[obol] Wed morning, Eugene

From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:25:32 -0700
Starting off with a little rain, the morning was primarily dry.  Some of the 
group opted for Skinner’s while the rest of us chose to walk the roads and 
trails around Hendrick’s Park.  It will be interesting to compare results, but 
probably not meaningful.  It was a slow morning for the Hendricks contigent, 
but we managed to run into a good warbler flock at the end of it.  A real 
surprise was finding a quite vocal N. RAVEN near the top of Hendrick’s Park, 
where it flew just above the tops of firs while being harrassed by local crows. 
 It will be interesting to find out if it set up home in one of the firs.  The 
warbler flock moved fast through the crowns of maples, gleaning and 
flycatching.  We found no flycatchers.  Some singing from Townsend’s, 
Yellow-rumped, and Orange-crowned.

Turkey Vulture - 1
Rufous Hummingbird - 2
Anna’s Hummingbird - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Northern Raven - 1
American Crow - several
Steller's Jay - several
Western Scrub Jay - several
Cassin’s Vireo - 1 
Black-capped Chickadee - 8
Bushtit - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 
Bewick's Wren - 1
Pacific Wren - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
American Robin - 12
Varied Thrush - 3
Orange-crowned Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Formed the flock in numbers; saw only Audubon’s.  Of 
course, one can’t possibly make a realistic count of indivuals.
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 2
Townsend’s Warbler - several
Hermit Warbler - 2 
Spotted Towhee - 10
Dark-eyed Junco - 3
Song Sparrow - 15
Purple Finch - 1 singing
House Finch - 1 singing

Fred Chancey, Randy Sinnott, Judy Frazen, Don Schrouder, Dave Brown, Vickie 
Buck, and Larry McQueen.   I expect a report from Sylvia Maulding, Paul 
Sherrell, and Sarah Vasconcellos who went to Skinner’s Butte.
[obol] Wed morning, Eugene

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