[obol] Re: Fields/Alvord Report
- From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
- To: "jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx" <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>, OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 17:56:18 -0700
Bizarre that Denio has pro Duck and Beaver establishments.
Also odd that there have been so many Semi Sands over the past few weeks. I
think yours makes four. June shorebirding in the Great Basin can be
interesting. I once had both a Dunlin and a Baird's Sandpiper at Summer Lake on
June 6th. Neither was in full alternate plumage, much like the Semi I found at
Newport two weeks ago. I suspect that most of these types of sightings involve
first summer birds. What was the plumage like on your Semi?
Dave Irons
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On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:33 PM, "Jeff Gilligan" <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A "Winter Wren" was reported but I didn't see it. By "Winter Wren" the
> observer was referring to the former species, which included Pacific Wren. I
> would have liked to have seen it, - perhaps tomorrow. Birding was very slow
> in Fields today.
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> Mann Lake had a flock of 8 Buffleheads.
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> There was a pair of American Crows in a green meadow north of the Alvord
> Ranch.
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> Our (Judy Meredith and my) best bird was a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at the wet
> area on the Alvord Desert near the Alvord Hot Springs. It is my first ever
> in Oregon in June and for Harney County ever. It was the only shorebird
> there that is not a Harney County breeder.
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> (On a non-birding aside…The Denio Cafe is a hard-core OSU Beaver place, but
> the soon to be opened Denio Hotel and Deli has a lot of Oregon Duck
> paraphernalia in it. If you have been in total Denio you would know how odd
> that is in this desert Nevada town.)
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> Jeff Gilligan
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