[obol] Re: Ovenbird in Yamhill County
- From: Wayne Hoffman <whoffman@xxxxxxxx>
- To: fschrock@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 17:00:27 -0700
Hi -
Looks like Ovenbird habitat. My experience with them in the east,
particularly wintering in Florida, is that they like thickets that look
like that - closed canopy, high stem density, and lots of leaf litter.
Wayne
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Floyd Schrock <fschrock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At about noon today at my place in the hills west of Willamina, Yamhill
> Co., I had a 15-second look at an Ovenbird, and recorded eight or nine
> episodes of its singing. Unfortunately, I did not get the bird in my
> camera's viewfinder, but the singing recorded well, and I believe is
> conclusive of the i.d. as Ovenbird. I have put together several of the
> soundbites in a video you can see on YouTube here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DEy2QcOSVk
>
> I knew from the song I was hearing that I had heard it frequently (in
> Spring and Summer) when I lived back east in Virginia and Pennsylvania, but
> that was more than 30 years ago. My view of the bird was from about 50 ft.
> away, and it was in shadow. I tried to see crown stripes at the time, but
> could not be sure of anything there before the bird departed. I did have
> good views of other field marks of the front and side of the bird.
>
> After returning home and looking at books and listening to recordings, I
> feel confident that I did see and hear an Ovenbird this morning.
>
> Unfortunately, the actual patch of forest the bird was in is not on my
> property, so I cannot invite you to go in after it. But if anyone wants to
> stand on my property and listen for it, you are welcome to do that, but
> please contact me privately first to let me know when you wish to do so.
> That will also enable me to give you directions. I don't live there (yet)
> but I go there frequently.
>
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> Floyd Schrock
> McMinnville, Oregon USA
> http://empids.blogspot.com
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