There has regularly been a flock of about 12 Golden-crowneds just before the
rest stop in the southern unit of Ridgefield NWR and we have had our usual
flock of about six in our backyard in urban southwest Portland.
On Jan 8, 2019, at 7:21 AM, Tristen Hynes <tristen.hynes16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I drove my some road in Albany, on the valley floor with some blackberry's
and pished briefly and 6 or 7 golden crowns popped up.
Tristen Hynes
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, 7:06 am J Hayes <balgryph@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:balgryph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here in the Portland area, I am finding Bewick's Wrens in roughly normal
numbers. Golden-crowned Sparrows seem to be markedly reduced in number. I
covered a 3.2 mile stretch of the Springwater Trail and found ONE
Golden-crowned and ONE White-crowned Sparrow vs. 22 Song Sparrows and six
Bewick's Wrens, in habitat that typically harbors lots of Zonos and Juncos.
Juncos also seem down somewhat. I think the hot, dry summer and early fall
weather wreaked havoc on the weed seed crop these birds depend upon. Even
the blackberry crop was affected, with blackened, shriveled fruits on the
vines by mid September. Robins, however, are abundant - we haven't had a
strong freeze yet and the grass is still green. Overall, we haven't had
winter yet. Yesterday, I saw a rosebush with several fresh blossoms.
Jeff Hayes
Portland
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 6:18 PM <philliplc@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:philliplc@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Robins have also been ubiquitous in Lincoln City
lately. Plus early yesterday morning I saw at least
200 scattered feeding in one Schooner Creek
pasture.
Phil
