[obol] Wed morning Eugene

From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx>
To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:29:18 -0700
This morning our group visited Green Island, confluence of rivers McKenzie and 
Willamette near Coburg.  We had good weather and a nice time.  

Canada Goose - breeding
Cackling Goose - very large groups clustered in the fields and flying
Wood Duck - 6
American Wigeon - 50+
Mallard - 15
Gadwall - 4
Northern Pintail - 45
Green-Winged Teal - 12
Lesser Scaup -  25
Ring-necked Duck - 20
Common Merganser - 6
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - several adults; both nests attended 
Northern Harrier - male seen several times; probably a single bird
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel - 2
Glaucous-winged Gull - 1 in Eugene
Mourning Dove - 4
Great Horned Owl - 1 (LM)
Belted Kingfisher - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Red-breasted Sapsucker - at least 4
Northern Flicker - 5
Black Phoebe - 1
Tree Swallow - many in air space and around nest boxes.  
Violet-green Swallow - 1
Common Raven - 1
American Crow - several
Steller's Jay - 6+
Western Scrub-Jay - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 4
Brown Creeper - 1
Bewick's Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
American Robin - 25
Varied Thrush -  2 
European Starling - pairs around snags and flying with Meadowlarks
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Spotted Towhee - 10
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - ubiquitous
Lincoln's Sparrow - 8 in one bush
Golden-crowned Sparrow - 15
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco  - 10+
Red-winged Blackbird - 10+
Western Meadowlark - 30
Brewer's Blackbird - 50 in a field

2 Otters and 3 deer (suspected White-tailed)

Don Schrouder, Sylvia Maulding, Sarah Vasconcellos, Dave Brown, Kit Larsen, 
Dennis Arendt, Ellen Cantor, Judy Franzen, Dave and Sally Hill, Jim Regali, and 
Larry McQueen
[obol] Wed morning Eugene

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