[orebird] winter ospreys
- From: "Jeff Harding" <jeffharding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:03:02 -0800
I assume you all saw Marshall Iliff's note about winter ospreys in the NE
and Midwest. Of course we do get a few here in the winter, but should we
filter them and ask for details? He has a point about 4th year Bald Eagles,
having a stripe through the eye. I personally validated a record from
Ankeny, but now I wonder if writing to the reporter for more detail would be
a good idea, given his notes: "Large all brown raptor, with obviously white
head and contrasting dark eye stripe. Seen from about 500+ m through scope
at 60x but face pattern was very clear and distinctive".
(http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16074678)
There is also a report from Basket Slough without details.
I recently loosened the filter for Linn and Marion Counties, to 1 from
October 1st to March 8th. I did that in response to a good observer's report
of an early November Osprey on the Willamette River, when I realized it
would not be filtered in Polk County, but only Marion and Linn.
I did manage a photo of the one yesterday in Stayton, and embedded it in the
checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21524052.
Perhaps it isn't a big problem, since there really aren't very many reports
of ospreys in the Willamette Valley away from the Eugene area. I am
considering resetting the filter for Linn and Marion back to zero for the
winter, though, since we do have so many Bald Eagles. We have to strike a
balance between being too rigorous and being too user-friendly.
Let me know what you think,
Jeff
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