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:
Three topics to start the year.
1. For anyone who uses a Kowa scope, the new 1.6x converter works very
well. It isn't a nasty lightsucker. I have used it with the 30x, where it
produces a very wide, clear 48x, and will try it with the zoom tomorrow.
Much better than traditional camera-style doublers or Barlow lenses. The
only issue is that it isn’t a direct switchout, you have to unscrew the
cover ring where the eyepiece goes in. So don’t lose it or break it, or
your eyepieces won’t fit any more. Contact me directly with questions.
2. Malheur NWR has benefitted greatly from the summer interns that Oregon
birders have generously funded for three years. This year there will be a
spring intern (already paid for by two generous donors) and two summer
interns. We need to raise $1,500 each for those. I decided not to pile
into the year-end fundraising suck-a-thon, which reminds me of a cloud of
large warm-hearted mosquitoes. So if you’d like to start 2016 with a good
deed, donations (marked “summer interns") may be sent to:
Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
36391 Sod House Lane
Princeton, OR 97721
We have relied on three large donors to carry the bulk of this program in
recent years. We need more mid-size donations so our major supporters
don’t get tired of hearing from us. NOTE that we have moved the fundraising
for interns out of the Field Station and into the Friends group in order to
avoid confusion with other MFS fundraising, such as the effort just
completed.
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?
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
