[obol] Re: Siskins Askew
- From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Brandon Green <brandon.green18@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:03:04 -0700
Hi Brandon & all,
I took a peek in eBird earlier this morning, as a matter of due
diligence. I noticed that there were only a handful of unique reports of
Pine Siskins from the mid-valley region, during April and May. All of
these were reports of just 1 or 2 birds. Here they are:
2 at Fisherman's Bend (Marion Co.) on May 10 (recorded on 2 lists)
1 on OSU campus (Corvallis) in Apr 22
X near OSU campus (Corvallis) on Apr 11
1 in Willamette Park (Corvallis) on Apr 11 (recorded on 2 lists)
1 sw of Philomath on Apr 19
If you go back to March there are several more reports of a single Pine
Siskin at the same location sw of Philomath, on various dates. This
charismatic siskin seems to have been recorded on 5 different eBird
checklists on March 16th!
Apart from these, there was a report of 2 siskins at Hilltop Cemetery in
e. Polk Co. on March 12th, and a remarkable flock of 4 siskins at the
same spot on March 18th.
I would count the March reports as most likely wintering birds or else
migrants. The eBird reports from April and May could all be accounted
for by a total of 5 individual birds.
Cheers,
Joel
On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 08:56 -0700, Brandon Green wrote:
> Pine Siskins have been in very low number in the Eugene area for the
> past year or so. I know of at least one person who had hosted them at
> his feeder in the south hills this winter, but they've been largely
> absent from the far south end of the Willamette Valley.
> Interestingly, there are far more 2014 eBird reports of Siskins in
> the Corvallis and Salem areas.
>
>
> Brandon
> Eugene
>
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