There are a couple of winter records with photos from the Willamette Valley.
Otherwise earliest arrival last week of March.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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On Jan 31, 2017, at 5:56 AM, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Are there any winter records of Swainson's Hawk in Oregon? Seems really
unusual to have birds in January?
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
On Monday, January 30, 2017, Karen Cottrell <krncottrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We ran our second route of the season today. There were a few surprises on
the route.
Redtail hawks=47
American Kestrel=9
Northern Harrier=6
Bald Eagle=7 all adults
Golden Eagle=9
Rough legged Hawk=15
Falcons= 2 Prairie Falcons
Owls= 2 Great Horned Owls
Swainson Hawk=2
Considering weather and winter conditions that is a good number. 19* when we
started with fog and ground snow covered. High temp was 32*.
On the route we saw=
Canada Geese
Ducks - Mallards
Ravens
Doves
Pheasants
Sage Grouse
Mammals on the route=
Deer, eating with the cattle
Antelope moderate size herds close to the ranches.
and last but not least= a Porcupine, sitting on a top branch of a large
bush.
Karen Cottrell
Magpie
