[obol] Re: Sooty Grouse detection - Corvallis area
- From: Lars Per Norgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:04:02 -0700
The Elzroths had Gray Jay as a yard bird at their previous house a few blocks
west of 30th near Jefferson School.
On Oct 11, 2014, at 6:14 AM, Joel Geier wrote:
> Lars Norgren wrote:
>
>> I'm sure that Sooty Grouse, as well as Gray Jays, have been
>> present in the Corvallis CBC circle on count day every time the count
>> was held. That's something like 60 counts by now. How many times has
>> either species been counted on that day? I'll bet under a half dozen
>> times. Lars
>
> Very close ....
>
> The CBC database shows that Blue/Sooty Grouse and Gray Jay have each
> been counted 8 times for the Corvallis CBC, in 52 years from 1962
> through 2013. There is also one count-week detection of Gray Jay.
>
> We've only recorded Blue/Sooty Grouse once in the 15-year history of the
> Airlie CBC (1999-2013), which is just to the north of Corvallis and
> includes Vineyard Mountain, Peavy Arboretum, the northern half of
> McDonald Forest, and just about all of Dunn Forest.
>
> This discussion reminds me that this species was the last addition to
> Elzy (Merlin) & Elsie Eltzroth's yard list, at their house on Vineyard
> Mountain. Here's how that went into the Corvallis Audubon field notes
> for August 2004:
>
> "Two Blue Grouse wandered into Merlin & Elsie Eltzroth's yard on
> Vineyard Mtn 26 Aug, spotted first by Aaron Poor as he was visiting. It
> was the first time the Eltzroths have seen this species in their yard."
>
> Good birding,
> Joel
>
> --
> Joel Geier
> Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
>
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