Hi Nagi and all,
I saw the Golden-Plovers about a week and a half ago with Hendrik Herlyn,
Oscar Harper, Isaac Denzer and my brother Ben.
We got very nice views and photos.
Photos on eBird checklists:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48561617
Hope that helps
Kai Frueh
Corvallis,OR
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 11:35 AM Nagi Aboulenein <nagi.aboulenein@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks, Dave!
Interesting - I'm not sure whether these are the same birds that have been
sighted and ID'd as Pacific Golden Plovers on South Beach. Does anyone have
photos of the recent South Beach Golden Plovers, for comparison?
Taghrid and I assumed they were. The coloration on the South Beach birds
also was quite different from the BB Plover we saw later that day at HMSC
Nature Trail (but that might have been age related - the HMSC bird was
juvenile/immature, I believe). The SB birds really had a yellowish/golden
tinge to their color, while the HMSC bird was more gray/black/white...
Thanks,
Nagi
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:26 AM DJ Lauten and KACastelein <
deweysage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Nagi
Those would be Black-bellied Plovers. Golden plovers are never this
whitish, and just the general body jizz screams BB Plover.
Lovely Snowy Plover pictures. As a side note, the Snowies now have
been wintering at South Beach for a good five years or even more (Cathy
would know). Once plovers establish a wintering site (or even breeding
site), they will become dependent on that site year after year. They have
very high site fidelity, both in winter and summer. So the bottom line is
that this site should be a very reliable site for Snowy Plovers into the
foreseeable future, as long as they are relatively undisturbed, the habitat
remains good, and everyone basically gives them a little space. They will
be quite accommodating to all the locals and birders - which is just
awesome news for everyone.
I should mention that anyone seeing Snowies might be interested to know
that birds with a single band on the right leg that is either RED or ORANGE
means that it was banded as a chick this past summer 2018 in Oregon.
Knowing the age of the birds may be a good exercise in both watching the
progression of molt and testing your ability to age and sex the plovers.
If you want to know specifics on where individuals are from, contact me
directly and I will do my best.
Cheers
Dave Lauten
Oregon Biodiversity Information Center
Institute for Natural Resources
PSU
On 9/24/2018 10:41 AM, Nagi Aboulenein wrote:
Hi Bob,
Unfortunately, no flight shots of the Golden Plovers. An inconsiderate
biker dragging a dog decided to drive too close to the birds, and they flew
about half a mile further south and didn't return while we were there.
After having gotten a good bunch of photos of them, I decided to shift
focus (no pun intended :-) ) to the Snowy Plovers, instead of pursuing the
Goldens.
Interesting points that you raise, which I'm definitely not qualified to
respond to, so I'll take a backseat and watch the discussion unfold :)
Cheers,
Nagi
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:17 AM Bob Archer <rabican1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all:
I was looking at these great photos by Nagi, I was thinking the plovers
at South Beach are golden hued Black-bellied rather than Golden-Plovers.
The shorter wings, bulky look, bland face and large bill fit. hard for me
to judge size, but the Goldens are obviously smaller than a Black-bellied.
Maybe one has a very small bill but I think it is the angle.Any flight
shots?
Bob Archer
PDX
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 9:10 PM Nagi Aboulenein <
nagi.aboulenein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Taghrid and I had an excellent weekend birding the Newport area on
Saturday, and Fort Stevens area on Sunday.
Newport area:
- South Beach (south of the access trail from the restrooms):
- 2 Pacific Golden Plovers
- Two dozen or so Snowy Plovers
- 1 Semi-palmated Sandpiper
- 2 Western Sandpipers
- Two dozen or so Sanderlings
- Also had a very brief view of what appeared to be a Lapland
Longspur though not 100% certain - keep your eyes open for one in
that area
- Hatfield MSC Nature Trail (across from the shelter):
- 1 Ruff
- 1 Black-bellied Plover
- 1 Least Sandpiper
- Couple of hundred gulls: mostly California, with a handful of
Western
- 12 or so Brown Pelicans
- 1 Northern Pintail
- 2 Greater White-fronted Geese
- 1 Great Blue Heron
- 1 Belted Kingfisher
- 1 Turkey Vulture
- 4 or 5 White-crowned Sparrows
Ft. Stevens - Trestle Bay:
- 1 Hudsonian Godwit (only far views, poor photos but definitely
diagnostic)
- 1 Willet
- 6 Marbled Godwits
- 2 FOS Dunlins
- 8 Sanderlings at Ft. Stevens
- 2 Western Sandpipers
- Western and California Gulls
- 2 Northern Harriers
Del Rey Beach to Peter Iredale:
- Around 200 Sanderlings over a 6-7 mile stretch of beach - no
other shorebirds were seen
- Western Gulls
- California Gulls
- 1 Heerman’s Gull
- Dozens of Brown Pelicans, lots of diving/fishing activity
- 1 Tern sp - very brief look, not long enough to identify
Here is a link to some photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskF9fEjP ;.
Good birding,
Nagi & Taghrid.
