[obol] Fwd: [birding] 4 years of Bicycle Commuting between Corvallis & Albany
- From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 04:09:04 -0700
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Don Boucher <bouchdon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
Today is National Bike to Work Day. How fitting. Next week will be the end
of an era for me. I'll be starting a new job at OSU in Corvallis. No more
regular commutes to Albany. I rarely rode on HWY 20, choosing instead to
ride a short distance on HWY 34 and then Riverside Drive. I'll miss that
commute. Riverside Drive is low-traffic and good for birds and wildflowers.
I rode all year long, in all weather except severe fog or icy roads.
Otherwise I took the bus. I rode thousands of miles (6600 in the last 12
months).
This year was the best since the recent creation of wetlands on Riverside
Dr. (under the Wetland Reserve Program) in some of the farmer fields. It
was great for shorebirds and ducks. I would have found more if I had the
time to stop and look with a scope. Other birders have.
131 species for the 4 years. Without even looking for them, just riding by.
Best finds:
Grasshopper Sparrow (Spring 2010 on Bryant Dr near Albany)
Townsend's Solitaire (2010 on Riverside Dr during spring migration)
Clay-colored Sparrow (in residential Albany, winter 2012-13)
Northern Bobwhite (2011 only once, maybe a pet that got loose)
Mountain Quail (Spring 2011)
Worst misses. Western Meadowlark.
No bluebirds on Riverside or Bryant Drive (but elsewhere)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Mountain Quail (1 occurrence)
California Quail
Northern Bobwhite (1 occurrence)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail (during migration)
Sora (during migration)
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher.
Wilson’s Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Vaux's Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Western Wood-Pewee
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Cassin’s Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wrentit
Western Bluebird (Corvallis & Tangent only)
Townsend's Solitaire (one occurrence)
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Northern Mockingbird (one occurrence)
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow (once in Albany)
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow (one spring on Bryant Dr., Albany)
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
Don Boucher
Corvallis
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