[obol] Re: photos of Klamath Basin
- From: <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 23:03:19 -0800
Some nice shots! My wife and I were down that way and had good luck. You can
check out some of our images at www.dimockanddimockphoto.com or on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/SteveDimockPhotography
Steve
Steve Dimock
Dimock and Dimock Photo
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Subject: obol Digest V2 #74
obol Digest Wednesday, March 06 2013 Volume: 02 Issue: 074
In This Issue:
#1: From: "Helzer, David" <David.Helzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] City of Portland Ornithology Student Intern announcem
#2: From: "Grafe, Dawn" <dawn_grafe@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] 10th Annual Birding and Blues Festival
#3: From: Bob Burley <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] What brand and size do you bird with
#4: From: Marilyn Stinnett <keeplearning2@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Today at 5:30pm (Wed, 3/6): crow expert John Marzluff
#5: From: Barbara Combs <bcombs232@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Chipping Sparrow remains in Eugene CBC area
#6: From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Brownsmead today
#7: From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Wed morning, Eugene
#8: From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Portland Ovenbird continues
#9: From: Jim Leonard <photojleonard@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Photos Klamath Basin 2/28-3/1
#10: From: Don Baccus <dhogaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Re: Photos Klamath Basin 2/28-3/1
#11: From: ray temple <dg1065@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Hawks and doves
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Msg: #1 in digest
From: "Helzer, David" <David.Helzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 08:55:53 -0800
Subject: [obol] City of Portland Ornithology Student Intern announcement
Internship Announcement
Community Services Aide II/Field Ornithology Intern February 24, 2013
Contact: Dave Helzer, david.helzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 503.823.5760
Closes March 15, 2013
The City of Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a
student intern to participate in avian surveys in support of BES projects and
programs.
The intern position is with the Watershed Services Group in BES. Interns
assist with technical work in support of watershed planning as part of a
multidisciplinary team of professional planners, scientists and engineers.
Typical assignments include field sampling and data collection, presentations
to the public, public involvement, stewardship activities, research, data
management, report preparation, and preparing maps, figures and drawings.
Primary duties for this intern position include point count surveys following
standard protocols, associated data entry, nesting bird assessments, associated
site reports, and other related tasks. Required qualifications include ability
to identify all Portland area bird species by sight and sound and estimate
distance to individual birds. Candidate should be familiar with local bird
species nesting ecology, chronology, behavior, and familiar with local
vegetation. Must be able to navigate rough terrain, follow standardized
protocols, collect and record meticulous data, possess good communication
skills, work well with others and also independently. Must be available during
early morning hours to conduct surveys. For information, on this position
only, contact Dave Helzer, david.helzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 503-823-5760.
Applicants for Environmental Services intern positions must be enrolled in a
trade school training program, or college or university undergraduate or
graduate program, preferably in a field related to the mission and scope of the
Bureau's work. The trade school, college or university must be located in
Oregon or Washington, or the applicant must be a resident of the Portland
Metropolitan Area.
College student intern positions with Environmental Services are paid
positions. The following hourly rates are effective for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2013. New pay rates, adjusted for inflation, take effect each year on
July 1.
Freshman - $12.38
Sophomore - $12.82
Junior - $14.54
Senior and up - $16.35
To Apply:
Go to http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/article/429281
Follow the link GovermentJobs.com to apply. The Position title is Community
Services Aide II/Field Ornithology Intern. Complete the online application and
supplemental questions.
Applications are due by 5:00 pm on March 15, 2013.
Start date will be April 15, 2013. Work will continue through July, 2013.
Interns cannot work more than 20 hours per week while school is in session.
The City of Portland is an equal opportunity employer.
Dave Helzer
Environmental Specialist & Terrestrial Biologist Bureau of Environmental
Services - City of Portland 503.823.5760 david.helzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Msg: #2 in digest
From: "Grafe, Dawn" <dawn_grafe@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:14:06 -0800
Subject: [obol] 10th Annual Birding and Blues Festival
Obolites, I hope to see some of you at the Birding and Blues festival in
Pacific City next month. We have some great speakers lined up including
Noah Strycker, Paul Baicich, and Sharon Beals.
