Doug, Of course, I've put considerable effort into birding Morrow County in the process of building my personal county list. I lived in Pendleton a couple years, which facilitated visiting. I gave focused effort to hexagons and squares in the county during the Breeding Bird Atals project. I also had the help of Craig Corder in searching for special target birds. One of the species I never found was the Yellow-breasted Chat, in spite of visiting a site where Craig once found that species. This was not an easy-to-find species in Morrow County. Now you speak of them like they were fairly easy to find. I look forward to seeing your results. Good birding, Paul Sullivan --------------------------------------- Subject: Morrow County Blitz initial results Date: Tue Jun 3 2014 9:29 am From: w.douglas.robinson AT gmail.com The Morrow County blitz was held 31 May - 1 June. Although the final tally of results is still a few days away while we await getting all the data compiled, I thought it would be interesting to share some initial results. We had a super group out in the field birding in and around the 59 Oregon 2020 Hotspot Squares in Morrow County. ... a few YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS scattered across the county... More results to come as we tally up checklists, how many squares we visited, etc. But I think we all had a great time exploring such a nice part of the state. Doug OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx