After spending a lot of time in the coast range west of Grants Pass during my
Forestry employment years (out there every month of the year), there was never
a day I detected any Sandhills. There were Greater White-fronted Geese flock
flyovers, along with a few Tundra Swans (would consider them rare). Would
consider Sandhills rare in the western Rogue Valley (and westward) overall.
Dennis
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From: Alan Contreras
To: baro@xxxxxxx
Cc: OBOL
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:37 AM
Subject: [obol] Re: Fwd: Re: testing an hypothesis #2
My impression is that the crane route is basically from Sauvie-Ridgefield
across Portland (more or less following the Willamette) with eventual edging
down the foothills not until somewhere around Mt. Angel. I would not expect
many in the eastern 2/3 of Clackamas County. Any observers there to comment?
I also have the impression that a lot of them turn southeast around Creswell,
just like the White-fronts, following the Willamette canyon across to the
Klamath marshes. I don’t think very many go straight south over the western
Siskiyous, though observers there could correct me.
Alan Contreras
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