[obol] Re: obol Digest V3 #379
- From: Don Scanlon <dscanlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 07:39:09 -0800
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On Dec 1, 2014 10:07 PM, <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> obol Digest Monday, December 01 2014 Volume: 03 Issue: 379
>
> In This Issue:
> #1: From: Michael Gold <mhgold@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Tualatin River Nat'l. Wildlife Refuge
> #2: From: SJJag@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] Siskins showed up
> #3: From: John Thomas <johnpam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Silverton Siskins
> #4: From: SJJag@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] Re: Silverton Siskins
> #5: From: Rhett Wilkins <rhettwilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] OBA Monthly Photo Contest Winner!
> #6: From: "WLRisser" <wlrisser@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] correction to hunting days on Sauvie Island
> #7: From: Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] AMERICAN BABBLER IN JACKSON COUNTY, I.E.
> WRENTIT
> #8: From: Michael Gold <mhgold@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Tualatin River Refuge #2
> #9: From: "Wayne Hoffman" <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Burowing Owl at Yaquina Head
> #10: From: J Ward <jebward@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Banded Red-tail
> #11: From: Carole Hallett <cehallett@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: Banded Red-tail
> #12: From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] The Energizer Goose
> #13: From: "Anne & Dan Heyerly" <tanager@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Possible White-faced Ibis - Linn Co. -
> Monday Dec. 1,
> #14: From: Courtney Kelly Jett <ckjannabirds@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Sisters CBC, Sun. Dec 21
> #15: From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Re: AMERICAN BABBLER IN JACKSON COUNTY,
> I.E. WRENTIT
> #16: From: "Mary Anne Sohlstrom" <masohlstrom@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Volunteer Opportunity:Seeking Mistletoe
> Bird Foragin
>
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>
> Msg: #1 in digest
> From: Michael Gold <mhgold@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Tualatin River Nat'l. Wildlife Refuge
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 08:54:57 -0800
>
> On Sun Morning around 10 AM, we visited the Tualatin River Refuge. Behind
> the buildings in the large pond there where >3000 Northern Pintails. Other
> than a few Am. Wigeons, the Pintails were the only ducks we observed. Also
> seen were a few hundred Cackling Geese at the viewing platform, Golden
> Crowned Sparrows, Junkos, Red Tail Hawks, and two Kestrals.
> Mike Gold
> Portland, OR
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #2 in digest
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:05:20 +0000 (UTC)
> From: SJJag@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] Siskins showed up
>
> I have a few PINE SISKINS at my feeders this morning. As others have
> noted, these birds have been long absent from the Willamette Valley.
>
> I am in the Oak Grove/Gladstone area between Or. City and Milwaukie.
>
> Just yesterday I spoke with a former Vermont birder who reported them in
> her yard above Marylhurst College in the Lake Oswego/West Linn area.
>
> Steve Jaggers
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #3 in digest
> From: John Thomas <johnpam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Silverton Siskins
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:26:32 -0800
>
> Very small group of Pine Siskin showed up about a week ago and are still
> here. This morning there have been 7 mixed in with House Finch and American
> Goldfinch on Nyjer and Sunflower seed.
>
> John Thomas
> NE of Silverton
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #4 in digest
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:42:03 +0000 (UTC)
> From: SJJag@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [obol] Re: Silverton Siskins
>
> Hi John and others who have seen a few Siskins this year...I did not mean
> to suggest I am the first to see them, I have seen reports like John's and
> a couple around Eugene....my report should have said..."they made it
> further up the valley towards Portland."
>
> Steve Jaggers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Thomas" <johnpam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 1, 2014 9:26:32 AM
> Subject: [obol] Silverton Siskins
>
> Very small group of Pine Siskin showed up about a week ago and are still
> here. This morning there have been 7 mixed in with House Finch and American
> Goldfinch on Nyjer and Sunflower seed.
>
> John Thomas
> NE of Silverton
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #5 in digest
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0800
> Subject: [obol] OBA Monthly Photo Contest Winner!
> From: Rhett Wilkins <rhettwilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
> It's that time again. We have a new OBA Monthly Photo Contest Winner, and
> I think many of you know who she is. Follow the link below to see her
> winning image.
