Alan was asking about Hagg Lake (Washington Co) ... A few birds typically show
up in fall, but then peter out shortly after. Coverage is also a lot thinner in
winter than in fall, but they are surely not often detected during/after the
CBC.
Stefan SchlickHillsboro, OR
From: dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx
To: pamelaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; andydfrank@xxxxxxxxx
CC: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obol] Re: Hillsboro Scaup
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:19:35 -0700
In the Grants Pass/Cave Junction area, Greater
Scaup can be found along the deeper water sections of the Rogue River, but not
in great numbers. They turn up in what you might consider small inland
ponds at about the same numbers as long the river. The are not unusual on
Lake Selmac where they seem to favor the deep water near the face of the dam,
which is perhaps the best location in Josephine to see them (Lesser Scaup here
too). Lesser Scaup are more likely on small-sized "farm"
ponds.
Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
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From:
Pamela
Johnston
To: andydfrank@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: OBOL
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 7:40
AM
Subject: [obol] Re: Hillsboro Scaup
The factor Lars and Andy are illustrating is the size of the
inland/fresh water that Greater Scaup favor. Birds will do surprising things
in a pinch, but Greaters like larger surfaces overall. That doesn't mean that
you won't see them on canals along the Columbia.
Pam Johnston
On Mar 13, 2016 9:59 PM, Andy Frank <andydfrank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At Broughton Beach on the Columbia River in
Multnomah County, Greater and Lesser Scaup are present in nearly equal
numbers. I recall Shawneen Finnegan and Dave Irons once took on the
herculean task of counting all of the scaup present one winter day. I
no longer recall the exact numbers but believe they counted several
thousand
scaup and the ratio was somewhere near 60:40. Perhaps they, or someone
else, can correct me or provide the actual numbers.
But in certain inland places, Great Scaup are
quite common.
Andy
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