[obol] Re: Wasco Co day trip 4/26
- From: Steve Valasek <botheringbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "greenfant ." <greenfant@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:27:14 -0700
We had a great day, 72 species by my count, 3 lifers for me: Solitary
Sandpiper, Williamson's Sapsucker and Tricolored Blackbirds. Here are some
photos from yesterday. I'm trying out a new camera too, so sorry for the
poor quality.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_valasek/sets/72157644373393454/
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Stefan Schlick <greenfant@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Steve Valasek, Justin Rodecap and I explored Wasco Co yesterday.
>
> We started at the lower end of Bakeoven Rd where we failed to find any
> Sagebrush or Brewer's Sparrows, but we did have 3 Sage Thrashers. Our main
> problem was the wind, we just couldn't hear well enough. The mammalian
> highlight for the day was a Badger en route back to Maupin. We also saw 2
> Loggerhead Shrikes, one a few miles south of Maupin on 197, the other one
> along Bakeoven Rd.
>
> Back uphill from Friend, we searched around Camp Solitaire (FFR27 and
> FR2720) for White-headed Woodpecker, but only found a male Williamson's
> Sapsucker. We had great looks at Purple (oaks) and Cassin's (firs) Finches
> within just a couple of miles of each other. A Solitary Sandpiper was in a
> small pond near the National Forest sign just uphill from the big gate on
> Badger Creek Rd. The trees around the pond also had a singing Cassin's
> Vireo and calling Dusky Flycatcher. A little bit lower, about 1/2mi
> downhill from the gate, we watched an Acorn Woodpecker examine a cavity.
> Mountain Quail and Canyon Wren were calling a few times in the distance.
> Just a little lower, almost back at the fairgrounds, we found a
> Black-headed Grosbeak and a couple of Nashville Warblers.
>
> Just east of Pine Grove, the Tricolored Blackbirds continue along Walters
> Rd. Several Rufous Hummingbirds and a single Calliope were at the Endersby
> Rd feeder in Pine Grove.
>
> Our last stop was Camas Prairie, but it was late in the day and activity
> had ceased. Sandhill Cranes were hooting in the distance a couple of times.
>
> Overall we felt that we had just been a week early. Activity is going to
> pick up sharply within the next few days. Gray Flycatchers for example are
> usually back May 1, but we didn't hear a single one.
>
> Stefan Schlick
> Hillsboro, OR
>
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