[obol] Re: JoCo Great Find!
- From: Wayne Hoffman <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:57:37 -0700
Hi -
I saw my life Yellow-breasted Chats at Whitehorse Park in 1962, when I was
still in elementary school
Wayne
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Dennis Vroman <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Took about 30 years of looking at birds in Josephine County, but a
> really great County find turned up today (04-29-14) in the Whitehorse Park
> area...a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Part of that being in the right place at the
> right time. Bird was in the sandy flat above the boat ramp and parking
> area. The habitat was a pretty good simulation of the sage country this
> bird favors. Not much growing there, small patches of grass, forbs and a
> few scattered scrubby sandbar willow (the gray-leaved willow), some open
> patches. Saw the bird well for a few minutes. It would fly around and
> land at the top, dead portions of the scrubby willows. After a bit it flew
> off to who knows where. Think I will have to write a detailed description
> for e-bird on this one. It getting more difficult to come up with
> first-time County species there days.
>
> Seems common place in comparison, but there were two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS
> present too.
>
> Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
>
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