I heard a Horned Lark singing on that part of Malpass Road March 3. I'm
guessing that may be a resident bird. The HOLA l have been able to
scrutinize in Linn County this past six weeks in Linn County have been out
of towners. Given the high amount of snow we have on the east side l think
some of those wintering birds may have been shunted this way.
It was about five years ago that l encountered three Snow Buntings
and an indeterminate number of longspurs on Davis Road during a detour in
my day at work. There were about 100 Horned Larks in that group which ended
up in a white clover field a mile north between Country and McClagan Roads.
The flock had diminished to about 35 by the first week of January. Shawneen
Finnegan and Dave Irons found a Chestnut-collared in that group at the end
of November. I have been seeing HOLA with much greater frequency in Linn
County since the new year than any time in the past half decade.lpn
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 6:19 PM Thomas Gilg <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
fyi – in prior days, nearby Abraham Drive (near Potter) has yielded good
numbers of Horned Larks, hence is worth scanning for bonus species. As I
left Blueberry today, nearby Road 211 and Smith Road yielded a few Horned
Larks, and Malpass Road directly south of the Halsey Mill yielded even more.
--tg
*From:* obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf
Of *Roy Gerig
*Sent:* Thursday, March 14, 2019 5:44 PM
*To:* obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [obol] More on Blueberry Hill Chestnut-collared Longspur
I have just posted on eBird some of my photos from yesterday morning that
I took before Rachael got there, they show more light on breast streaks and
maybe tail pattern. When the bird spread its tail it was quick and I
wasn't ready, nothing new in that. I was there this morning before the
fog lifted but Courtney (nice to finally meet you) had been watching it
from a distance in the fog, and the Lapland was around with more color. I
had visitors from Bend today, and we had limited time, on the way back to
Salem and Bend, we drove Davis Rd, there was a real bright LAPLAND LONGSPUR
there, likely different than the one I saw there 3 days ago. North of the
Dorothy and Toto house, south of the round WV Ponderosa Pine, with 12 to 14
HORNED LARKS. Do you Joel Geier know if HOLA numbers are pretty good in
Linn County this winter? Seems like there might be an uptick, but it could
be my imagination
HOLA numbers in Marion Co and Polk seem to be in the crapper this winter,
from what I can see, although my most recent trip up Livermore showed 7, up
from (0)1-4 every other time I drove it
Roy Gerig Salem OR