>
> http://www.orbirds.org/
>
> Also, I want to announce that I will no longer be the contact person for
> the photo contest. I'll be passing the torch to Stephanie Hazen who will
> henceforth be accepting all of your photo submissions. Her email address
> is: stephaniehazen17@xxxxxxxxx, which can also be found on OBA's website
> when you navigate how to submit your photo.
>
> Many thanks to everyone involved and participating in the contest. It has
> been a blast to work on it over the past year or so with all of you.
>
> Good birding and photographing, and start sending Stephanie those December
> photos!
>
> Rhett Wilkins
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #6 in digest
> From: "WLRisser" <wlrisser@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] correction to hunting days on Sauvie Island
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:40:16 -0800
>
> Steve Nord pointed out to me that the dates that I sent previously
> conflicted with those that he found in a recent ODFW publication. His
> information is more recent and is correct.
>
>
> There is no duck and goose hunting in the Oak Island/Eastside Units of
> Sauvie Island on the odd dates in December and the even dates in January.
> The last hunting day is January 25.
>
>
>
> Sorry for the previous misinformation.
>
>
>
> Will Risser, Portland
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #7 in digest
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:14:13 -0800
> Subject: [obol] AMERICAN BABBLER IN JACKSON COUNTY, I.E. WRENTIT
> From: Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> A bit on the bird's habitat and southern Oregon range:
> https://atowhee.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/the-american-babbler/
> --
> Harry Fuller
> author of FREEWAY BIRDING, see: *freewaybirding.com
> <http://freewaybirding.com>*
> Atowhee@gmail
> http://www.towhee.net
> my birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #8 in digest
> From: Michael Gold <mhgold@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Tualatin River Refuge #2
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:19:02 -0800
>
> After blowing up our photos, I now see that there were Ring Necked ducks
> along with Northern Pintails and Wigeons at the Tualatin River refuge on
> Sunday morning.
> Mike Gold
> Portland
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #9 in digest
> From: "Wayne Hoffman" <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Burowing Owl at Yaquina Head
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:12:47 -0800
>
> Hi -
>
>
> Yesterday, Meredith Matherly, who works for BLM at Yaquina Head, spotted a
> small owl in a rocky area along the entrance road.
>
>
>
> This afternoon I relocated it and confirmed that it is a Burrowing Owl.
>
>
>
> The location is on the rocky slope north of the entrance road, just east of
> the Quarry where the Visitors' Center is - behind the guardrail. The bird
> was visible but at long range from the parking lot.
>
>
>
> The bird seemed less comfortable with human presence than other Burrowing
> owls I have seen in western Oregon. I pulled off the road with Meredith
> opposite the Owl - 100+ feet away, and it went onto a crouch, and stared at
> us, and stayed in that position as long as we were there. We took photos
> from the car, and did not get out, but still seemed to be a concern to the
> owl. Maybe it will get used to the traffic, but for now seems kind of
> skittish.
>
>
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #10 in digest
> From: J Ward <jebward@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Banded Red-tail
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:46:01 -0800
>
> Sunday I saw a banded Red-tailed Hawk perched on top of some chain link
> fencing by the fire station on Marine Drive. It had a silver band on the
> right leg and an orange band on the left leg. I could not see letters or
> numbers. Who is banding Red-tails? Is anyone interested in sightings like
> this?
>
> Jill Ward
>
> Portland
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #11 in digest
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:54:08 -0800
> Subject: [obol] Re: Banded Red-tail
> From: Carole Hallett <cehallett@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hello Jill,
> You saw a bird that was caught and banded at PDX. Without knowing anything
> more about it I couldn't even guess who it was -- could have been one of
> the residents or a migrant that has returned to PDX after being released
> elsewhere. If you are able to read the code on the orange leg band (or
> wing-tag if it has them) you may report your sighting to the Bird Banding
> Laboratory at www.reportband.gov.
> good birding,
>
> Carole Hallett
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:46 PM, J Ward <jebward@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Sunday I saw a banded Red-tailed Hawk perched on top of some chain link
> > fencing by the fire station on Marine Drive. It had a silver band on the
> > right leg and an orange band on the left leg. I could not see letters or
> > numbers. Who is banding Red-tails? Is anyone interested in sightings like
> > this?
