Interesting, the Eugene Wednesday group saw 21 species today that we did not see. Perhaps next week we will see some of those as birds mostly arrive later here in sunny Central Oregon.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:57 PM To: cobol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [COBOL] Lower Bridge and Redmond Wastewater ponds, 4 hours birding ECAS Wednesday Birders went to Borden Beck and Lower Bridge and then on to Redmond Wastewater Ponds for a morning of birding. We had nice passerines but not a single Yellow Rump at Lower Bridge and nice shorebirds at Wastewater ponds. I think the same Swainson's Hawks may have been seen at both places. A pair was flying by while we were at the Bridge and a single dark morph bird was perched in a juniper at the edge of Redmond pond. Scope views of this attractive bird. Perhaps they will nest in the area again as they appeared to have done last summer. No empids! What is up with that! Nice to have all 6 regular appearing swallow species at one location. We made a dent in the Knapweed along the trail at Lower Bridge. Next trip we almost need chain saws, as some of them are huge and went to seed last year so need to be handled carefully and bagged up etc. Birders this trip, Larry and Carol McGlockin, Reg Reisenbichler, Kathy Hall, Mary Fay, Jeana Scholton, Sherry Lutero, Ken Johnson and Olive Johnson, Merle Greenway, Dave Rein, Howard Horvath, Don Sutherland, Cal Elshoff, Kimdel Owen, Steve Wilkins, Ted and Susan Groszkiewicz, Sherrie Pierce, and it is likely that I forgot someone. Next week, river trails upriver from Bend. This report was mailed for Judy Meredith by http://birdnotes.net with title Deschutes County. Canada Goose Gadwall Mallard Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Duck California Quail Eared Grebe - 1 thanks to Merle for spotting. Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey - en route Swainson's Hawk - 2 Lower Bridge, 1 Redmond ponds (?same) Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer American Avocet - 2 Redmond ponds Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Redmond, one leg injury but still ambling to feed Spotted Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher - 20+, none called. Default LB Wilson's Phalarope - 15 or 20 Red-necked Phalarope - ONE, Kimdel reported that he had 2 last night. Rock Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Northern Flicker Western Kingbird - chasing Swainson's Hawk Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Bushtit American Robin European Starling Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Western Tanager Spotted Towhee Song Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Black-headed Grosbeak - Singing away, several Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole - Borden Beck and at bridge House Finch Lesser Goldfinch House Sparrow Total number of species seen: 60 Thanks to all, good birding, judy, jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx