[obol] Malheur HQ 8/27; Lake Abert devoid of birds
- From: Christopher Hinkle <christopher.hinkle2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:39:25 -0700
On our way back home through eastern Oregon we stopped at Malheur HQ on
8/27. There was a good number of birds present, including an American
Redstart, a Gray Catbird, 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, and many common migrants.
A few distant photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80672850@N02/9630334297/in/photostream/
The Narrows had 13 species of shorebirds including a calling Short-billed
Dowitcher.
Lake Abert was devoid of birds--the brine shrimp/brine fly population must
have crashed. Excluding a couple thousand avocets we saw only a few hundred
birds, maybe 0.1% of the numbers we had there in late July.
Good Birding,
Christopher and Adrian Hinkle
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