[orebird] Re: winter ospreys
- From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:05:26 -0800
Regarding that first list Jeff sent out, I believe that Bobby is a good
observer and would know a Osprey. That said, I concur that Osprey should
remain at zero from some time in Oct to some time in March in all Oregon
counties.
Adrian
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Greg Haworth <g.haworth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In inherited the filter for Columbia County. Osprey is set to zero
> October 31 to Mar 11. FWIW.
> greg haworth
> Columbia County
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Jay Withgott <withgott@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Jeff and Tom bring up a good point, and I've had similar experiences with
>> imm eagles. I think that resetting my counties' filters to zero for the
>> winter months will be a good idea.
>>
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Tom Crabtree wrote:
>>
>> I had a similar bird to what Jeff described on a raptor count last year.
>> I got a brief look at a bird along the Deschutes near Round Butte Dam and
>> thought “Osprey.” I didn’t want to write down a 2 second view so I hung
>> around for 10 minutes and it reappeared in the form of an immature Bald
>> Eagle. Looking at the head plumage alone it looked amazingly like an
>> Osprey. We had an Osprey reported from Bend for a few weeks into
>> December. However none of the experienced locals saw it and the only
>> description we got was “I saw an Osprey.”
>>
>> Tom Crabtree
>>
>> *From:* orebird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:orebird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Harding
>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:03 AM
>> *To:* orebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [orebird] winter ospreys
>>
>>
>> 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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