalame/14558776530/

--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
String Theory
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2182



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