Maybe my photo posted? Generally my email says "too big". Hendrik has practical
experience with Rock Thrushes, l don't. Initial reports led me to imagine the
bird in downtown Cannon Beach where it was presumably blown by the wind. In
fact Hug Point is well to the south(9 miles from 101 jct) and may be a Blue
Rock Thrush's most appropriate habitat in Clatsop County. It may well have
come ashore and traveled up and down the beach until it encountered this
clement corner. It may indeed have jumped ship upon seeing land. Unlike
Wheatears, Wagtails, and Willow Warblers, the Blue Rock Thrush is not a long
distance migrant. The above all nest in western Alaska and some winter in
Africa. Their occasional appearance in Oregon and California is to be expected.
If I'm not mistaken Eurasian Tree Sparrows traveled from Japan to Coos
Bay on a forest products freighter. I was one of a lucky cohort that got to see
a ship assisted Brown Booby from Kelly Point (the mouth of the Willamette). It
left with said ship as well. Circumstantial evidence l know, but it was seen
often and daily until the freighter left. I read in American Birds about 1973
of some Red Crossbills that rode a passenger ship from NA to Ireland. Then
there were the Jackdaws that made it to Quebec and actually began nesting. I'm
sorry to say their colonization was foiled by conscious human intervention. One
extra tick on my life list vs a permanently altered avifauna-- would l flip a
coin on that? And what is a"digital creator"? Beverly Halberg states on the
Discord forum that "there's a Michael Sanchez who's a digital creator on
Facebook " . I am not intending to impugn the birder who recorded the thrush,
which would be all too easy to construe. But if there haven't been any digital
stringers yet, there might be soon. Sorry, this is February talk in the midst
of April migration. The xeriscape at Hug Point is accessible at mid to low
tide. Twice a day the beach is underwater for four or more hours, and the tides
shift about 45 minutes per tide so the time that worked for someone yesterday
may not tomorrow. The photo gives some idea of the challenge of seeing a
Robin-sized bird on the cliffs. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 4/22/24 5:05 PM (GMT-08:00) To: larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Alan
Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>, OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [obol]
Re: Hug Point ... and thus be the perfect habitat for a Blue Rock Thrush as
well! Hope someone can relocate this awesome find!HendrikOn Mon, Apr 22, 2024
at 4:11 PM larspernorgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:The picture under
discussion was taken at low tide. There is no beach at high tide. Acres of
rambling, lightly vegetated cliffs above (east) this part time strand. I think
it would make a Rock Wren cozy.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy
smartphone-------- Original message --------From: Alan Contreras
<acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 4/22/24 4:01 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Lars Per Norgren
<larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [obol]
Hug Point Observer has now been connected with OBRC. He says additional photos
are forthcoming.
Alan Contrerasacontrer56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx“The history of art
doesn’t suggest … that great art gets made by aligning one’s thought with
everyone else’s.” Carl Phillips, in the Yale Review, Spring, 2022
On Apr 22, 2024, at 3:55 PM, larspernorgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I
ran into Diana Byrne. She determined the picture was taken on the north side of
this little headland. Accessible now on an outgoing tide. Parking lot is on the
south side. Apparent low rock wall is a natural feature. She says Sunday
at sunrise was calm. A fairly miserable northwest wind blowing now.Sent from my
Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone-- __________________________Hendrik G.
HerlynCorvallis, OR"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." -- Gary
Snyder