*What: 10th Annual Pacific City Birding & Blues Festival
**Where: Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City,
Oregon
**When: April 12-14, 2013
**Cost: $30 for 3-day adult pass, $15 for 3-day student pass*
Registration for the 10th Annual Pacific City Birding and Blues Festival is
open at the event’s web site,www.birdingandblues.com, or by phone at (503)
965-6247. Held April 12-14 in Pacific City, the event features a slate of
birding experts including Paul Baicich, whose presentation “Birds in our
Culture” will focus on the role birds have played in many cultures from
ancient to modern times. Oregon birder and author Noah Strycker will
present a lively slide show, “Among Penguins”, about ice, penguins, and the
cold comforts of living and working in Antarctica. Photographer Sharon
Beals, “Stick and Twigs, Spiderwebs and Moss: Bird’s Nests as Messengers”,
will present her highly detailed nest portraits, telling stories of the
lives of their builders.
These presentations are part of three days of lectures by respected
regional birding experts, as well as a live birds of prey exhibition. Other
presentations will include topics ranging from Beginning Birding to Coastal
Conservation Strategies and Efforts — and much more. For the outdoor
minded, the festival features 14 guided birding hikes to a wide variety of
local habitat. Amongst the offerings are trips to Nestucca Bay National
Wildlife Refuge, Clay Myers State Natural Area, and Neskowin Marsh.
Dawn Grafe
Visitor Services Manager
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex
2127 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport OR 97365
(541) 867-4550
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Msg: #3 in digest
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 11:32:03 -0800
Subject: [obol] What brand and size do you bird with
From: Bob Burley <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Obolites
I'm looking to buy a new pair of binoculars and I thought I would see what
you like and use to help me decide. I have had my Swift Audubon pair since
the 80s and their getting a little beat up. Are the European brands really
that good , I would rather not go china if I can help it . Thanks Bob
Burley
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Msg: #4 in digest
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 11:38:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Marilyn Stinnett <keeplearning2@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Today at 5:30pm (Wed, 3/6): crow expert John Marzluff at Portla
Today at 5:30pm (Wed, March 6), John Marzluff speaks at Audubon
Society of Portland. John is author
of Gifts of the Crow and was featured
on OPB-TV’s recent “A Murder of Crows.†See audubonportland.org.
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Msg: #5 in digest
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:38:34 -0800
Subject: [obol] Chipping Sparrow remains in Eugene CBC area
From: Barbara Combs <bcombs232@xxxxxxxxx>
For those who keep track of species present on a monthly basis, one of the
CHIPPING SPARROWS that appeared at my feeder outside of Eugene
in early January remained throughout the month of February and was still
chowing down with a variety of wintering birds this afternoon. I have not
seen
two Chipping Sparrows together for many weeks. I think there is only one
now.
--
Barbara Combs obie '70
Lane County, OR
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Msg: #6 in digest
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:16:06 -0800
From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Brownsmead today
The car's out of the shop and so I headed east to Brownsmead.
I found no white raptors of any kind...
Lots of properly pigmented Red-tails, 3 Red-shouldered Hawks,
lots and lots of Bald Eagles and a good sized flock of TREE
SWALLOWS.
And rain.
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
Chasing the non-zero probability
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=1374
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Msg: #7 in digest
From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Wed morning, Eugene
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:19:54 -0800
The coffee was good but the weather was not. Constant rain caused many to opt
out of the birding part of the morning, while a remaining 4 went car birding.
We did the airport area, then to Alvadore and Kirk Pond below Fern Ridge Dam.
After studying the waterfowl on the pond we headed down Fir Butte Road and
Fisher Road to west llth, then K.R. Neilsen Road to Cantrel Road and back to W.
llth via Crow Rd. The extremely large flocks of Pintail in fields everywhere
were quite impressive. Smaller numbers of Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Wigeon,
Shoveler, and Gadwall were often grouped around the edges of the big flocks.
Tundra Swan - 38
Canada Goose - No large flocks on the ground, but some sizable distant flocks
in the air.
Cackling Goose - fair size flocks
Eurasian Wigeon - 3 males on Kirk Pond
American Wigeon - Kirk Pond had probably between 200 and 300
Mallard - always present in small numbers
Gadwall - 15
Northern Pintail - thousands -- no way to estimate numbers.
