[obol] Wed morning, Eugene

  • From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
  • To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:25:07 -0700

We walked the river trail from east Alton Baker Park (east of freeway) to Day 
Island Park, parking at end of D St, Springfield.  General lack of bird sounds; 
altricial birds were few and slow to come.  Most of them seen around Island 
Park, but there was some activity on the river, especially around the rock 
outcropping.

Canada Goose - 50+ (Island Park)
Mallard - 30
Common Merganser - 18 
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 3
Green Heron - 1 maybe 2 (Island Park)
Turkey Vulture - 5
Osprey - 2
Killdeer - 4
Spotted Sandpiper - 6
California Gull - 17
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Vaux’s Swift - 2
Anna’s Hummingbird - 6
Rufous Hummingbird - 4
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (interacting birds high in cottonwood; at least one was an 
immature)
Red-breasted Sapsucker - 2 (Hairys chased these away)
Northern Flicker - 1
Western Wood Pewee - 3
Tree Swallow 
Violet-green Swallow 
Barn Swallow - many swallows over the river of all three species
American Crow - 30+
Steller's Jay - 2
Western Scrub-Jay - 15
Black-capped Chickadee - 8
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 2
Bewick's Wren - 1
European Starling - a few
Cedar Waxwing - 30
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 1
Black-headed Grosbeak - 6
Spotted Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 5
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
Lesser Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 12

Dave and Sally Hill, Fred Chancey, Don Schrouder, Sarah Vasconcellos, Randy 
Sinnott, Jim Regali, and Larry McQueen

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