[obol] E.E.Wilson shrike, etc.
- From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Midvalley Birding <birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:05:26 -0800 (PST)
Hello, fellow birders,
Oscar, Adrian Hinkle and I took advantage of the mild and dry conditions today
and made a brief run up to E.E.Wilson, hoping to relocate Joel Geier's Sedge
Wren (which he reported just before the big snow). Unfortunately, the only wren
we could dig up in that general area was a Bewick's Wren. Overall, activity was
rather slow and we found surprisingly few sparrows (in fact, the only
Zonotrichias we saw were four Golden-crowns inside the pheasant enclosures,
along with a junco, a Fox Sparrow and 2 towhees).
However, we did find a NORTHERN SHRIKE in the general Sedge Wren area, as well
as a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and a high-soaring TURKEY VULTURE. At one point, a GREAT
HORNED OWL gave a single hoot from the oak grove south of the shed.
After our unsuccessful Sedge Wren search, we stopped at the yard recycling
plant, hoping for some gull action. Alas, not a single Larid was in evidence,
but we did find at least 99 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, along with numerous Brewer's
and a few Red-wings- easily the largest winter flock I have ever seen in the
Valley.
Happy birding
Hendrik & Oscar
__________________________
Hendrik G. Herlyn
Corvallis, OR
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
-- Gary Snyder
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