[obol] Re: Newport Catbird continues
- From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oeharper3@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:17:05 -0700
On Jul 19, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Oscar Harper <oeharper3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Hendrik and I made a quick dash to Newport this afternoon to look for the
> GRAY CATBIRD. We weren't disappointed - the bird obligingly called several
> times as soon as we walked up to its favorite patch of bushes, and a few
> minutes later we were able to watch it as it crept among the branches,
> foraging on berries.
>
> Despite a favorable tide and some decent mud edges along the bay, the only
> shorebirds in attendance were 2 WHIMBRELS and 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
>
> One single BROWN PELICAN between the jetties was the only other bird of note.
>
> Nice to get away from the Valley heat for a few hours (although it was
> surprisingly warm and sunny in Newport, about 70 F).
>
> Good summer birding
>
> Oscar
In addition to the well-known problem for shorebirds at Yaquina Bay due to the
destruction of high tide roosts, I suggest that the encroachment and near
covering of flats by invasive Japanese Eel Grass has been very detrimental.
Unlike the native eel grass, it colonizes areas much higher in the tidal cycle.
It is now rampant at Willapa Bay, and is having a devastating effect on much
of the shorebird flats.
Jeff Gilligan
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