[obol] Re: Benton County birding - addenda
- From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx, Midvalley Birding <birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 22:22:27 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all,
Besides the things that Alan already mentioned, the following highlights come
to mind:
2 WESTERN KINGBIRDS at the Prairie Overlook.
Several PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, a WARBLING VIREO, a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER,
a few BLACK-THROATED GRAY, numerous WILSON'S and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, a
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK and a couple of WESTERN TANAGERS along Muddy Creek and
the Homer Campbell Boardwalk.
A LAZULI BUNTING, several HOUSE WRENS and a couple of CHIPPING SPARROWS at the
Bentley Savannah.
CASSIN'S VIREO along the western part of Bruce Road (on the fir-covered hill).
Several YELLOW WARBLERS and the resident pair of BLACK PHOEBES at the Muddy
Creek Bridge on Bruce Rd.
At least a dozen YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS (6 pairs) at the Bruce Rd. scrape
pond, and 2 males at the Evergreen Mitigation Wetland (Bellfountain Rd.); we
didn't see any stilts there.
The RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was near the nest in Sunset Park, where we also found a
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS and one KILLDEER, but no Solitary
Sandpipers today.
A fun day to be out!
Good Birding
Hendrik
__________________________
Hendrik G. Herlyn
Corvallis, OR
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
-- Gary Snyder
--- On Sat, 5/4/13, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Benton County birding
To: "OBOL" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 7:58 PM
I birded Finley NWR and the Philomath Sewage Ponds with Tristen Hynes, Hendrik
Herlyn and Oscar Harper today. Highlights were two WILSON's Phalaropes at the
sewage ponds (lots of birds on the ponds (mostly the NW pond), including
several duck species, Eared Grebes, Least and at least one Western Sandpiper).
Tristen got excellent looks and photos of a Virginia Rail at the small marsh at
the west end of Bruce Rd. Several Horned Larks near there.
Maybe 40 WF GEESE along Finley Rd. A few peeps there; everything we saw well
was Least but other observers found a few others.
McFadden had small numbers of LB DOW and G YELLOWlegs.
Red-shouldered Hawk at a small park in w Corvallis of which Hendrik will no
doubt post the name, I having forgotten it twice now.
Hendrik can add more later.
-- Alan ContrerasEugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
I blog at: oregonreview.blogspot.com
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