[Umpqua Birds] Re: Short Saturday Field Trip to Eastwood
- From: Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:37:36 -0800
Fantastic summary and site guide, Jay! Jay was very kind in not mentioning
that I had no idea that this wonderful trail was present at Eastwood
Elementary when we started our walk at Eastwood Park (across Deer Creek).
Jay told us about the trail and we ended up spending the whole time there.
A great spot for a "short" walk. Should be really fun in spring migration
too!
Matt
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Jay Walters <waltershome@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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