[obol] [Fwd: Baskett Slough NWR Vesper Sparrow apparently gone]
- From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:41:16 -0700
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From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
To: MidValley Birds <birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:40:15 -0700
Hi all,
This morning I went back to do follow-up on the Vesper Sparrow location
that I reported from one of the restoration prairies at Baskett Slough
NWR, to the east of the main butte, a couple of weeks ago. This was the
guy who was only singing a partial song.
I spend about 20 minutes in the area, surveying the vegetation structure
around the area where I found him, but did not detect any Vesper
Sparrows. Brandon Wagner did find him singing there on May 27th and got
a recording of the song, so the Vesper Sparrow must have stuck around
for a few days at least. But my guess is that he never found a mate, and
eventually moved on.
I also did not detect any sign of a Grasshopper Sparrow that sang just a
couple of times while I was out there for my previous survey (while I
was getting set up at a point, so he didn't even make it into the
count). Brandon didn't detect him either. So my guess is that guy didn't
stick around for very long at all, despite that a pair was present and
apparently nested in this same restoration field, last year.
There are lots of nice upland prairie grasses out there -- California
oatgrass, blue wildrye, and Roemer's fescue -- and they have a nice,
open structure in many areas. So hopefully more grassland sparrows will
find this patch in future years.
Happy birding,
Joel
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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
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