[obol] 6/12/14 - Union County, OR : BROWN THRASHER
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- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:41:35 -0400 (EDT)
Birders -
Today (6/12, 3:17 PM), at work, I received a call from La Grande birder,
Jo Cowling. Jo explained that she and her husband Dave Osmick had recently
(since Tuesday), seen a bright reddish brown bird with a long tail (larger
than a Robin), sneaking around there place, acting very shy. This morning,
around 11 AM, Jo heard a jumbled song that she was not familiar with, so
she got on the internet and listened to various bird calls, and found that
the mystery bird sounded like a Brown Thrasher, but all of the books show
that they are not supposed to be here. She reluctantly called me, and after
listening to her for a minute, I asked if I could drive out and take a
look.
I put a note on the door at work, jumped in the truck, and arrived at
there place south east of La Grande at about 3:40 PM. We slowly walked around
her wonderfully plant diverse yard and talked about birds and Thrashers,
and the like. At approximately 4:15 PM, I heard and then saw the bird in
their Pea Hedge and sure enough it was a BROWN THRSHER. I know of no other
Union County records of this species. A photo can be viewed from my eBird
submission here:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18772097
I explained to Jo how rare bird sightings work, the OBRC, private
property, birders, etc. Jo's husband recently got out of the hospital, and
she
would like to share the bird with others, but she requests that people e-mail
her and schedule a time to try to view the bird instead of just dropping
by. Jo's email address is:
ejtmq@xxxxxxxxx
Good birding,
- Trent
The Bobolink - Linking Birders & Birds
1707 5th Street
La Grande, OR 97850
(541) 963 - 2888
avitours@xxxxxxx
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