As Bill noted, the SNBU and LALO are/were hanging out together. It looks like I
was 15 minutes behind Bill. I attached one photo to the LALO entry showing both
with a HOLA.
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53753870
For bonus points, here’s a video:
https://youtu.be/JI6enE0jSfw
The Blueberry and Davis road fields are being sprayed/fertilized now, so beware
the traffic.
Care,
--tg
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Bill
Tice
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:12 PM
To: Obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Linn County remains hot
Hi All,.
As I was hoping to add Clay-colored Sparrow to my Linn Co list, I headed that
way after breakfast. The bird was not hard to locate, once I reread the eBird
posts. It hangs out on the west side of the small forest just west of the R&R
tracks. After it flew I laid down some seed for him. After that I went to try
to relocate the Lapland Longspur which Roy Gerig reported from yesterday along
Davis Rd. There is a field about half way along, on the west side where the
Horned Larks seem to prefer. I had to wait about 20 minutes before he
showed.(There may be 2nd one, but I could never see them together) I then
called Jeff Harding about the report of the Ross' Goose reported yesterday in
Albany, but he went there and found a Snow Goose, so I did not head that way.
After that I headed south to Blueberry Rd to refind the Snow Bunting, which I
was able to do. Along with it was one Lapland Longspur. While I was driving
slowly in looking for it, a flock of Horned Larks were seen flying about.
Against the sky I could not pick out the Bunting until they all went below the
horizon. It was very easy then. Once they settled down not too far from the
road I realized there was a longspur in the mix, which stuck close to the
bunting. There were some 250 swans across the road. A nice morning. Well,
can avoid chores anymore..............
Here are my eBird reports with pics of these.
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53749521
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53749293
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53749126
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Bill Tice
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Birding - The best excuse for getting outdoors, and, for avoiding chores
