Dear Bob,
There are now 58 reports of Red-shouldered Hawk in Clackamas County in eBird.
Of those, 18 have been reported by Joe Blowers from the Thomas Creek Farm south
of Molalla between 2016 and 2018. They must occur there with some regularity.
I have found this to be a tough species to find in the county. The first
county record I can recall was a bird that Elmer Specht found in the early
1990s in Tualatin.
Sincerely,
Tim Janzen
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 10:12 PM
To: Alan Contreras
Cc: OBOL
Subject: [obol] Re: Changes to Birds of Lane County
Well, as long as we are doing mea culpas I am retracting my Carver, Clackamas
County record of Red-shouldered hawk.
I have stewed over this too many years. ID was based upon translucent wing-tip
panels of the subject bird chasing an adult
Red tail at high elevation. Although their shapes seemed different there is a
strong possibility that the chaser was an
immature Red-tail, likely a progeny of the adult, in July. Young Red-tails have
similar panels.
Thus I have no certaub records in 45 years of Red-shouldered in here in 45
years here.
Tim Jansen, please take note.
Bob OBrien Carver, Clackamas County, Oregon
