Today, I birded Lincoln County's coast. I stopped and seawatched at Yachats Park with two Santa Fe, New Mexico birders, Lonnie Howard and Gail Szpatura. I really enjoyed helping them find life birds, including at least 15 MARBLED MURRELETS, Pigeon Guillemots, Surf and White-winged Scoters, Pacific Loons, Common Murres, Pelagic Cormorants and Rhinocerous Auklet. Ocean conditions were exceptional for viewing floating birds.
Later, I met up with David Smith of Portland and Chuck Philo of Newport. Chuck got us incredible views of the Gray Catbird behind the USFWS building. It was singing from a holly tree and seemed to have staked out it's territory.
David saw the Western Kingbird a few minutes before I arrived. We all tried to relocate it but I only heard it sing briefly along the Science Center trail. It is moving around a lot.
regards, Diane Pettey Heceta Beach, OR d.koastie69@xxxxxxxxx OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
