[obol] Re: North Portland Yellow-headed Blackbird
- From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
- To: "llsdirons@xxxxxxx" <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:14:48 -0800
(continuing incomplete post)
...had been there all along. This has proven to be one the best winter flocks
in the Portland area. I don't know of any other site that consistently has so
many cowbirds during winter. It's certainly worth looking for Tricolored
Blackbirds as well, especially given Andy's report of a possible Trike the
other day.
Dave Irons
Portland, OR
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On Dec 27, 2013, at 10:06 AM, "David Irons" <llsdirons@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> As Andy suggests, the constantly rolling amoeba of blackbirds at this sight
> can be incredibly difficult to comb through. At any given point you are
> rarely seeing but a fraction of the birds present, as smaller sub-flocks are
> up in the trees, on the surrounding rooftops, or on the grounds behind the
> trucks at the Land O Lakes facility. I spent nearly an hour going through the
> flock three weeks ago and found none of the interesting blackbirds seen by
> others in recent days. I suspect that the Rusty and Yellow-head
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 26, 2013, at 9:45 PM, "Andy Frank" <andydfrank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I returned to North Portland today and found a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD among
>> the large blackbird flock, but no Rusty or Tricolored. The flock was again
>> not in Simmons Rd but instead at various spots along the slough and between
>> the slough and Simmons Rd.
>>
>> As an example of the difficulty in surveying this flock, I did not re-find
>> the Yellow-headed Blackbird in the 45 minutes I spent looking through the
>> flock after first finding it.
>>
>> Andy Frank
>
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