[obol] Linn County Tricolored Blackbirds, Black Terns
- From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Midvalley Birding <birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:59:35 -0700
Hi all,
Oscar and I made a quick late-afternoon run out to the Eicher ponds, trying
to relocate Doug's flock of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS. After some scanning from
the dike along Eicher Rd., we were able to locate 22 birds perched on some
bushes on the other side of the pond. We were first alerted to their
presence by the calls, which sounded distinctly different from a flock of
Red-wings. We didn't get very good looks (and no photos), but in the scope
we were able to get distant, yet diagnostic looks at the white-and-scarlet
epaulettes of a couple of males. Also noticeable was that at a distance,
the females appeared to be almost entirely blackish, with none of the warm
brown or rusty tones usually apparent in Red-winged Blackbirds. Great find,
Doug!
Not too much else around, but 2 BLACK TERNS over the ponds seem noteworthy.
Good midsummer birding
Hendrik & Oscar
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Hendrik G. Herlyn
Corvallis, OR
*"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." -- Gary Snyder*
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