Central Oregon and Malheur have had very good coverage for decades. I don’t
think Hutton’s have been overlooked. A couple, sure, but in general, no. Just
too many birders in those areas.
I don’t have any great theories on why the birds are showing up more often.
Changes in habitat - where?
Alan Contreras
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Eugene, Oregon
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On Dec 11, 2019, at 8:11 PM, jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Obol,
So for a long time hasn't the collective thinking been that they don't come
to the east side? I recall that others had a convincing bird at Deschutes Rec
area along the Columbia river 1.5 yrs ago. Then the gray (stephanii)
bird(s)at Malheur in September that many of us saw. Now Peter Low
found/posted that he found a greenish yellow Hutton 's at a park near Bend.
Many locals have attached good photos to their ebird reports and it has been
seen daily. What is happening? is range expansion happening? Or have we
overlooked them because we believed they could not be here on the East side
of the Cascades? I welcome discussion. Judy
