We're not that far south of the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge and they
certainly could have come down there. They are seen occasionally near the
mouth of the Gorge in that Regional Park along the Columbia near Sandy.
On Saturday, April 11, 2020, Robert O'Brien <baro@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Well now I'm starting to have second thoughts about belittling my wife's
report of a flock of magpies flying over our house about 30 years ago. This
I had her report to Harry Nehls who was politely but understandably
skeptical. She'll love to hear about this. Bob O'Brien Carver Oregon
On Saturday, April 11, 2020, Lars Norgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
.Monmouth bird maybe 2007. Was 't one on eBird for Lincoln County last
fall? The Hinckles found one on Portland CBC not long ago. Think of the
Blue Jays from Brookings to North Plains , extrlimital Clark's Nutcrackers.
That's what Corvids are supposed to do.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2020, 10:10 AM <t4c1x@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On July 12, 1982 four magpies showed up in my front yard at
Thornton Creek. They hung around for two days, and then disappeared. Three
of them ( I assume from the same group) reappeared on August 14-15. In the
interval they were seen by another observer at Steer Creek about ten miles
to the northeast of here.
Alex Walker recorded a small flock at Blaine, Tillamook County, on
October 8, 1919 (Birds of Oregon, page 425). So this species does rarely
straggle to the coast. There was also one which hung around in Monmouth for
several years a couple decades ago, although I do not have the actual date
in my records.
Darrel
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*From: *"Janet and Phil Lamberson" <pjlamberson@xxxxxxxxx>
*To: *"obol" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent: *Saturday, April 11, 2020 9:51:38 AM
*Subject: *[ADV] [obol] Re: Black-billed Magpie in Lincoln County
Years ago, my aunt from Minnesota was visiting the Oregon Coast to
attend her granddaughter's wedding at Oswald West State Park in Tillamook
County. She was staying in Cannon Beach, and was a very observant backyard
birder and poet. She commented to me that she had seen a magpie fly up
from the beach and east across Hwy 101 between Oswald West and Cannon
Beach. I told her that magpies don't live here, and she commented that she
was very familiar with magpies from her home in Minnesota. I always
wondered about that sighting - what could she have seen, a leucistic crow,
a raven with sun glinting off its feathers? I still wonder, but maybe she
did see one, considering Steve Holzman's Lincoln County sighting!
Janet Lamberson
Siletz, Lincoln County
