[obol] Newport birds
- From: Wayne Hoffman <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
- To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 20:03:46 -0800
A nice day for birding at Newport. Highlights included the Northern Shrike
at the Marine Science Center, 2 Tropical Kingbirds there, 3 adult Bald
Eagles hunting waterfowl between there and Idaho Point, and 4 Peregrines.
These include one adult perched in a tree along Idaho Point Road, an imm
male that buzzed the back gate and briefly put down the 2 kingbirds, one
adult on the nest ledge at Yaquina Head and a nonresident female perched on
the snags near the lighthouse.
There was still a decent loon movement in midafternoon, also a big
southward movement of immature gulls, mostly Glaucous-winged.
Geese:
Brant 45-50 at Marine Science Center. Eagles put tham up before I
could get a good count.
Greater White-fronted: 16 immatures in a group feeding along the roadside
near the entrance to the new NOAA facility (N of the traffic circle).
Cackling: 3 with the White-fronts. I think these were th ones that were
out along the jetty for a while: 2 Taverners, and one that likely is an
imm Aleutian. The latter now has an injured foot. Also 15 flew over
Yaquina Head accompanied by 2 Western Canadas. In my photos the 15 appear
to be ssp. minima.
Wayne
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