[obol] Re: detection of Sooty Grouse
- From: "Marcia F. Cutler" <marciafcutler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:28:50 -0700
Well Lars, you'd lose your bet, but not by much!
Both species have been detected 7 times on count day. And there have been 52
Corvallis CBC counts including one held in 1912, during which the one counter
(A.J. Stover) detected 17 species including 1 Ruffed Grouse and 4 Coast Jays
(now known as Steller's Jay).
Marcia F. Cutler
Corvallis
On Oct 10, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Lars Per Norgren wrote:
> This is one of those species whose detection rate belies its real status.
> I have lived in the nw corner of Washington County for 21 years and every
> spring I hear Sooty Grouse hooting. In those 21 years I have seen a living
> Sooty Grouse in this same area only once. That was an adult and three fledged
> young on the shoulder of Hwy 26 at Timber Jct, July 4, 2006. Khan Tranh came
> out July 6 of that year and we found presumably the same adult female dead at
> the same spot. It had been hit by a car only minutes before our arrival. I
> found a dead male on the same road (Hwy 26) in downtown Manning, elev 300ft,
> April of the same year. The species is always here, but only detected for a
> few weeks in spring.
> 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
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