[obol] Mt Tabor, Portland

  • From: "Gerard Lillie" <gerard.lillie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'Oregon Birders OnLine'" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:52:38 -0700

Hello All,

 

Today’s bird song walk was a bit on the strange/interesting side of species 
occurrence. Strange/interesting in the sense of what was seen and what was not 
seen. Specifically regarding what was not seen or was present in small numbers: 
There were two flycatchers, one distant heard only W. WOOD PEWEE and one 
PACIFIC- SLOPE FLYCATCHER, which I did not see. There were no vireos. There was 
only two warbler species, several  YELLOW-RUMPEDS and one ORANGE-CROWNED. There 
were no BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS (there were several EVENING GROSEBEAKS, though). 
The group did not hear or see any WESTERN TANAGERS, although one was reported 
on the south side of the park. As far s I know there were no GOLDEN-CROWNED 
SPARROES, which have been around in good numbers lately. It was a large group 
so maybe some saw more of these species or others I may have not heard about. 

 

What was seen was also interesting. We had a flyover PILEATED WOODPECKER. This 
the first one I have seen on Tabor in 31 years of birding there, although Em 
and her sons, the Hinkles, have seen five and four, respectively. We also had a 
BELTED KINGFISHER at the upper, large reservoir. This is seen on Tabor very 
infrequently. Apparently there was a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and a COOPER’S HAWK 
circling together north of the summit. I missed the Sharp-shinned. Some of the 
group had a single TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE. 

 

If I got some of this wrong or if others in the group have additions to this 
please feel free to amend this report.

 

Good birding, Gerard

 

Gerard Lillie

Portland, OR

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