[obol] Wed morning Eugene

  • From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
  • To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:07:13 -0800

The group this morning went to Alton-Baker Park, beginning at the display ponds 
and walking eastward between Autzen Stadium and the river.  Birds were fairly 
active.

Canada Goose - couple of small flocks
Cackling Goose - flock and individuals
American Wigeon - flock and scattered few
Mallard - many
Green-Winged Teal - 2
Greater Scaup - 2 males on eastern pond
Lesser Scaup - 4 
Ring-necked Duck - 4
Bufflehead -  6       
Hooded Merganser - 4
Pied-billed Grebe -
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Great Blue Heron - 5 on nests, several others
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1  
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Glaucous-winged Gull - 2
Hybrid Western x Gl-w.Gull -
Anna’s Hummingbird -
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
American Crow - 10
Hutton's Vireo - 1
Steller's Jay - 4
Western Scrub Jay - 10
Black-capped Chickadee - 16
Bushtit - 18
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 5
Bewick's Wren - 4
Pacific Wren - 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet - few in mixed flock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
American Robin - many
European Starling - many
Townsend’s Warbler - 2
Spotted Towhee - 5
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 8
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco  - 15+
Red-winged Blackbird - several
Western Meadowlark - 5
House Finch - 15+
Lesser Goldfinch - 2

Don Schrouder, Joni Dawning, Sylvia Maulding, Sarah Vasconcellos, Dave Brown, 
Kit Larsen, Paul Sherrell, Fred Chancey, Judy and Stephen Franzen, Dave and 
Sally Hill, and Larry McQueen

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