[obol] Re: Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve shorebirds etc
- From: Steve Engel <Steve.Engel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:15:37 -0700
Yesterday several of us visited Pintail Pond at 2pm and greeted the rain at the
same time.
Present were:
8 Pectoral Sandpiper
8 Wilson's Snipe (six in one scope view)
2 Greater Yellowlegs
~20 Western & Least Sandpiper roughly 60% Western
20 Killdeer
~100 Vaux's Swift
~100 Barn Swallow
1+ Tree Swallow
1 Belted Kingfisher
Sarah Pinnock counted 34 Great Egrets heading towards an evening roost site in
the direction of the landfill on 9/18 at ~7pm.
Red-shouldered hawk was heard calling yesterday from vicinity of Pintail Pond
and a Northern Harrier was sighted. A Green Heron flushed from the drainage
the footbridge crosses on the way to Pintail Pond. Golden-crowned sparrows are
here.
Steve Engel, Nature Program Supervisor
NEW FALL PROGRAMS!: http://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/index.aspx?page=1370
Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve | Parks and Recreation Department
2600 SW Hillsboro Hwy., Hillsboro, OR 97123
Phone: 503-681-6283 |fax 503-681-6277
email: steve.engel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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