[obol] Coos Birds of Late
- From: Tim Rodenkirk <garbledmodwit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 06:12:51 -0800 (PST)
I hear the Catching Slough (East side of Coos Bay) TRUMPETER SWAN is still
around, it was seen on the 4th by a couple different locals who contacted me.
Knute Andersson saw a WHIMBREL behind the Coast Guard station in Bandon on the
4th, I am assuming it is the same bird that has overwintered for quite a few
years now. I think it was missed on the CBC?
Out on the north spit of Coos Bay on the 6th there was a flock of 250
RING-NECKED DUCKS, largest flock of them I have ever noticed. Also with them
were about 30 mostly Greater looking Scaup, 20 each of Ruddy Duck and
Bufflehead, and about 40 coots, all on the old aeration pond there. I didn't
have time to walk out and check the ducks on the big wetland out there but did
see the NORTHERN SHRIKE was still around.
On Thursday late PM I was back out at Johnson Mill Pond near Coquille around
sunset. Not a single swallow, but there were 8 TVs and lots of ducks, phoebes,
YRs, and an Orange-crowned Warbler.
ENJOY!
Tim R
Coot Bay
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