Found 2 OSPREY still at Cottage Grove Lake (now a big pond) today.
That's down from the usual 3 unless one was hiding. It's the latest
report I can find on eBird for Washington and Oregon. Are these the
last two hanging around?
They were resting this afternoon on shore but I got to watch one fly up
and kite for a snack. In about half of a minute it had dived and came
up with about a 10" fish which it took to a perch and consumed. The
shrunken pool makes the fishing easy I guess. Photo in my checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25868636
The CORMORANT count at Dorena Lake was up to 146 from around 118 last
week. The COMMON LOON, 1 of the BALD EAGLEs and 2 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS were still there. Watched a flock of 50-60 PINE SISKINs
mobbing the feeders at a lakeside house.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25860170
I ended today's drive (cold wind and rain kept me in the car) with a
flock of about a dozen GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETs while watching a snow
squall over a nearby mountain.
Tori Morgan
Cottage Grove
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