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From: Roy Lowe <roy.loweiii@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Subject: [obol] More Motus Detections on the Oregon Coast
To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Yesterday, three of the Motus towers I monitored on the Oregon Coast
recorded dunlin detections as follows:
*Bullard’s Bridge (Bandon) *A dunlin flew from Llano Seco near Glenn, CA to
Bullard’s Bridge in Bandon in 6 hrs 43 min. It then flew from Bullard’s
Bridge to Cape Meares 2 hrs 48 min. From Cape Meares it passed the Cannon
Beach tower but time was not reported.
*HMSC (Newport) *A dunlin departed Llano Seco near Glenn, CA and was
detected at the HMSC Newport 7 hrs 39 min later. It then flew from Newport
to Tokeland, WA in 2 hrs 43min. It flew from Tokeland to Breckenridge
Bluff (Grays Harbor) in 2 hrs 34 min (obviously it stopped at Willapa Bay
or Grays Harbor). It flew from Grays Harbor to Victoria, BC in 1 hr 39 min
then from Victoria to Boundary Bay BC in 2 hrs 32 min.
*Cape Meares *A dunlin departed Llano Seco near Glenn CA and flew to Cape
Meares 9 hrs 28 min. The time from Cape Meares to Cannon Beach was not
reported but then if flew past Cannon Beach and arrived in Wrangell, AK in
14 hrs 55 min. The average speed for that last leg to the Stikine River
delta was 55 mph but that speed is calculated in a straight line between
two points which obviously birds don’t do so the speed was likely much
greater. That bird was really cooking but we had a frontal system passage
yesterday that extended from southern Oregon to Alaska with strong south
winds and it appears this bird took advantage of the tail wind.
Roy Lowe
Waldport, OR
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