Green-Winged Teal - maybe 100
Northern Shoveler - least numerous
Greater Scaup - 35 on Kirk Pond
Ring-necked Duck - 4 on Kirk
Redhead - 4 on Kirk
Bufflehead - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 50
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 1
Wild Turkey - 51
American Coot - 20
White-tailed Kite - 2
Bald Eagle - 14
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Kestrel - 4
Peregrine - 1 adult watching over a K.R. Neilsen flock of Pintail
Killdeer - 8
Wilson’s Snipe - 7
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Glaucous-winged Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 12
Eurasian Collared Dove - 15
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Acorn Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 4
Tree Swallow - 2
Common Raven - 6
American Crow - 10
Steller's Jay - 4
Western Scrub-Jay - 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 300+ One mostly white robin was with a flock in field along
Royal just east of the Acorn Woodpecker lot.
Western Bluebird - 11
Varied Thrush - 3
European Starling - too many
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 3
White-crowned Sparrow - 8+
Dark-eyed Junco - 25+
Red-winged Blackbird - many
Western Meadowlark - 10
Brewer's Blackbird - 50
House Finch - 1
House Sparrow - 12
Fred Chancey, Don Schrouder, Dave Brown, and Larry McQueen
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Msg: #8 in digest
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:12:45 -0800
Subject: [obol] Portland Ovenbird continues
From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx>
We saw it at the yard at NE 41st and Davis this afternoon around 4:45pm.
Adrian and Christopher Hinkle
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Msg: #9 in digest
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:43:57 -0800
Subject: [obol] Photos Klamath Basin 2/28-3/1
From: Jim Leonard <photojleonard@xxxxxxxxx>
I went to Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge for a couple of days at
the end of last week. Most photos taken along auto tour at Lower Klamath
Lake and Tule Lake. Hundreds of snow geese, greater white-fronted geese
and tundra swans. Bald eagles, common mergansers, common goldeneyes,
hundreds of buffleheads, lesser scaups, ring-necked pheasants,
double-crested cormorants, ruddy ducks, canvasback ducks, just to mention a
few. Happy Birding, Jim Leonard. Click on link below for 62 photos.
https://picasaweb.google.com/108302360004365615395/KlamathBasinNWRMarch2013?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCL750rT40N6pZg&feat=directlink
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Msg: #10 in digest
Subject: [obol] Re: Photos Klamath Basin 2/28-3/1
From: Don Baccus <dhogaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:39:37 -0800
On Mar 6, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
> I went to Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge for a couple of days at the
> end of last week. Most photos taken along auto tour at Lower Klamath Lake
> and Tule Lake. Hundreds of snow geese, greater white-fronted geese and
> tundra swans. Bald eagles, common mergansers, common goldeneyes, hundreds of
> buffleheads, lesser scaups, ring-necked pheasants, double-crested cormorants,
> ruddy ducks, canvasback ducks, just to mention a few. Happy Birding, Jim
> Leonard.
Thanks for this, I'm heading down next Wednesday for a four-day shoot …
----
Don Baccus
http://donb.photo.net
http://birdnotes.net
http://openacs.org
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Msg: #11 in digest
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:49:48 -0800
Subject: [obol] Hawks and doves
From: ray temple <dg1065@xxxxxxxxx>
Today about 2:30 I went around the property filling feeders. I was drawn
to a scatter of mostly light gray feathers in the front yard, then saw
another at the base of the yard fence 30 feet away. As I approached the
second scatter a sharp-shinned hawk blazed by low to the ground with a
partially eaten bird in its talons, and headed for the riparian corridor
along the Little Pudding River a hundred feet away. Surprise...close on
its heels was a male harrier. They both dove into the riparian cover. The
harrier climbed out after about 150 feet, made a couple of passes over the
vicinity, and departed. I didn't see the sharp-shinned hawk again.
I think the sharp-shinned hawk killed a Eurasian collared dove and took it
to the fence to eat, where the hawk was startled by the harrier. The male
harrier was a pretty big and impressive bird when seen in close succession
with a sharp shinned hawk and especially when seen at almost arm's length
in hot pursuit.
Ray Temple
East of Salem
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