OBOL, Deschutes and Jefferson County birding by ECAS Wednesday Birders.
Hatfield is the name of the wastewater ponds for Bend, so this does not
refer to HMSC in Newport. Judy
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Subject: [COBOL] Fwd: Wednesday Hatfield, Lower Bridge and Haystack
Date: 10-12-2016 15:34
From: jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: Cobol <cobol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hatfield, Lower Bridge and Haystack Res were our destinations today.
First pond at Hatfield had 9 American Pipits, some flying around and
finally that number landed in front of us. Prairie Falcon made 2 or 3
trips across the pond, but didn't look to be serious about hunting. We
did not go to the back pond.
Lower Bridge was nice but we were unable to find any hummers. Three or 4
species of wrens there, as there was debate about whether the calling
and unseen bird was a Rock or a Canyon Wren. Cooperative Lincoln's
Sparrow was a lifer for one person. Merlin and Northern Harriers gave a
good show.
We also had a debate at Haystack, with loons. There were 3 loons. On our
first stop we were quite sure one was a Pacific, gray head, smooth
rounded head, but unable to clearly see the bill or compare the size of
it with any other bird. As we moved about the res trying to find the
Red-necked Grebe that Lew found yesterday, we kept finding Common Loons
and didn't ever see one again that looked like the Pacific. So I did put
both on the list but it should be called "a better view desired".
And Robins and Red-tailed Hawks were present in big numbers everywhere
today.
List below will have locations specified for some birds, ie. J for
Haystack, since it is in Jefferson county. All the others were in
Deschutes county.
Report was mailed for Judy Meredith by http://birdnotes.net
Greater White-fronted Goose, Hatfield
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback, Hatfield
Ring-necked Duck
J - Lesser Scaup, Haystack
Bufflehead
J - Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
California Quail
J - Pacific Loon
J - Common Loon
J - Pied-billed Grebe
J - Eared Grebe
J - Western Grebe
J - Double-crested Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Unidentified Accipiter, fly by
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
American Coot
Killdeer
J - Greater Yellowlegs, 2 at Haystack
Least Sandpiper, 4 at Hatfield
Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 at Hatfield
J - Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Bushtit
Rock Wren / Canyon Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
House Sparrow
Total number of species seen: 68
Birders today, Bernie Martell, Sue Bertsch, Tim Smith and Nancy Abrams,
Steve Kornfeld, Don Sutherland, Evan Thomas, Diane Burgess, Howard
Horvath, Sherrie Pierce and self, Judy Meredith. jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx
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