[Umpqua Birds] Re: Short Saturday Field Trip to Eastwood

  • From: "Toni M" <creekwood@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:04:34 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Thanks. Eastwood sounds idylic. 
COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE LOCATION FOR THE FOURTH OUTING?? I think I
m done with the flu... for now... I hope.
 
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From: Jay Walters
Date: 02/24/14 06:49:54
To: umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Umpqua Birds] Short Saturday Field Trip to Eastwood
 
The third installment of Matt’s Four-in-a-Row Short Saturday Field Trips
this past Saturday morning included visits to Eastwood Park and the nature
trail at Eastwood School.  We saw (according to Matt’s great record-keeping)
no less than 30 species, mostly along the very diverse trail at the school. 
The many highlights included 20 bushtits in a flurry of activity in a
thicket, a merlin sitting high in an ash tree along Deer Creek, and a male
Coopers hawk in display flight over the park as we were leaving.  It was a
great morning at a worthwhile birding venue minutes from downtown Roseburg! 

Here is Matt’s list of sightings from the outing:  http://ebird
org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17145301
If you’ve ever walked the half-mile long trail at Eastwood School, you’ve
enjoyed its diversity of habitats from lowland Oregon ash to upland white
and black oak, with stands of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine along the way. 
The main stem of Deer Creek flows along a goodly stretch of the trail, too,
adding another dimension to the variety of habitats and their winged
inhabitants you’ll find at the school. 
The main trail roughly follows the perimeter of the 42-acre school campus. 
There are several side trails, too – check out the map on a large sign
immediately to the right as you enter the school grounds off Waldon Avenue. 
The school campus may also be accessed from Eastwood Park via a footbridge
across Deer Creek.  The trail and grounds are best enjoyed in the evenings
and weekends, and during the summer, when school is not in session.  
I’ve seen river otters, gray fox, beaver, birds aplenty…and signs of bear
along the Eastwood trail.  You never know what you’re going to find out
there!  
Jay Walters
Roseburg, Oregon

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