Great photos Matt! Thanks for sharing!
*Liz*
*Elizabeth I. Gayner*
*OR/WA BLM Peregrine Falcon Technical Coordinator*
*Lead Wildlife Biologist - Swiftwater Field Office*
Bureau of Land Management - Roseburg District Office
Phone: (541) 464-3381; egayner@xxxxxxx
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This morning, to my surprise, a GREEN HERON was calling loudly just to the
north of us from the neighbor's property. The bird then continued calling
as it apparently flew east. I never did see it. This is a new species for
our property/area (I record whatever I detect from our place, and note if
it is somewhere other than our property). This was not on my list of likely
new birds for our place, but I suppose it could have been, just because of
the neighbor's small pond to the north. Anyway, that was a fun surprise.
This morning at UCC I did not find any gnatcatchers. However, Liz had
asked me to keep an eye out for BALD EAGLES, and I DID see two of them: an
adult chasing an immature downriver. I watched them come up from the river
on the E side of UCC, then the adult chased and harassed the immature bird
(I think 3rd yr as it had the "osprey" face) down river at least to I-5
where I lost them. I interpreted this behavior as an adult chasing an
intruder out of its territory. There are plenty of large trees just east of
UCC that could house a Bald Eagle nest. Notes and photos here:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29538016
Matt Hunter
