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Fred Ramsey and I saw daffodils in full bloom just south of Tangent sewage
ponds while
conducting the Corvallis CBC. That was December 20. I've seen them in Mendocino
County before Christmas, but not Oregon. It was so perverse I forgot all about
it until
now. Pseudospring indeed. But considering that I saw and heard a Lesser
Yellowlegs
an hour before the daffodils, maybe only mildly perverse. Portland had the
longest
growing season on record in 2016, over 300 days. Last frost in late January,
first frost
about December 4.
Does this in any way relate to the dearth of shorebirds on CBCs? Not
one Sanderling
on the Coos count. 2 Sanderlings on the Yaquina count (two different teams).
Very low
gull numbers on coastal counts, although Ring-bills had never been easier to
find there
for me at least, and California Gulls were also so easy to tick it almost
wasn't fun. Alan
went out to Florence a few days ago and there were still no gulls. Very low
numbers of
Yellow-rumped Warblers. Covering territory he knows intimately, Tim Rodenkirk
dipped
on Townsend's Warbler this Coos CBC . Highly anecdotal, quite possibly
meaningless.
But speculation can be more fun than reality.
Lars
On Jan 24, 2017, at 8:19 AM, Alan Contreras wrote:
House Finches are singing practice runs in Eugene and daffodils are starting
to show their tips.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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On Jan 24, 2017, at 7:25 AM, Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was working in a wooded area yesterday near the coast in SW Coos. I heard
both singing Dark-eyed Juncos and Hutton's Vireo. The real sign of spring
though was mosquitoes! Another week or two and the Rufous Hummers should be
back too. Cherry blossoms should be starting up any day here now and of
course the natives: red-flowering currant and already blooming hairy
manzanita.
Merry pseudospring!
Tim Rodenkirk
Coos Bay
