[obol] Umpqua BBS (Douglas County): 5 Grasshopper Sparrows but only 2 Vesper Sparrows
- From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 13:47:22 -0700
Hi all,
Below are the tallies from this morning's run of the Umpqua Breeding
Bird Survey route, which traverses some of the best/most extensive
remaining grassland bird habitat in western Oregon.
A highlight was finding GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS at 3 locations, with a
total of five singing males. Finding a pair of ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS
near a possible nest site was also fun, as were the abundant WESTERN
MEADOWLARKS and WESTERN KINGBIRDS.
A lowlight was finding only two VESPER SPARROWS -- my lowest count in
three years of running this count.
The biggest surprise of the route was, at the very last stop in Driver
Valley, to hear HERMIT THRUSH singing from up a slope in a fairly mature
Douglas-fir plantation.
This was just a couple of miles from where I heard two of the
Grasshopper Sparrows and one of the Vesper Sparrows. I'm guessing that
not many BBS routes in Oregon have recorded Red-shouldered Hawk, Hermit
Thrush, and Grasshopper Sparrow all on the same five-stop data sheet.
Happy birding,
Joel
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Subject: Census Count: Umpqua BBS route, Douglas County, Oregon on June
08, 2014
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:36:25 GMT
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Date: June 8, 2014
Location: Umpqua BBS route, Douglas County, Oregon
Low temperature: 63 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 79 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none
Route runs from Coles Valley through Green Valley and Oakland and out
Driver Valley Rd., ending in the upper Driver Valley NW of Fairoaks
(Sutherlin area). 05:02 to 09:40.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Ring-necked Pheasant 3
Wild Turkey 3
Mountain Quail 2 [1]
California Quail 5
Turkey Vulture 11
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 [2]
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 20
Mourning Dove 12
Great Horned Owl 1
Rufous Hummingbird 4
Acorn Woodpecker 2 [3]
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 9
Western Wood-Pewee 33
Willow Flycatcher 12
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 10
Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 [4]
Western Kingbird 12
Cassin's Vireo 3 [5]
Warbling Vireo 5
Western Scrub-Jay 16
American Crow 18
Common Raven 4
Violet-green Swallow 16
Cliff Swallow 142
Barn Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 27
Bushtit 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Bewick's Wren 14
House Wren 5
Western Bluebird 2
Swainson's Thrush 5
Hermit Thrush 1 [6]
American Robin 34
Wrentit 3
European Starling 326
Cedar Waxwing 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 10
Yellow-breasted Chat 21
Western Tanager 2
Spotted Towhee 37
Chipping Sparrow 7
Vesper Sparrow 2 [7]
Savannah Sparrow 18
Grasshopper Sparrow 5 [8]
Song Sparrow 37
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 9
Black-headed Grosbeak 20
Lazuli Bunting 35
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Western Meadowlark 28 [9]
Brewer's Blackbird 19
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 6
Purple Finch 3
House Finch 11
Lesser Goldfinch 9
American Goldfinch 42
House Sparrow 5
Footnotes:
[1] MOQU: Calling on the NE edge of Oakland.
[2] RSHA: All adults, separate locations.
[3] ACWO: In Oakland near school. Also one missed on count but seen
later while returning to Oakland along Driver Valley Rd.
[4] ATFL: Pair visiting oaks with cavities near Stop 39, Driver
Valley Rd.
[5] CAVI: One singing at intersection of Wilcox Rd x Hwy 138, others
singing from edge of Douglas-fir plantation in upper Driver
Valley.
[6] HETH: Singing from Douglas-fir plantation in upper Driver
Valley, at last stop of route.
[7] VESP: One at Stop 8 (Cole Valley), one at Stop 46 (upper Driver
Valley) -- low count for recent years of data.
[8] GRSP: Three males singing in Cole Valley (2 at west end of
Crouch Rd., countersinging from fenceposts in pastures on either
side of Crouch Rd., and one half a mile west of there at gate of
former Black Magic Ranch which is now missing sign), and two
countersinging at Stop 46 in upper Driver Valley (outside gate
of Thomas & Dear Ranch), where also found in past two years.
[9] WEME: Main concentrations in Cole Valley and Oldham Creek
drainage; none heard in upper Driver Valley this time.
Total number of species seen: 67
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