> >
> > Jill Ward
> >
> > Portland
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #12 in digest
> From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 16:08:25 -0800
> Subject: [obol] The Energizer Goose
>
> The TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE continues to strut its stuff at the Nestucca Bay
> National Wildlife Refuge a full three weeks after being discovered there
> Sunday, November 9, 2014 by resident volunteer Lee Sliman.
> When I arrived at the refuge yesterday morning around 8:00 am, I found
> several people already there looking through scopes trying to stay on the
> target bird with Lee's help. The goose was way out in the middle of the
> field and strongly backlighted by the bright morning sun. Not long
> afterward the flock flushed. Thankfully, the goose was relocated near the
> entrance to the refuge about 30 minutes later and was then much closer but
> still presenting a shadowy appearance - oh well.
> http://www.jack-n-jill.net/blog/2014/12/the-energizer-goose
>
>
> --
> Jack Williamson
> West Linn, Oregon
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #13 in digest
> From: "Anne & Dan Heyerly" <tanager@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Possible White-faced Ibis - Linn Co. - Monday Dec. 1, 2014
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 16:14:20 -0800
>
> Dec. 1, 2014
> Obolinks,
>
> Anne just got a text message from a friend that was traveling north on I-5.
> The person said a group of approximately 10 birds were feeding out in the
> grass seed fields along the east side of the freeway approximately 10 miles
> south of Albany. I'm sorry, but that is as precise I can be based on what
> they said. They thought the birds were W-f Ibis, but at 65 mph were a
> little incredulous because of the season, etc. Three of the birds were
> seen
> well enough to note the long decurved bills.
>
> I can't get up there this late in the day today, but perhaps someone in the
> Albany/Lebanon area can verify before dark.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Dan Heyerly, Eugene
> tanager@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #14 in digest
> Subject: [obol] Sisters CBC, Sun. Dec 21
> From: Courtney Kelly Jett <ckjannabirds@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 16:40:39 -0800
>
> The 16th annual Sisters CBC will be
> Sunday December 21
> We will meet in the town of Sisters
> at the Gallery Restaurant at 7-7:30am and decide where we are all going to
> go
> and then meet up at Three Creeks Brewery at 4:30/5pm and compare notes.
>
> Teresa Wicks & Courtney Jett are our new compilers, taking over for Steve
> Shunk, (who will also be here, birding!):
> T + C are both in our young-30's and have never lead a CBC before: I have
> been advised to tell you: "it will be a fun day of birding"
>
> We hope you can join us.
>
> As always, birders of all skill and ability levels are welcome! Backyard
> counters are invited to share their numbers, and we need skilled birders to
> serve as team leaders.
>
> Courtney is in charge of coordinating volunteers, so please let me know if
> you're coming and/or have any questions.
>
> If possible, please also let me know the following:
>
> 1) If you lead a regular sector on this CBC and would like to again;
> or if you know this area well, or are experienced enough with CBCs and
> navigation, to poss lead a group;
>
> 2) if you could walk/hike (or if snow, snowshoe/ski) much, or prefer
> car-only: (we have a couple routes that will involve some trail and
> off-trail hiking on relatively flat terrain);
>
> 3) if you have preferences as to people you Do or Do Not wish to bird with;
>
> 4) if you haven't previously birded much with Courtney, please let me know
> your birding-ability level, so I can put some experienced birder(s) in
> every group.
>
> Also, I am a bicycle-commuter, so will appreciate if anyone from Bend can
> carpool me to Sisters for the CBC :)
>
> Thank you,
> Courtney Jett
> ckjannabirds@xxxxxxxxx
> 347-556-0619
>
> notes:
> Three Creeks Brewing LLC
> 721 S Desperado Ct, Sisters, OR 97759
> (541) 549-1963
> (open Sunday until 9pm)
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #15 in digest
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:18:57 -0800
> Subject: [obol] Re: AMERICAN BABBLER IN JACKSON COUNTY, I.E. WRENTIT
> From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
>
> Wrentits at feeders:
> I enjoyed Harry's interesting commentary on this unique species in Oregon.
> He mentions that he has never heard of them coming to feeders.
