Jamie, Alan & All,
A few other Mountain Chickadees that stayed later than the ones noted in
eBird include:
Benton - Dec 25 (bird initially seen in late Nov was last seen on this
date) at a Camp Adair private residence, reported for Corvallis Audubon
field notes.
Lane - Dec 18 one found at Elk Meadows golf course during Oakridge CBC
(not at a feeder, this was a "wild" one in a multi-species flock,
actively feeding among lichens on oaks). Another one visiting a feeder
on High Prairie above Oakridge was also seen during the week of the
count, possibly continuing (will be reported to Project Feederwatch if
so).
During the Oakridge CBC I didn't count what seemed likely as another
"wild" one, that was feeding very high up in a Douglas-fir with what
looked like Chestnut-backeds, on private timberland in the High Prairie
area.
I'd guess there are still more "wild" ones out there to be found.
Joel
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 15:35:27 -0800
Subject: [obol] Re: Optics, Malheur, Mountain Chicks
From: Jamie Simmons <sapsuckers@xxxxxxxxx>
Alan and all,
A search of western Oregon counties (from memory--hopefully I didn't
miss any!) in eBird revealed the following results for last Mountain
Chickadees reported there. (I included names for the more recent ones.)
Benton - Dec 16
Clackamas - Dec 12
Clatsop - Oct 29
Columbia - no eBird records--ever!
Coos - Sep 17, 2013
Curry - Dec 9
Douglas - Dec 19
Jackson - Dec 25 (Frank Lospalluto)
Josephine - Dec 29 (Dennis Vroman)
Lane - Dec 6
Lincoln - Nov 21
Linn - Dec 25 (Jeff Harding)
Marion - Dec 16
Multnomah - Dec 27 (Nick Mrvelj)
Polk - Nov 29
Tillamook - Dec 29 (Beverly Hallberg: "Continuing at my feeder")
Washington - Dec 21
Yamhill - Nov 13
Jamie Simmons
Corvallis
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
3. What’s the status of Mountain Chickadees that had “settled” at
various feeders this fall? Mine unsettled itself ten days ago and
disappeared (probably heard aboutthe CBC). Are other people still
seeing them?
--
Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
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