[obol] Wed morning, Eugene

  • From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
  • To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 15:46:53 -0700

We covered the Sterwart Pond Park, which was bone dry, except for those 
shrinking ponds surrounded by willows in the meadow.  Birding  reflected the 
drought.  There probably were more Willow Flycatchers than met the eye, as they 
were not singing.  Cedar Waxwing was the predominate species; one large flock 
could have had 200 birds and they were present everywhere.

Mallard - 15
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk  - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - a feather
Anna’s Hummingbird - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 9
Western Wood Pewee - 10+
Tree Swallow - several unid. white-bellied swallows
Barn Swallow - 10
American Crow - 2
Western Scrub-Jay - 12
Black-capped Chickadee - 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper - 3
Bewick's Wren - 5
American Robin - 1
Swainson’s Thrush - 3
European Starling - few
Cedar Waxwing - Could have been 300+
Common Yellowthroat - 6
Western Tanager - 2 in Dennis's yard
Spotted Towhee - 2
Song Sparrow - 8
Dark-eyed Junco  - 4 juvies
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - more heard than seen

Randy Sinnott, Fred Chancey, Don Schrouder, Sylvia Maulding, Sarah 
Vasconcellos, Dave Brown, Kit Larsen, Dennis Arendt, Dave and Sally Hill, Jim 
Regali, and Larry McQueen

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