>
> I grew up (if at all) on the central San Francisco Peninsula (prime
> Wrentit habitat in the dry Valley Oak/Poison Oak scrublands and
> chaparral) and regularly had Wrentits come to raw suet.
>
> Chestnut-backed Chickadees and Plain Titmice were very frequent
> as you would expect.. Wrentits were regular but uncommon
> at the suet, and since they do not flock with others of their species
> they would always come singly. It was certainly a treat to see them there.
> (Singly in spite of their frequent foraging as a mated pair)
>
> On the other hand, Bushtits were abundant but never came to raw suet.
> This has always surprised me because I understand they do come
> to at least some feeders in Oregon. I've only had them at Suet here a
> couple
> of times in several decades.
>
> Bob OBrien
> Carver OR (whither Wrentits aren't expanding nearly fast enough for my
> satisfaction)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > A bit on the bird's habitat and southern Oregon range:
> > https://atowhee.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/the-american-babbler/
> >
> > --
> > Harry Fuller
> > author of FREEWAY BIRDING, see: *freewaybirding.com
> > <http://freewaybirding.com>*
> > Atowhee@gmail
> > http://www.towhee.net
> > my birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Msg: #16 in digest
> From: "Mary Anne Sohlstrom" <masohlstrom@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [obol] Volunteer Opportunity:Seeking Mistletoe Bird Foraging
> Observat
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:05:51 -0800
>
> Howdy OBOL – I happen to be a Master Naturalist, a great program through
> OSU Extension – if you are interested in the program – contact me and I’ll
> send you some information. Jason, the program director sends out Volunteer
> opportunities from time to time. This one looks like it is made for the
> Christmas Bird Count Season or for any of you who are just out and about
> in the appropriate habitat. I contacted Dr. Shaw and asked if you would
> like to have this posted to OBOL, so I am passing it along. Have fun!
> Mary Anne Sohlstrom
> masohlstrom@xxxxxxx
> Seeking Mistletoe Bird Foraging Observations
>
> http://avianmistletoe.forestry.oregonstate.edu/
>
> As cool fall weather approaches and leaves begin to gather on the ground
> beneath the oak trees, you may notice something special if you look up in
> the treetops. Clumps of Pacific mistletoe, known to scientists as
> Phoradendron villosum, are slowly being revealed in the canopy.
> Mistletoes are a group of shrub-like flowering plants that parasitize both
> coniferous and deciduous trees. There are many species of mistletoes, some
> of which can only parasitize one host tree species. In the Willamette
> valley, Pacific mistletoe mostly parasitizes Oregon white oak, though it
> can sometimes use pin-oaks and other ornamental trees.
>
> Although mistletoes are parasites on trees, they can benefit other
> organisms in many ways. Across the globe, mistletoes may be keystone
> species, increasing biodiversity by providing a host of resources for
> wildlife including nutritious fruits and leaves, increased leaf litter,
> cavities for nesting and dense cover and loose bark for sheltering. A
> recent study by Dr. David Watson of Charles Sturt University in New South
> Wales, Australia found that 20% of bird species disappeared from a forest
> after mistletoe had been removed. Watson believes that this decline in bird
> diversity may be due to the loss of resources provided by the mistletoe.
>
> Scientists know that mistletoes are generally good for wildlife, but there
> has been no research on the effect Pacific mistletoe has on wildlife in
> western Oregon. Drs. David Shaw (Oregon State University College of
> Forestry) and Joan Hagar (U.S. Geological Survey), as well as graduate
> student Kyle Pritchard are trying to find out if and how mistletoe benefits
> overwintering birds in the Willamette Valley. Understanding which bird
> species utilize mistletoe berries, and how mistletoe is dispersed is a
> critical link in the ecology of the system.
> You can help by volunteering to report sightings of birds foraging on
> mistletoe berries this fall and winter. Volunteers can report their
> sightings online at the Avian Mistletoe Project website (
> http://avianmistletoe.forestry.oregonstate.edu/). Please include
> detailed location descriptions or coordinates if possible, along with any
> feeding observations. Your data contributions can help us better
> understand the role of this fascinating parasite in Oregon ecosystems.
>
> http://avianmistletoe.forestry.oregonstate.edu/
>
>
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