Wednesday Birders of ECAS worked our way around Wickiup and some of Crane
Prairie today. Our bird of the day was a RED KNOT. Thanks to Cathy Beck for
getting some photos. She had to sneak around and back down to hide behind a
big upended stump/tree roots to get close enough for some photos. She
managed photos without flushing the birds. This was just west of the North
Boat Ramp, which we used to call Gull Point. The Gull point campground is
gated closed. We had seen a flock of shorebirds come past us and land there,
so, walking from the boat ramp to the right/west, about 100 or 150 + yards,
we could see the flock on the shoreline. The bird was with about 40 or so LB
Dowitchers and several Killdeer and one Wilson's Snipe. I don't know how
many county records exist for it but it was a new Deschutes bird for
everyone in the group and a nice bird to see inland for sure.
From the boat ramp area we could see rafts of birds too distant to identify
but having suspicion, we drove around and walked a ways in soft sand to find
about 30 Common Loons and one SURF SCOTER. People muttered about a smaller
loon but no one found a Pacific although Lew Rems saw one there a few days
ago. A Prairie Falcon hunted small birds in the area of stumps on dry beach.
Two or 3 Horned and many Eared Grebes and many Westerns were there. We had
no Chestnut backed Chickadees today but we spent a few minutes looking in
our "usual" seasonal place at Cow Camp. (old name, now signs call it Cow
Meadow).
List below of our birds. I will write a separate note for COBOL on the Red
Knot and encourage other birders from today to do the same if I miss
something important.
This report was mailed for Judy Meredith by http://birdnotes.net
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose, 3, with Canadas
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter, one, in deep water, far from North boat ramp.
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Loon, could not find a Pacific. But Lew had one a few days ago.
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Prairie Falcon, 2 today, one from the dam far off near toward Res CG area,
one North boat ramp area.
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs, 2
Red Knot, 1
Long-billed Dowitcher
Unidentified Dowitcher, possibly one "sp" but no SB calls heard
Wilson's Snipe, one Cow Camp and 1 North boat ramp with Dows, Knot.
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Williamson's Sapsucker, near Cow Camp, male
Red-breasted Sapsucker, Cow Camp, near restrooms
Hairy Woodpecker, heard only.
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike, out in the willows in dry area near dam
Gray Jay, Wickiup and Crane, Cow Camp
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay, in transit, Bend to Wickiup Junction
American Crow
Common Raven
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush, several below the dam, others here and there.
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler, willows near the dam.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow, few
Golden-crowned Sparrow, most numerous
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark, 10 or so at Cow Camp, short grasses along the river
Brewer's Blackbird
Red Crossbill
Total number of species seen: 67
Birders today, Jette Morache, Cathy Beck, Mary Oppenheimer and Howard
Horvath, Nancy Abrams and Tim Smith, Cal Elshoff, and Judy Meredith.
Good birding, jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx
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