Hi All,
Just wanted to mention there were scattered flocks of ALEUTIAN CACKLERS
over Coos Bay all day (several thousands or more passing easily). I saw a
few at eye level at Cape Arago in the AM. Did see some larger geese with
them, not sure on ID though?
Merry migration!
Tim R
Coos Bay
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 3:43 PM, <whoffman@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi -
I spent much of today (8 AM to 3 PM) in and around Newport:
Highlights:
Brown Booby: in the morning it was in the area off the UnderSea Garden -
at times on the usual channel marker, also on the sea wall, and once on the
taller tower in the jetty area that the Sea Lions use. From 1 Pm until at
least 3 PM it was sitting on top of the channel marker (range marker) west
of the bridge, that is just off the first finger extending out from the
south jetty road.
Geese: 5 species in the area west of the bridge: 1 Brant on the water
early, several flocks of (Aleutian) Cackling Geese totaling 500+ birds.
Around 11:30 a flock of 150+ Aleutians appeared over the north jetty, and
flew back and forth over the channel for at least 20 minutes before heading
on south. During this period it frequently split into subflocks and
re-coalesced. Embedded in it were at least 2 dark Canada Geese (Duskies?),
1 adult Snow Goose, and 6 White-fronted Geese.
Green-winged Teal: several small flocks and some singles were flying
around the lower bay.
Bufflehead: FOS, 5 birds.
Brown Pelicans: Rafts gathered on the bay west of the bridge, building
to 800 birds, then gradually dispersing.
Also present were 100+ Heermann's Gulls, including for a while a flock of
about 80 on the ground of the "gull spot."
Also present among the California Gulls were at last 12 Herring Gulls, 2
Thayer's Gulls, and 2 Ring-billed Gulls.
No unusual sparrows could be located.
Wayne
