[obol] More Marion Co LB Curlews 8/2/14
- From: Roy Gerig <roygerig@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 14:26:40 -0700
This morning I had a pleasant birding encounter with Nick and Maureen - moved
here recently from Savannah, GA - this morning at the Hunsaker-Duckflat Rd
wetlands.
2 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS entertained us, flying near, flying far, landing close
and far. First seen where Tim Johnson and I saw 4 of them a week ago. That,
with the fact that Glen Lindeman saw one there about 2 months ago makes me
wonder if they nested or attempted nesting. Normally I think that Curlews and
Whimbrels are rare around here. This year I and others have seen Whimbrels (up
to 3) and Curlews (up to 4) along with 2 even more rare large shorebirds at
this site along Duckflat and Hunsaker Roads in Marion Co a almost a dozen
times. I might have to retract some statements I have made about wetland
restorations in the WV where most of the land was wet in 1850, until beginning
in 1940-1950 when fields were tiled and drained so you could farm them before
June.
Hunsaker-Duckflat is mostly dry now, but surface water still exists in many
places. Check it out
Roy Gerig, Salem OR
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