[Umpqua Birds] Re: Short Saturday Field Trip to Eastwood
- From: Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:49:53 -0800
Hi Toni,
I hope you are feeling better!!!
For the fourth short walk, we will meet as usual at the back parking area
of the UCC Small Business Development Center / Jobs Training Center, on the
south side of Diamond Lake Blvd, just west next to Abby's Pizza.
The current plan is to drive over to where Deer Creek goes into the South
Umpqua River (off Douglas St/Ave) and walk down the bike trail a short
ways. Then drive over to the Laurelwood neighborhood just across the river,
but we can decide that as a group. Any other questions, give me a call or
email.
Matt
541-670-1984
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Toni M <creekwood@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> *-------Original Message-------*
>
> *From:* Jay Walters <waltershome@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *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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