Lots of chasers today, no luck so far.I did meet an adjacent landowner at the
spot, and he was initially very upset by all the action, and the potential for
trespass! He said he deals with lost people often, and people who walk on the
nearby private farm roads. Apparently some maps still show a river crossing
(was a ferry?) on his property, and people insist on finding it. After 15
minutes of talk, he was calmer, and telling me about the bird boxes and perches
he has installed.Let's show him how well birders behave!--tgSent from my
Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Courtney Kelly Jett
<ckjannabirds@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 3/2/19 7:52 AM (GMT-08:00) To:
obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [obol] Re: Linn Co Gyrfalcon Audrey and Courtney,
with Maureen and Nick, and hopefully others too, will be looking for the
Gyrfalcon, again, today (Saturday) till midday.Please, again, post onto OBOL,
or contact us, ASAP, if you are out today and find it! I looked at old OBOL
records from March 2017 and looks like that Gyrfalcon was seen hereFeb. 25 to
Mar. 1, then disappeared until refound here March 13 and 14, so, it was still
here all along! but a lot of misses.Also found a note, that the only April
Gyrfalcon ebird records in Oregon, are both from this area: Halsey and Tangent.
So if any Gyrfalcon might stick around a while, may as well be this one.Here is
some helpful info I was given, may it be of help to us today! >> I would
suggest that you spend your time looking in the Irish Bend Loop and
Nixon-Cartney loop off of Peoria Rd and then swing through the Lake Creek Rd
Malpass Rd areas. As we discussed, these birds have very large territories and
they are food source driven. I have to say that I did not see too many
waterfowl in my drive around the whole area today so it could very well be that
the food source is on the Benton County side and the bird was just resting
until it was time to hunt. Make sure you check all those tall trees along the
river ... methodically scanning those trees << Thanks for
helping!CourtneyCourtney Kelly Jett, Bend, OregonSent from a phone that is all
brevity, no witSent from a phone low on wits, high on bitsOn Mar 1, 2019, at
2:45 PM, Courtney Kelly Jett <ckjannabirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Audrey and Courtney
will be looking for the Gyrfalcon from 3pm-sunset (if need be) today (Friday).
Since Gyrfalcon is a hidden (protected) species on eBird, we won’t be able to
see ebird reports posted if someone else refinds it. Please post to OBOL if
refound or contact me directly - it would be a life bird for me! Would really
love (so much) to see it. Thank you for helping! Courtney 347-556-0619P.S. We
saw Bruce Pratt’s continuing female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Corvallis
7:37-8:10am this morning with Bruce, Nick, and Maureen. Thanks Bruce!Courtney
Kelly Jett, Bend, OregonSent from a phone that is all brevity, no witSent from
a phone low on wits, high on bitsOn Mar 1, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Jeff Fleischer
(Redacted sender "raptorrunner97321" for DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:Hi everyone,Doing a raptor survey today and am looking at a smoky gray
colored/ brown GYRFALCON through my scope👍. Location is on Irish Bend Loop west
of Peoria Rd. Take the north potion of the loop and where the road turns south
the bird is at the top of a for tree to the NW of the corner. Currently
preening. Gonna need a scope to see it clearly, too far for binocs. Good
luck chasing it!!Jeff FleischerPOST: Send your post to obol@freelists.orgJOIN
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