*Hello all birders:*
This is our 11/12/15 Scout Summary for the SAS Ankeny Wildlife Refuge
Birding Field Trip to be held on *Saturday, November 21, 2015.*
Tim Johnson, Fred Stephens, Kay Fagan and myself started at the Overlook.
It was coolish with temperature in the 30's to start, warming to the 40's,
but continuing to feel chilly because of the wind chill. Rain is in the
forecast.
*Highlights included the following:*
* We had Peregrine Falcon, Red-tail Hawk, American Kestrel and missed
Merlin, and Bald Eagle and Accipiter except for one of latter species.
The contrasting sightings of one dark and one light morph Red-tail in the
same scout day was interesting.
* * * We scoped for all the shorebirds at the railroad track site where
the Ruff had been previously sighted and failed to re-find. But we had
great looks at Wilson's Snipe and Long-billed Dowitcher. Later at Eagle we
could hear the calls of Dunlin and Dowitchers nicely. One to two
Green-winged Teal were flying with the aerial collective and impressive
flights of the Dunlin to elude predators. This was interesting and almost
humorous.
** * At Eagle Marsh, we had a group of 84 light breasted Canada Geese
that had other Cackling and Canada (western) around, but on this subspecies
group their necks were very slender(skinny) and they did not project the
usually "honk"; more a squeaky calling.
** *We had Western Meadowlark at two spots-the pull out at the RR
tracks and the Willow Tree on Wintel Rd where they are dependably found and
seen.
* We had two White-throated Sparrows at the Buena Vista Ferry stop.
Both visibly different with one being more striking in the chin/throat
feature and distinct scalloping on the back. The other softer tan rather
than white/white at the throat.
*Please join us for our next adventure. Field Trips: *Saturday,
November 21 at 8:00 am at the Ankeny WLR Overlook; Monday, November 16, for
a SAS Short at Minto-Brown parking Lot #3 at 8:00am; and Thursday, November
19, at 7:30 am for a Field Trip to the Coast with Wes Craven, meeting at
Jack-in-the Box parking on Mission and 25th at 7:30 am.
Barbara Dolan
*Note:* we are getting closer to the Salem Christmas Bird Count, on
the Saturday, December 19. For sign up and joining for Field or Feeder
Tally, contact individual Sector Leaderst, myself at 503-982-3204, or Tim
Johnson at 503-507-8552.
*The list of species for this scout follows: *
Number of Taxa: 46
*Checklists included in this summary:*
(1): US-OR-Jefferson-Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge - 44.8019x-123.0638 *This
is the Overlook spot-looks down on the restoration of Peregrine Marsh
Project.*
Date: Nov 12, 2015, 8:00 AM
(2): Jefferson, 3293 Buena Vista Road South *This is the pullout east of
the Railroad Tracks. Looked for the Ruff.*
Date: Nov 12, 2015, 8:24 AM
(3): Ankeny NWR--Eagle Marsh *We scoped from the kiosk and walked the
parking, road and swampy drainage area.*
Date: Nov 12, 2015, 9:07 AM
(4): US-OR-Jefferson - 44.7696x-123.1444 - Mar 16, 2014, 11:16 AM *This is
the Buena Vista Ferry spot. *
Date: Nov 12, 2015, 9:45 AM
(5): US-OR-Jefferson-3023-3205 Wintel Rd S - 44.7779x-123.0957 *This is the
Willow Tree Pull Out.*
Date: Nov 12, 2015, 10:36 AM
(6): Ankeny NWR--Pintail Marsh *Pintail Marsh Parking.*
Date: Nov 12, 2015, 10:46 AM
13 Cackling Goose (minima) -- (3)
2 Canada Goose -- (6)
2 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) -- (3)
74 Canada Goose (occidentalis/fulva) -- (1),(6)
84 Canada Goose (parvipes) -- (3)
3 Gadwall -- (6)
1 Eurasian Wigeon -- (6)
20 American Wigeon -- (6)
202 Mallard -- (3),(6)
4 Northern Shoveler -- (6)
10 Northern Pintail -- (6)
359 Green-winged Teal -- (3),(6)
2 Bufflehead -- (6)
3 Great Blue Heron -- (1),(4),(6)
1 Great Egret -- (6)
5 Northern Harrier -- (2),(4),(5),(6)
1 Accipiter sp. -- (6)
5 Red-tailed Hawk -- (1),(2),(4),(6)
1 Killdeer -- (1)
6 Greater Yellowlegs -- (1),(2),(3)
170 Dunlin -- (3),(6)
88 Long-billed Dowitcher -- (2),(3),(6)
6 Wilson's Snipe -- (2)
58 Eurasian Collared-Dove -- (1),(5)
1 Belted Kingfisher -- (2)
4 Northern Flicker -- (1),(3),(4)
2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) -- (3),(4)
5 American Kestrel -- (1),(2),(3),(5)
2 Peregrine Falcon -- (2),(6)
4 Western Scrub-Jay -- (3),(4)
13 American Crow -- (1),(3),(4),(5)
2 Black-capped Chickadee -- (4)
12 Bushtit -- (2)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (2)
710 European Starling -- (1),(2),(5)
13 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) -- (3),(4)
1 White-crowned Sparrow -- (4)
14 Golden-crowned Sparrow -- (2),(4)
2 White-throated Sparrow -- (4)
9 Song Sparrow -- (2),(3),(4)
1 Spotted Towhee -- (4)
156 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2),(5)
5 Western Meadowlark -- (3),(5)
266 Brewer's Blackbird -- (1),(2),(5)
3 House Finch -- (4)
2 American Goldfinch -- (6)
