[obol] Re: Wed morning, Eugene/Diamond Hill Rd lack of larks
- From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:18:01 -0700
Hi Larry & all,
Unfortunately the Diamond Hill Rd. conservation property is no longer
hosting significant numbers of Streaked Horned Larks, although it
provided some ephemeral habitat during the initial period of disturbance
when the wetlands had just been scraped out.
The decline of HOLAs on this property was starting to become apparent
already a few years ago, when numbers were down to just a couple of
pairs, mainly using the roadsides and the gravel access road.
The decline of HOLAs here apparently missed the attention of the folks
who put together the Streaked Horned Lark Endangered Species Act listing
and Critical Habitat Designation (CHD) in October 2012, as they included
this as one of the critical sites.
However, in the end this site was removed from the CHD. The main reason
cited was basically "other management objectives," but realistically,
practically all of the larks had already left the site. So it really
didn't make sense to list this as Critical Habitat.
Hopefully there are still some Horned Larks to be found a little closer
to Eugene, out in the Washburne Lane area. I haven't been out there yet
this year but last year there were a couple of pairs in that area.
Good birding,
Joel
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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
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