*
This is a fairly predictable phenomenon--where inland sites have higher species
diversity than coastal ones. On the Coquille Valley CBC , the Norway sector
always has the highest species count--92 this year with a team of two and an
area about a mile
wide and 2 1/2 miles long. Coastal sectors of the CV circle have some seabirds,
but rather few choices of passerines. Reedsport is especially disadvantaged
relative to other coastal counts as it has very little unforested bottomland or
other features that keep inland passerines happy. The record high species
counts at various coastal CBCs can't be achieved without things like Scrub
Jay(a regular at Norway), Purple Finch, American Goldfinch,often species that
inland counters tick off w/o a thought.
Ultimately it is the absences that make the strongest impression on me
while participating in a coastal CBC. All day in downtown Langlois and Port
Orford this year without a single Rock Dove. It's so seldom on the PO CBC that
it doesn't make the
regular list. lpn
On Jan 1, 2018, at 7:03 AM, Keith Phifer wrote:
Yes thanks again for all the work. I enjoy seeing those summery tables. We
must have been missing someone at the countdown to have gone from 110 to 116.
I suspect it was the north umpqua group as I do not remember those
goldeneyes at the countdown. It was nice to see that those were found again.
I remember Ron finding those pretty consistently for a number of years, but
it seems like they have been hard to find the last few years. If the
countdown number holds for the Reedsport countdown the 116 would mean the
inland Douglas county count beat the 114 Coastal Douglas county count. This
is a big surprise to me. I would credit it to the difference in the quantity
of counters. I think there were in the mid 30’s for Roseburg participants
and less than 15 for Reedsport.
Thanks again,
Keith
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On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Mikeal Jones <mikealjones@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As much fun as it is recording birds in our own parts of the Count Circle,
your organization (Mark), tally (Jeannie) and narrative on Umpqua Birds
(Matt) tie it all together to enjoy and compare with other years. Thanks to
each of you for making the Christmas Bird Count for Roseburg-Sutherlin such
a great time. Mikeal
Mikeal Jones
826 SE Brockway Ave
Roseburg OR 97470
(541) 673-1859
mikealjones@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Dec 31, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Folks,
Please find a summary of the Roseburg-Sutherlin CBC here:
http://umpquabirds.blogspot.com/2017/12/roseburg-sutherlin-christmas-bird-count.html
If you participated in the count, please review the data tables linked here
(or at www.umpquabirds.org/cbc) and let me know if you see any errors.
Thank-you!
Good Birding,
Matt Hunter
P.S. One of the most interesting things to me is to look at the tables I
have been producing several years now, which sort the bird numbers not only
by taxonomy, but by total numbers of each species and by the number of team
areas recording the species. For example, can you predict which species
were found in all 14 team areas? It's also interesting to see which species
were found in only one team area (e.g. easily missed). Look for these
tables in the blog and cbc websites linked above. mgh
