The leaves and branches of the tree look to me more like black cottonwood.
Alderson have aerated leaf edges.
On Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 11:50 Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The leaves appear to those of an alder, apparently a Red Alder, which is
very common in western Oregon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnus_rubra.
Its range is pretty much west of the Cascades Does anyone think that it is
another species of alder?
The NE Oregon record was surprising enough.
Jeff Gilligan
On Nov 26, 2020, at 10:35 AM, Kevin Scaldeferri <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
It doesn't look to have made it to eBird, but the Facebook Birding Oregon
group has a possible Red-bellied Woodpecker spotted in Cottage Grove
https://www.facebook.com/groups/birdingoregon/permalink/1310392582652293/
