At the risk of ruining my enjoyment of birding on Bayocean Spit, I'm
curious to ask what exactly changed? It seems like once a month or so I
read a post like this where someone who has been birding much longer than I
have laments about how it has declined.
(FWIW, I've seen ~500 American Wigeons along Bayocean Drive and the dike
road with regularity this fall, and usually a Eurasian Wigeon hidden in
there if I stop and take the time to look through them.)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 1:34 PM Robert O'Brien <baro@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Only one thing could have made yesterday a* more* perfect birding day in
Tillamook.
But who would want *beyond perfect?* That's greedy.
Still, maybe a Lifer? A first State Record? No way for a first North
American Record,
And a first North (& South) American Record? Gimmie a break.
Time was running out; just went past 4PM on these shortening days.
I thought I'd drive down Bay Ocean Peninsula gravel Road. Simply for old
times sake.
The glory days of the shorebird flats are long, long gone.
Ditto for the 1000 +/- American Widgeon that wintered along the main road
(there were 4 today). Always a couple of Eurasian Widgeon in there too.
Gone with the dairy cleanup it seems.
But, lightning does strike. One of my top 10 Most-Wanted World Birds.
For the record books. See attached.
Bob OBrien Carver OR
