[obol] Lincoln Blue Grosbeak
- From: "5hats@xxxxxxxx" <5hats@xxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 05:33:52 +0000
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My suspicion that Salishan Spit on the west side of Siletz Bay might be a
good place to look for vagrants got a boost today with the sighting of a Blue
Grosbeak there. It was either a first summer or female plumaged bird, about
the size of a Swainson’s Thrush but bulkier. It had a conical bill, was warm
brown on the upperparts, slightly darker on the somewhat notched tail, a bit
lighter brown underparts, with a hint of a cinnamon wingbar on the median
coverts. I first saw it when it flew across the road in front of me. It then
landed in the top of a twenty foot spruce tree where I was able to observe it
for about a full minute before it flew off to the south.
I don’t think there would be much point in anyone chasing this bird, as it
disappeared into thick woods in a residential area in a gated community.
I think this is the third sighting of Blue Grosbeak in Lincoln County in
the past three years. Just last year, if I recall, one was sighted just across
the bay at Cutler City.
Darrel & Laura
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