[obol] Marion Co 4 LB Curlews, 7/28
- From: Roy Gerig <roygerig@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:39:54 -0700
I birded in the Salem area with Tim Johnson this morning. We started at
Pintail Marsh (Ankeny NWR), and walked around it, about a 2 mile walk. Did not
see anything special, the only shorebirds besides Killdeer and Spotted
Sandpipers were about 5 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and we saw
an AMERICAN BITTERN and a GREEN HERON.
At the Duckflat Road conservation area, 5 miles east of ANWR, mostly dried up
now, there were 4 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, surely a record number for that species
in Marion County. There are not many records at all, although Glen Lindeman
saw one about a month ago in the same area. They were in the dry 'lake bed' .6
miles south of Hunsaker Road and east of Duckflat Rd. Also present: 30 plus
LB DOWITCHERS, a 3rd year 'osprey-head' BALD EAGLE, some GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 5
or so LEAST SANDPIPERS and the same number of WESTERN SANDPIPERS. We saw no
Wilsons Phalaropes where there have been 10-20 or more through the season.
We saw 2 WESTERN KINGBIRDS, one along Wintel Rd at the east edge of ANWR and
another along Marion Rd south of Turner.
We walked a mile in the Kuebler Blvd bottomland area near Corban College in
east Salem and saw and heard an estimated 6-9 HORNED LARKS, and 8 WESTERN
MEADOWLARKS. This 300 plus acre area is slated for development, but there is
nowhere better around here for those two species. The soil is droughty -
mostly hard packed sand, gravel and cobble sized old river rocks, and it is
flat with sparse vegetation, including many bare areas. Each time I have
visited this year, I have detected an equal number of HOLAs and WEMEs.
Last night I had my local FOY COMMON NIGHTHAWK over my backyard near the
Willamette River north of downtown Salem. Normally I have a one to a small
handful of detections during the month of June, seldom after that.
Roy Gerig, Salem OR
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