Dear Tim,
I thought I would add that I was in Curry County on Tuesday, November 3. I had
3 ELEGANT TERNS at Chetco Point in Brookings. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
was in the town of Brookings about 1/4 mile NE of Chetco Point. There were
fairly large numbers of BROWN PELICANS at virtually every overlook in the
county where I stopped. I didn't see the Elegant Terns when I went through
Gold Beach but they may have been around. I had small numbers of HEERMAN'S
GULLS in Gold Beach and at other locations as well such as Chetco Point. I
also stopped to see the Blue Whale near Ophir. That was an amazing sight!
Sincerely,
Tim Janzen
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Tim Rodenkirk
Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2015 3:14 PM
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Subject: [obol] Coos/Curry Update
At Gold beach on 11/6 there were still 30+ ELEGANT TERNS around. With the big
gull group before the river mouth on a gravel bar were at least 4 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES. There were several hundred gulls, mostly CAs and lots of Mews. I
did pick out one THAYER'S and there were quite a few HERRING GULLS also. A few
Heerman's too. No Ring-billeds, a very uncommon to rare species in Curry (bet
not many know that?).
This morning, the 7th, the 30+ ELEGANT TERNS were still around with the same
gull mix in Gold Beach. I found a PALM WARBLER behind the sewage treatment
plant in a really good sparrow trap I like to check from time to time. The
Palm Warbler ended up flying inside the sewage treatment plant where it
disappeared.
Saw the 75 foot BLUE WHALE just north of the Ophir rest area. It washed up
last Sunday, I had great looks at on Wednesday as it was easily visible from
Hwy 101. Since then they have cut it up and pushed it out a bit further, I
think they are hoping it will float out to sea- not positive on that? There
were researchers there much of the week doing a necropsy. Anyhow, it was
amazingly cool to see on Wednesday. Many people have been checking it out.
Happy Birding!
Tim Rodenkirk
back in Coos Bay
